The return of Gavin’s meltdowns

Gavin's really starting to struggle once again. Behaviorally he's doing quite well but his level of function is declining and it's not hard to notice. He's not hearing the thing s that are being said to him and his threshold for frustration is extremely low at this point. That means that he get frustrated very easily.  As an example of what I mean.  Gavin was wiggling back and forth on the couch. This is basically his version of the potty dance. I simply asked him if he needed to use the bathroom and he jumped up and got very upset.     He made his body very stir and started bending his fingers back to the point where I'm amazed he didn't snap them off. Then of course, there's the stomping…

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Gavin had a heartbreaking meltdown yesterday

I meant to write about this earlier but it somehow slipped my mind.  While we were at Dr. Reynolds office yesterday, Gavin got up to use the bathroom during our time with the nurse practitioner. This isn't unusual because he's frequently using the bathroom throughout the day.  He was gone about 10 minutes when nurse asked if we should be worried about him. I said no, because he frequently spends a few minutes in the bathroom, just making sure he doesn't have to go.     No sooner did I say that, than the nurse was pulled out of the office for an emergency.  I had a very bad feeling come over me and so I followed her.  Turns out Gavin was the emergency. He had gotten locked in the bathroom…

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