Surgery

Oh, the ignorance of my parenting. I should have known things would not change as easy as it seemed. C was terrified with the concept of this surgery. He did not want an extra hole in his body. The Fear of the Unknown plagued him. He spent nights awake out of fear. We spent days

The Danger Spiral

An ongoing topic in our home is Mr. C’s current poor gut health. There are a lot of things that can possibly be at the root of everything. Recently something new popped up on my radar. Pediatric Abdominal Epilepsy. This is a fairly new topic, even in the medical community. My mother-in-law has told stories

Sum up

I cannot believe it has been almost a year since I last posted something. I would love to say that everything is great, and that we took time off to enjoy life but, sadly, we have had a lot going on over the past year. A little over a year ago, we helped move my

ADHD

“ADHD is the most poorly-named affliction ever. Like ‘Hi, do you have a profound physical inability to accomplish your goals specifically because they’re your goals and also the thought of your friends not liking you makes you want to die? You may have Trouble Sitting Still Disorder.’” Premed with ADHD  This made me chuckle. It

Defeat?

Today is beautiful. I am outside, enjoying the weather and yet, I’m fighting feelings of defeat. This morning we had our third visit with the psychologist who has recently begun working with C. We have been waiting several months to see this doctor, as is common with most of the pediatric specialists our kiddos need

More Cowbell

We’ve been very busy lately and it has been a few months since I updated everyone on what is going on with C. Before I do, I want to share this… One of my very favorite Saturday Night Live skits that I recently rediscovered.(Here) Now that’s done, on with the updates. We got the results

The Fly

The other day we had a fly get into the house. For most, this would not be a big deal. Most people would just swat at it or ignore it until it leaves or dies on its own. No, we don’t like them in our house, but for three of us, they aren’t a big

Stomatitis

This past winter felt especially hard on our family. In addition to relentless dark, grey skies with limited snow, the hubs lost his job, had kidney stone surgery, then had complications from that surgery that put him back in the hospital for a few days. It seems like everyone had been fighting illness or some

Excoriation

Like many diagnosed with autism, our boys have comorbid diagnoses. One that is on our radar currently is excoriation, a skin picking disorder. Psychology Today defines it this way: Also known as excoriation disorder, or compulsive skin picking, dermatillomania is a psychological condition that manifests in the form of repetitive touching, scratching, picking, and digging

Autism, Anxiety and more oh my!

As most of my readers know, my family and I have been on a tumultuous trip to find a diagnosis of our youngest kiddo. Early on, we knew he viewed life a bit different, but we couldn’t figure out if his behavior was unique, or if he was emulating his older brother, who is on