You know it's bad when everyday sorta blends in with the one that came before and comes after. Today is the second day in a row that Gavin has had to have his behavior corrected, which led to a massive tantrum. This afternoon, Gavin wouldn't leave Elliott alone.  He wanted Elliott's Pokemon cards and wouldn't take no for an answer.  He berated Elliott until Elliott came to us for help.  Elliott asked him to stop and Gavin wouldn't. We had to intervene as this is essentially bullying.  He was trying to bully Elliott into giving him what he wanted. That's not going to fly in our house or in the outside world. Gavin was told that he was going to have oatmeal for dinner because this isn't the first time…

As I sit here in my car, waiting for Elliott to be dismissed from school, Gavin is at home resting after a successful IVIG infusion. Lizze and Gavin arrived home a little bit before 2pm this afternoon.  Apparently Gavin did really, really well.  Not only did he tolerate the physical IVIG infusion, he also behaved himself as well.  :-) In fact, he's doing so well, he may actually get to finish out the last week of school.  Originally, we were going to keep him home because the last infusion took a lot out of him and we didn't want to push him too hard.  However, he seems to be doing much better this time, who knows.  :-) I just wanted to say thank you to Akron Children's Hospital and their…

I spoke with Lizze a few moments ago and she is reporting that Gavin is coping well with the infusion.  Apparently, his dose hasn't been bumped up just yet.  Without speaking to his immunologist about this, I would guess that we are slowing down the increase and giving his body a chance to adjust before increasing again. So far so good. Hopefully, I will be able to report nothing but positive in a few hours. 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

It should be Jo surprise to anyone, but at the last minute, we had a change of plans.  Emmett is in rare form this morning and there would be no way that Lizze could deal with him, while he's in the unpleasant place.  She ended up taking Gavin to his infusion today because she is better equipped at the moment to sit and supervise. This will also sorta give her a break because she can zone out and still know that the nurses are taking care of Gavin. Hopefully, everything will go well and they will be home before Elliott needs picked up from school. 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…

In a few minutes, assuming I can actually get my kids to cooperate, we will begin the scramble to get Elliott to school and Gavin to his IVIG infusion.  I say scramble because we almost have to be in two places at the same time.  We have a very narrow window between the time we drop Elliott off and Gavin needs to be at the hospital.  Hopefully, I can get everyone moving so we can get to where we need to be with my sanity intact.  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

I'm really nervous about today's IVIG infusion because I believe that we are bumping up the dose again and I'm not sure how his body is going great to tolerate. Last month's increase wasn't easy for him and it got a bit sketchy for awhile.  I'm praying that today's infusion will go better for him.  Please say a prayer for Gavin and keep him in your thoughts today.. 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

I noticed this the last time I had my kids to OT at Concorde Kids.  I have to say that I absolutely think this is an amazing policy. Think about it, you have a building full of sensory sensitive kids and some people like to use a bit too much of the smell goods.  Having a policy in place that protects these kids is a great idea.  :-) 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

Alright, I wanted to update you all on my experience with using the iPad so far. How can I sum this up in a just a few words? How about love/hate. So far I have a love/hate relationship with my new iPad. I'm finding myself frustrated at times because of all the things that Apple borrowed from android, they left out the friggin back button. For me, being used to having this available on all my android devices, I find this cumbersome to not have that one iPad. Something else that I don't like is the onscreen keyboard.  To me, it's useless and inefficient, especially when compared to even the most simple keyboards available on android.  When you compare it to something like SwiftKey, the keyboard I use on my…