I'm a few minutes early for our wraparound meeting and so I thought I would let you all know today's topic.  It should come as no surprise that today's topic is Child Protective Services. Our wraparound team consists of a family life specialist (I think that her title, if not I apologize), our wraparound coordinator, our case manager, Gavin's teachers, the school principal and our DD representative. When something like what's happened to us, happens, this is a great team to have on your side.  I will basically bring everyone up to speed and we'll figure out how to best proceed from here.  I'm looking forward to getting everyone's input.... This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired…

After way too much though and a bout of stress induced indigestion, we have decided what we are going to do with all the appointments we have today.  I don't know how to express just how stressed out I've been over this today because each appointment is important but in the end we simply couldn't pull them all off.  We've decided to reschedule his appointments with the Cleveland Clinic for a few reasons.  For starters, we're having car trouble and Lizze is still not feeling well.  The other thing is that we would end up with about 3.5 hours to kill, in between appointments at the Clinic.  That's a lot to ask of Gavin for what amounts to an appointment that isn't exactly mission critical right now.  At the moment,…

What was supposed to be a pretty straightforward meeting with Dr. Patti this evening, took an unexpected turn. It's been awhile since we have used the word psychotic but it made an unwelcomed return today. Gavin's had bouts with psychosis for many, many years. For those unaware, psychosis is essentially losing touch with reality.  In Gavin's case, this becomes apparent when his "imaginary" world's become so real, that he can no longer tell the difference between real and imaginary. This is not just a vivid imagination. These events are well documented and have a very long history. Anyway, Gavin's been losing touch with reality and is getting sucked deeper and deeper into his imaginary world's. Dr.  Patti and I listened to Gavin go on and on about his adventure with…

We are facing a dilemma and are unsure of what to do.  We have sorta conflicting appointments for Wednesday and didn't realize it.  We have wraparound at 9am and considering this whole CPS thing, this will be an important meeting. We also have to have Gavin to the Cleveland Clinic by 11:00am for is ultrasound.  He then has xrays at 1pm and his actual appointment with urology at 2:30pm. These tests were only recently added but they make sense to do prior to the appointment.  On top of that, I'm not feeling super confident that the van will make it.  Even though the transmission isn't the problem, but more of a symptom, it still makes the car unreliable and in my mind, unsafe to drive.  The last thing I want…

Those of you that know me, know that I have a strong disdain for the Apple Corporation.  I actually like the iPad and while I prefer android powered devices, I recognize that Apple puts out a quality, albeit locked down, product. With that said, you may know that I received an iPad recently and will be doing a comprehensive right up, comparing it to android tablets. I will admit that I do actually like the iPad.  Having said that, while downloading the Google Chrome Browser to my iPad this morning, I received a message saying that this was a restricted app, due to inappropriate content.  The content in question would an arguably better browsing experience. Check out the picture below and read the rating and warning for this app.  In…

It's been awhile since I've addressed this but it appears as though the time has come once again. For the record.  The whole point of this blog is transparency. I provide as much detail as I can, not to gain sympathy or donations, as has been insinuated. I do things this way because I want people to understand what happens in our day to day life.  It's important that people understand all the obstacles we face as a family raising 3 boys with special needs.  My goal is that you can apply what you learn from my family, to someone in your life that may be going through something similar.  There will always be people that hide behind screen names and word vomit unpleasant things.  To them I say this. …