I posted the other day that I made Lizze finally go to the hospital the other day for the migraine she's had for almost 2 weeks. At the ER they managed to break she migraine but it only lasted half a day. She has returned to migraine hell once again. I spoke with her neurologist this morning and they said we have 2 options left, occipital nerve block and headache infussion. The occipital nerve block involves 3 deep injections into the back or side of the neck. The headache infussion is done over 3 days. Lizze will be hooked up to an IV and pumped full of narcotics for 8 hours at a time. She will do this for 3 days. The point is to break the migraine and identify…

My kids are Autistic we all know that. As much as I believe the world needs to be more accepting of my kids it may never happen. It's my job to prepare my kids to survive and if possible even thrive in this challenging world we live in. In order to do that I have to think outside the box. My kids are ALL VERY intelligent but can get "tunnel visioned" much to often and fail to see what's going on around them. My goal is to teach them to happy, healthy and productive members of society. So with that said, I have decided to take a slightly different approach to things with the boys. Traditional discipline has NEVER worked with my kids. Maybe it's an Autistic thing or maybe…

Easter "break" started early for the Lost and Tired family. Elliott is home sick......again. They all have no school today or tomorrow. Gavin's got a 4 day weekend and Elliott is off for Spring/Easter break next week. Emmett will return to school next week as well. It's going to be a VERY long weekend..... - Lost and Tired

Welcome to another edition of Autism in “Real Life”. Today we will be looking at Autism through the eyes of the Jen   Jen has a really great blog titles "Living Life, with a side of Autism" where she writes about her family and their journey. You should add her to your blog roll. Jen and her husband Kai, have two kids. Katie is 7 and Ben is 4. Katie is diagnosed PPD-NOS. Below are some links and buttons. Click one and be magically transported to her bog and twitter account. She likes twitter and honestly who doesn't? So follow her if you would like to keep up to date on her adventures.   Follow her on twitter @JenTroester       I asked Jen a series of questions about…

When you have an Autistic child tooth brushing is a challenging task. Sometimes you can't find a way to get them to either brush their own teeth or let you brush them yourself. Other times it just requires a bit of outside the box thinking. Emmett doesn't like his own toothbrush but LOVES mine for some reason. I'm not one to share things like this but if it gets him to brush his teeth then we roll with that. Sometimes you have got to do what you got to do..... - Lost and Tired

As a special needs parent one of the things we NEVER get is a break. We just push ourselves through the exhaustion and sometimes pain just so we can do it all over again the next day. The kind of breaks we do get we could REALLY do without. I'm declaring shenanigans of Easter/Spring "break".  Can you say "bait and switch" or "false advertising"... If you use the word break in a sentence when speaking to a special needs parent you should be sure to specify WHO is ACTUALLY getting the break, because it certainly isn't us. When someone tells me that "Easter/Spring breaks starts tomorrow", my response is "HELL YEAH!! It'a about damn time. I'll have the kids packed up and ready to go. What time are you coming by to…