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Note to Self….

For about the last twelve hours or so, I've been absolutely miserable, curled up in bed and trying not to puke. I made the mistake of eating some spicy DIGIORNO pizza for dinner. I'm actually getting nauseated just thinking about it again. We'll just say that it didn't agree with me at all. I woke up about 4 AM feeling like my insides were in fire. It sucked and while I'm better now, Lizze had to step up and take over for me today. That's not always easy for her to do, not because she doesn't want to but because of her own health problems. Anyway, all is right with the world again and I'm never going to eat that again. I've removed the extra from the house and while…

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March 7, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

Trying to figure out what’s wrong when my son can’t tell us

I never got around to talking about Emmett not going to school yesterday. He was a dealing with a tummy ache on Monday and barely made it through the day. His teachers never called to tell us he wasn't feeling well, even though he needed a trash can next to his chair while he sat with his head down. When it came to going back the next morning, he was still dealing with a tummy ache. We ended up keeping him home because we were with my parents the day before and now my Mom is down with the flu. He may have been legit getting sick. The other thing was that he ate his first burrito ever on Monday night. There was a school fundraiser through Chipotle, where half…

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March 7, 2018

Inspirational Posts / My thoughts

What it requires to BE a Special Needs Parent and what it requires to HELP one

In my family, we don't experience too many situations that fall into the normal category. With special needs kids, normal is something that we have almost no comprehension of. Normal is a subjective term anyway and it's going to be different for everyone. It's because of the above reasons, so many special needs families struggle. It's hard to find help for situations where unless you've lived it yourself, you can't possible truly comprehend. This is where the whole walk a mile in my shoes, cliché as fuck phrase, applies incredibly well. I run into that quite frequently in my life. There's a surprising amount of well intentioned people in the world (which is a good thing) who want to help but don't seem to grasp that the obvious solution doesn't…

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March 6, 2018

Clozapine / Gavin / My thoughts

The number one source of stress in my life right now

I'm so incredibly frustrated today because for the millionth time, the pharmacy hasn't delivered or even filled Gavin's Clozapine prescription. I don't understand why this is so fucking complicated. Out of all the medications a pharmacy can fill, Clozapine is the most tightly controlled by a mile. One would think that they would have a procedure for filling it. My job is to make sure that Gavin's blood work is done once every seven days. The labs job is to fax the results to the pharmacy. The pharmacy must then fax the results to REMS. REMS will grant the pharmacy permission to release seven days worth of pills. This process repeats every single week and as long as everyone does their fucking job, we can continue to give Gavin his…

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March 6, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

Why I was so worried about Emmett yesterday

I was worried about how Emmett's day at school was going to go because the kid that stabbed him last week was returning from suspension. Lizze and I spoke with the school to ensure that procautions were taken in order to make sure Emmett would be safe. When I picked Emmett up at the end of the day, he said that this kid was back to his old self. Emmett said he was back to being my same old friend. The school is going to be keeping a close eye on the situation for the near future but at this point in time, it looks like things have been resolved. Emmett's happy to see his friend doing better and that's a good thing. Hopefully, this will not be something we…

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March 6, 2018

Announcements / My thoughts

I finally have some really awesome news to share

I want to take a second and share some good news. Facebook has verified my account and I now have the much sought after blue check mark next to my profile picture where ever it appears throughout Facebook. I'm now verified on both Facebook and Twitter. It's so cool and I'm really excited because it increases credibility on social media. I don't know that this will have any impact on my Facebook stalkers ability to continually try to get me banned from the social media platform but we'll see what happens. Either way, I'm excited and it feels nice to reach this milestone in my growing social media presence. ☺ I'm so grateful for all the support from my readers and followers because you keep reading what I write. ☺…

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March 5, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

I don’t think we overreacted but how would you handle your child being stabbed multiple times with a pencil at school?

Lizze and I had a long discussion last night about how to handle the kid that stabbed Emmett because he was returning to school today. We were nervous because we didn't know what was going on or how to ensure Emmett's safety. We decided that there was at least one main thing we would insist upon for a period of time. Assuming that everything else is in check with this kid and he's allowed to return to school, we want him and Emmett separated until we know this kid is no longer a risk. I read a couple comments suggesting that boys will be boys but in my world, it's not okay that Emmett was stabbed four time with a sharpened pencil. It was bad enough to puncture the skin…

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March 5, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

The kid who stabbed Emmett with a pencil is returning to school today and I’m not sure what to think

Emmett will be returning to school in the morning because it's Monday. Normally I wouldn't be worried but this will be the first day that Emmett will be back in school with the kid who stabbed him. I feel that it would be irresponsible of me as a parent, to simply let him walk into the building without talking to the school first. I need to find out what's being done to ensure this kid isn't going to hurt Emmett or anyone else for that matter. I've mentioned before that this kid isn't evil, and he isn't. Something was going on with him however, that led to him stabbing Emmett several times with a sharpened pencil. Emmett's hand is healing pretty well, as you can see in the above image.…

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March 5, 2018