So Gavin was kind enough to color a picture for his Grandma. He worked really hard on it and did a really good job. This picture is of Princess Peach as a baby. Princess Peach is from, you guessed it,  Super Mario Brothers.  He certainly doesn't stray to far from what he knows but he does a good job...doesn't he? He always likes to give his artwork away and he loves to share them with you all. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Today has been long and frustrating. I spent the morning on the phone, trying to find out what was going on with the server.  Since all of my sites are on the same server, they were all down.  After getting that fixed, I spent the rest of the day with the boys. Emmett had a pretty rough day but he does seem to be doing better today and that's great. Late this afternoon, he feel asleep in the cutest position.  He was hiding and ended up going to sleep.  He finally found some peace and we finally found some quiet. Later on, we rescued an injured baby bird and gave it a safe place to recover, so that the feral cats wouldn't get to it.  I love the fact that…

I'm completely exhausted and Emmett's been up since before sunrise, screaming.  His mouth sores have really taken their toll on him.  This is the worst fever flare to-date.  He's miserable and unfortunately, taking everyone with him. Emmett won't take the medications that will kill his pain because even flavored, they taste horrible and he ends up throwing everything right back up. Which essentially makes things worse. I can tell that it's already going to be a very, very long day. At the time of writing this post, Lost and Tired is still down do to a server crash. I'm writing anyway and will post these when I'm back online.  To keep things in context, it's about 8 am. I can't wait to go back to sleep.  I love sleep.  Never…

I attempted to share this yesterday but seeing as that wasn't possible, I saved them for today.  Anyways, Emmett has been really focused on drawing and coloring lately.  He's been doing good really, really well and I'm quite impressed with his ability.  He's pretty young and to be able to do this, I think is pretty awesome.  Check it out.  This is Cheep-Cheep, a character from Super Mario Brothers.  Emmett drew this freehand.  This next one is really cool because it contains a ton of different characters from many different things.  See if you can identify any of the characters he drew. This is a compilation of random characters that Emmett really likes.  All of these were freehand. This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any…

I always like to connect my readers with potential services and em sources. I connected with Takiya and found what she has to offer the community very interesting. I wanted to share this with you all because I thought maybe someone could benefit from this. Please note that this is not an endorsement (because I have no first hand experience) but instead a sharing of information that may be of benefit to someone. Courageous You   by Takiya Paicely, MSW, LCSW   'Perhaps it takes courage to raise children' John Steinbeck, East of Eden   I want to start by thanking Rob for giving me the opportunity to discuss my mission and services to his readers.  I am honored and privileged by this opportunity.   Hi, I am Takiya Paicely. …

I had to migrate Lost and Tired, My Life Beyond Labels and the My Autism Help Forums to a VPS.  This happened a few days ago and this morning, the server crashed.  Turns out the VPS with Bluehost is still in beta. Of course, I wasn't told that when I signed up and they sold it to me.  I'm actually a bit peeved about that but as I said, it seems to be working now and it's working pretty well. They did however inform me today that I need to more to a more powerful server already.  For now, I think it's working pretty well and definitely better than the last server. Anyway, please let me know if you experience any problems viewing this site.  You can also try clearing…

When I woke up this morning and Emmett was fever free and feeling better, I thought we were in the clear.  At this time, his fever is back once again and his mouth and throat are hurting as well.  To give you an idea of how much pain he's in, the hospital gave him a prescription for a form of liquid vicodin that's mixed with Tylenol.  I think he may have still been experiencing pain relief from that this morning because as the days gone on, things have rapidly gone downhill. He has 2 more doses of prednisone left, one today and one tomorrow. Because he was feeling better this morning, there wasn't a need to get him into immunology right away. There's nothing that can really be done that…