DAY 99

Ty woke up fever free and no motrin last night - he is happily stimming away the day (ugh). I increased Enhansa to one full cap and we have aggression! He head butted me, and is hitting on occassion. Will reduce and get him ready to return to school on Monday. He is beyond bored!

DAY 98

Home again today with fever spiking last night to 103 around dinner time. Motrin put him back on the go, but awoke again with high fever. Dosed again, and the fever returned, low grade this time, around dinner. No other symptoms of illness.. more independent BM's. I think he is on the mend, whatever it was! Needless to say, he is bored.. 2 full days of wandering and stimming, but some appropriate toy play and pretty much more of the same. The BCBA visit came to fruition when I gave her a write up of concerns and she delivered it to principal's desk - the bomb has been dropped and all of a sudden the district is jumping to look at my concerns. Funny, when I sent 3 notes to his teacher the past 8 wks. about how I was concerned for his upcoming IEP, I was put off.... HELLO... fair warning!

DAY 97

Awoke with 102 fever, so we'll wait it out and see what happens. Gave some activated charcoal last night to ward off any tummy upset if it is flu onset. He was thirsty this morning and drank some water no problem. Gave motrin and he was his usual vivacious and happy self all day - then tanked when it wore off... did independent BM though!
He was terrible for the visit of his school in home trainer and BCBA - just wouldn't showcase a single skill - ugh... but the visit the was good regardless, looking at some serious changes for his IEP.

DAY 96

Ty was tired upon waking and cranky getting off to school. I wasn't too surprised when school sent a note home that late afternoon he took a nap and he didn't eat much at lunch. By early evening he had a 102 fever - I swear, this Winter illness needs to end now! I cannot believe how sick he has been. He never pooped yesterday (or if he did I missed it). Just curled up watching TV all afternoon - I hope fever remains the only symptom - flu is abundant in the school right now (guess all those flu shots everyone ran out to get didn't work, shame that year after year, the public continues to fall for that crap!).

DAY 95

Finally a good night sleep! But upon awakening, oh my, a giggle fit that lasted until the bus came. And actually, I just had a meeting with his teacher and she said he has been belly laughing all morning.. I think the Diflucan is working, lol, will need to dose some charcoal this afternoon! First independent BM at school today (well first one that actually made it into the potty!!)
Worked with Ty afterschool on some maintenance curriculum and he did very well. District BCBA is coming over this week to view him at home as we have discrepency on skills that don't transfer to his school environment. Trying to get a handle on things as he has an ARD in two weeks!

DAY 94

Ty woke up at 2am and finally went back to sleep at 4am. But I must say the babble during those 2 hrs was absolutely fabulous! Remember the night I heard on the monitor the wonderful jibberish and it turned out to be the neighbor's kid on my signal?? Well, last night when I woke up to it, I actually thought to myself the same thing was happening - but no, this time it really was Ty, lol ! Yes, it was that good!
We had two more independent BMs on the potty also!

DAY 93

Ty woke up at 430a this morning - oh this is killing me! Probably the diflucan, but another independent BM on the potty (thank you just a 2 hr. Tomatis session!) and we have continued to see some more appropriate toy play. Why it doesn't stick, I don't know - but we'll take it when we see it and hope one day that it will transition!
Ty is a tough nut, but we will forge on. I tested out some word to picture matching and saw regression. His IEP is in 2 wks. and I am torn about his placement. This is going to be a sticky one. Preceding it is the meeting with the augmentative comm. device team this Tue. My head is swirling on approaching all of it! Such a difficult and complex situation, as we all know.