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The transition home is proving more difficult

The transition home from Florida is proving to be a but harder than originally thought. The most profoundly impacted is of course, Mr. Emmett. He's still very easily overwhelmed. Dr. Pattie suggested that it could take awhile before things get back to normal. One of Emmett's biggest struggles involves sleep. He's not able to fall asleep in his own bed. Right now, he's having to fall asleep in our bed, and even that's a struggle. I'm hoping that as more time goes by, he will decompress and feel more comfortable in his own bed again.

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October 13, 2017
Read more about the article The transition home hasn’t gone as expected
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The transition home hasn’t gone as expected

The boys seem to be adjusting to being home pretty well. That's a bit surprising because we thought it would be a rough transition. They're getting along well and for the most part, are having a low key kind of day. We chose to keep them home from school today because after an eighteen hour drive, they needed to have time to decompress. They actually had school, even though it's a holiday. Frankly, I'm not a huge fan of celebrating Columbus Day anyway and I support the kids not having the day off. We just wanted them to have a day to get back into their routine and the school didn't have a problem with that at all. Poor Elliott wasn't able to sleep the entire drive home, all of…

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October 9, 2017