Yesterday, August 3, 2008, my son did something I have NEVER seen him do before. My friend from work, Alicia, brought over a play kitchen for Kylia. Her daughter is too big for it now. She brought her daughter, Julianna, along with her. Calen actually walks up to this little girl with a huge smile on his face and gives her a really small hug. He stood there smiling in her face for about 30 seconds or so, then he walks away to play in his usual fashion...pretty much by himself. It was a major step for him and I am a very proud mom right now!!! God is moving for my baby. I give Him all the praise...
I can't remember how much I paid for the fish oil online. It was Omega 3-6-9 Junior for kids (lemon flavored). I think I paid somewhere around the $20 range. That's not including any type of shipping charges. Valley Health Food carries it for $17. I hope it comes in some sort of flavor. I have to puncture the soft gel tablet and squeeze it in Calen's juice. That would be gross if he had to drink unflavored fish oil. I'm still trying to get everything together because he has ran out of meds except for the new ones he's started. I order all the meds from kirkmanlabs.com I'm waiting to see what the deal will be with the Nyastatin.
I received a pre-registration pkg from Muscle Shoals schools. It had totally different dates from what Miss Herman told me about. I contacted her this morning and it turns out that the parents of the pre-k students weren't supposed to get those packages. I was the first parent she's heard from. She said she may have to get on the phone and contact the other parents because that will cause confusion. She said we have already completed paperwork and there was nothing for us to do but come to the parent-teacher meeting on the 7th. I was glad she called because I was so nervous. I don't want to mess up things for Calen's education.
Speaking of education...I still haven't heard from UA as to whether or not I am accepted.
In memory of my grandfather Mr. Robert Armstead, Jr
(known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren as "Big Daddy" and is the reason Calen's middle name is Robert)
Happy Birthday, Big Daddy!! Life isn't the same without you. I miss being able to come to you for advice. I wish my children could have met you. I love you.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Our Trip To Franklin, TN
Calen's appointment with Dr. Kalb was yesterday. We were 15 min. late due to some bad weather we ran into. It was a short visit. I don't know how dr.'s visits work behind the scenes but it bothers me when I have to repeat EVERYTHING. It was as if he had forgotten what he had told me or vice versa. I was talking and at the same time thinking "did he bother to take notes from the last visit?" Anyway, Calen was put on zinc and B-6 along with Nyastatin for yeast overgrowth in the intestines. I asked if giving Calen this medicine would harm him if he didn't need it. He didn't give me a yes or no answer. He said that Calen exhibits all the signs of yeast overgrowth. I asked about testing Calen for it, and he said that a urine and stool sample would be needed. When I asked about the cost, he said the kit and the actual testing would cost somewhere around $500. Since the doc said that Calen exhibits the symptoms of yeast overgrowth, I said okay to the Nyastatin. He also stated that when Calen first starts this medicine, he will experience yeast "die-off" which will be uncomfortable for him. Doc said when this happens, keep giving him the medicine because it will eventually level off and Calen will not experience any discomfort anymore. It is temporary. I don't honestly feel comfortable giving my son something due to a "guess". I plan on calling Dr. Crenshaw from Infants' and Children's Clinic to see if I can set up an appointment and talk to her about my yeast overgrowth concerns and see if I can get him tested through her. That way Medicaid will cover the test, and I will KNOW whether Calen needs this medicine or not. I'm not at all comfortable with guesses. I also understand what the doc is saying though. Calen is an excellent candidate for yeast overgrowth due to his positive response to the gf/cf diet and his positive response to the meds. Usually when a child responds positively to the diet changes, that is a good indication that there is yeast overgrowth. I plan on doing more research on this matter. I also plan on hitting my children's dad up for some money. I'm just glad that it's all done for right now. We have to be back in 2 months. I just made an appointment for October 1st at 2:00 pm. I also talked with the ladies at Valley Health Foods in Muscle Shoals. They will start carrying some fish oil for children so that I can get it locally for Calen. They are doing their best to work with me. They are nice. I plan on buying Calen's meds there rather than ordering them online. I've used kirkmans labs online last time. All together with shipping he cost was about $80. That can almost be cut in half locally. As for now, I'm endorsing Valley Health Foods....that is, until they give me a reason not to.
On the way there I had to stop in for my favorite Starbucks treat...sugar-free cinnamon dolchi frappuccino. Calen got large fries and a Coke from McDonald's. On the way home we ran into another terrible storm that forced us to pull over in Athens. We waited for about 15 min. and was finally able to get started home again. My baby sis, Meka, picked up Kylia from daycare so that she and Reese (her son) can play together. Meka fixed me and Calen a plate of food for when we arrived to pick up Kylia. She's the sweetest sister ever. We sat around for a little while and chatted. David, my bro-in-law, showed me his new surround-sound system he bought. That thing is super nice! It sounds great! After that I had to head home and put them to bed. I was exhausted. My sinuses are completely stopped up with lots of painful pressure and I have a terribly painful stiff neck. My sis thinks I have the flu, but I don't think so. I took some medicine and came on into work. I'm about to take another dose right now. I look forward to the weekend. I'm in so much pain right now.
On the way there I had to stop in for my favorite Starbucks treat...sugar-free cinnamon dolchi frappuccino. Calen got large fries and a Coke from McDonald's. On the way home we ran into another terrible storm that forced us to pull over in Athens. We waited for about 15 min. and was finally able to get started home again. My baby sis, Meka, picked up Kylia from daycare so that she and Reese (her son) can play together. Meka fixed me and Calen a plate of food for when we arrived to pick up Kylia. She's the sweetest sister ever. We sat around for a little while and chatted. David, my bro-in-law, showed me his new surround-sound system he bought. That thing is super nice! It sounds great! After that I had to head home and put them to bed. I was exhausted. My sinuses are completely stopped up with lots of painful pressure and I have a terribly painful stiff neck. My sis thinks I have the flu, but I don't think so. I took some medicine and came on into work. I'm about to take another dose right now. I look forward to the weekend. I'm in so much pain right now.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Calen's New Teacher
I heard from Calen's new preschool teacher. Her name is Jennifer Herman. She called me Monday and I missed the call. I returned her call, but I was only able to leave a voicemail. I expressed the fact that I wanted to discuss her ABA training, Calen's diet, and incorporating potty training into Calen's IEP. Calen's first day will be a half-day on August 11th from 8am to 12pm. Then he will have 2 more half-days on the 14th and 15th. His first full day will be August 18th from 8am to 2pm. I can't wait. They've moved the preschool from Highland Park to the building between the Howell-Graves and the BOE building. I haven't had a chance to ride through there yet, but I will find it. There will also be a parent night on August 7 from 6pm to 8pm. I have to find someone to keep my children, but I will be there regardless.
Calen's appointment with his DAN! doc is tomorrow at 2pm. I requested gas vouchers from Medicaid for my trips to Franklin. My first request was denied with a statement saying that the trip wasn't approved prior to the request for the voucher. I was instructed to call Mrs. Foster from the Medicaid office in Florence. I called and left a message, but the call was never returned. Yesterday, I called Medicaid in Montgomery to request another voucher. While speaking to the rep, I asked what I had to do to get the trip approved. I did the work and got Dr. Kalb's office the accept Alabama Medicaid. She didn't understand either, and put me in touch with Mrs. Foster. She stated that she will need a letter from Dr. Kalb stating why Calen is being seen by him and why does he have to go out of state. I left a message for Dr. Kalb's nurse concerning Mrs. Foster's instructions. The nurse called me back and asked that I write down what I want the letter to say and e-mail it to him in an attachment. My Internet at home isn't working for some reason, and I can't do it at work. I created a letter with instructions and faxed it to his office. I hope there isn't a problem. I didn't mention autism in the letter. I said that Calen is being treated for digestive disorders. Since autism is considered untreatable by insurance companies and Medicaid, I made sure not to mention that in the letter so that they will cover it. If the medical coders and staff are smart, they will leave out autism as much as they can so that services will be covered. Mrs. Foster said that she will reimburse me for the previous trip back in May also. That was good news.
My children's dad called yesterday. He didn't want anything. He informed me that he called the daycare to check on the kids. You see, he doesn't do a single thing for the kids, so to ease his own conscience, he calls to check on them. I told him that he was going to have to talk to his mom about Calen's diet, but that won't help because he doesn't know anything about it himself. I informed him about the incident with his mom giving Calen bread. He, of course, took up for his mom using lack of knowledge as the excuse. I talked to her about the diet 4 different times so that excuse doesn't hold up with me. I also told him about her getting out ice cream to give to the kids. I told her (again) that Calen can't eat it. Their aunt told her to put it up because Calen can't have any. The grandmother said that she wasn't going to punish Kylia because Calen can't have any. That made me angry, and I was waiting for her to go ahead and get that ice cream out, but she put it back. Calen is only 3 years old and his level of understanding isn't where it should be. All I ask is that if you want to give Kylia a treat like ice cream, don't be cruel and do it in Calen's face. He doesn't understand that he CAN'T have any. All he sees is that he's being treated different. He already has a lifetime of that crap to face due to his autism, and I will NOT tolerate that mess from family members of all people. When my voice became stern, that's when he changed his tune. He claims that we will have to sit down with her and talk about this, and I agreed to it. I don't think it's too complicated and too deep to understand, but if you're a total dumb*ss....oh well. I told him about my waiting to hear from the University of AL in Tuscaloosa to know if I was accepted. He claimed he was glad to hear that I haven't given up on earning another degree. Then he started..."WHEN WE GET MARRIED, YOU CAN GO TO SCHOOL FOR FREE". Married?? His dad works for one of the colleges in Huntsville and he said that when we get married I can go to that particular college for free. He didn't get a chance to say which one because my phone died in the middle of our conversation. Is that a sign or what!!! Married?? I don't think his current girlfriend would appreciate that!!! LOL .... moving on.... LOL
My kids and I stayed the weekend at my dad's house. My sisters and their families came. It was a houseful! We had a good time. We all haven't been together like that in a long time. I enjoyed myself. Kylia loves her cousin Dee. Dee is 14 years old. They played all weekend. She wouldn't let anyone else hold her. She also loves her Uncle David. He's my sister's husband. She went through a couple of spells where no one but David could hold her. I have her on film fighting Dee. He would touch her on the forehead, and she would hit him really hard and say "don't be hitting me!". It was so funny! They went back and forth all day.
Calen's appointment with his DAN! doc is tomorrow at 2pm. I requested gas vouchers from Medicaid for my trips to Franklin. My first request was denied with a statement saying that the trip wasn't approved prior to the request for the voucher. I was instructed to call Mrs. Foster from the Medicaid office in Florence. I called and left a message, but the call was never returned. Yesterday, I called Medicaid in Montgomery to request another voucher. While speaking to the rep, I asked what I had to do to get the trip approved. I did the work and got Dr. Kalb's office the accept Alabama Medicaid. She didn't understand either, and put me in touch with Mrs. Foster. She stated that she will need a letter from Dr. Kalb stating why Calen is being seen by him and why does he have to go out of state. I left a message for Dr. Kalb's nurse concerning Mrs. Foster's instructions. The nurse called me back and asked that I write down what I want the letter to say and e-mail it to him in an attachment. My Internet at home isn't working for some reason, and I can't do it at work. I created a letter with instructions and faxed it to his office. I hope there isn't a problem. I didn't mention autism in the letter. I said that Calen is being treated for digestive disorders. Since autism is considered untreatable by insurance companies and Medicaid, I made sure not to mention that in the letter so that they will cover it. If the medical coders and staff are smart, they will leave out autism as much as they can so that services will be covered. Mrs. Foster said that she will reimburse me for the previous trip back in May also. That was good news.
My children's dad called yesterday. He didn't want anything. He informed me that he called the daycare to check on the kids. You see, he doesn't do a single thing for the kids, so to ease his own conscience, he calls to check on them. I told him that he was going to have to talk to his mom about Calen's diet, but that won't help because he doesn't know anything about it himself. I informed him about the incident with his mom giving Calen bread. He, of course, took up for his mom using lack of knowledge as the excuse. I talked to her about the diet 4 different times so that excuse doesn't hold up with me. I also told him about her getting out ice cream to give to the kids. I told her (again) that Calen can't eat it. Their aunt told her to put it up because Calen can't have any. The grandmother said that she wasn't going to punish Kylia because Calen can't have any. That made me angry, and I was waiting for her to go ahead and get that ice cream out, but she put it back. Calen is only 3 years old and his level of understanding isn't where it should be. All I ask is that if you want to give Kylia a treat like ice cream, don't be cruel and do it in Calen's face. He doesn't understand that he CAN'T have any. All he sees is that he's being treated different. He already has a lifetime of that crap to face due to his autism, and I will NOT tolerate that mess from family members of all people. When my voice became stern, that's when he changed his tune. He claims that we will have to sit down with her and talk about this, and I agreed to it. I don't think it's too complicated and too deep to understand, but if you're a total dumb*ss....oh well. I told him about my waiting to hear from the University of AL in Tuscaloosa to know if I was accepted. He claimed he was glad to hear that I haven't given up on earning another degree. Then he started..."WHEN WE GET MARRIED, YOU CAN GO TO SCHOOL FOR FREE". Married?? His dad works for one of the colleges in Huntsville and he said that when we get married I can go to that particular college for free. He didn't get a chance to say which one because my phone died in the middle of our conversation. Is that a sign or what!!! Married?? I don't think his current girlfriend would appreciate that!!! LOL .... moving on.... LOL
My kids and I stayed the weekend at my dad's house. My sisters and their families came. It was a houseful! We had a good time. We all haven't been together like that in a long time. I enjoyed myself. Kylia loves her cousin Dee. Dee is 14 years old. They played all weekend. She wouldn't let anyone else hold her. She also loves her Uncle David. He's my sister's husband. She went through a couple of spells where no one but David could hold her. I have her on film fighting Dee. He would touch her on the forehead, and she would hit him really hard and say "don't be hitting me!". It was so funny! They went back and forth all day.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Naps at daycare
Calen finally took his first nap since being at Just Kids. He slept for an hour and a half. Miss Lib said they usually let him play in the classroom while the other kids slept, but this time, he grabbed his sleeping bag and went to sleep. I told the teachers that if he ever grabs their hand and places it on his head, he just wants them to rub his head. I do that for him every night. His teacher said she did that for him and he slept quietly. I was glad to hear it.
I forgot to mention something in another entry when I was writing about finally talking to Mrs. Highfield. I told her about the Occupational therapist ending sessions with Calen because she felt he was not ready cognitively, and she was surprised by that. She strongly disagreed with that statement, as did I. I also made mention of the fact that the sessions started going down when the male intern left. Calen responded to him very well, and Luke (the intern) was very patient and sweet with him. He would show Calen how to do something and in 2 or 3 tries, Calen would pick it up. All we got from the therapist was a show of frustration. Kids are not stupid, and just as adults don't like someone for an unknown reason, kids can do the same thing. Anyway, I was just struck at how strongly she disagreed with that statement.
Calen loves to sing. I can rarely tell what he is singing, but he's got "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" down pretty good. He loves when I sing "Wheels on the Bus". I get real physical with that song. We also do "tickle bugs". I think (hope) I have a musician on my hands. I love music myself. I played the flute all through school. I was the youngest to ever be allowed to join the high school marching band at my school. My favorite was concert season. I really enjoyed playing classical music. My downfall was that I was terrible at sight-reading.
I go to a chiropractor on a regular basis. There is a new staff member there. The doc and I were talking about our kids, and how we have to find babysitters for them if we want to do things on weekends. His wife has a list of people she was calling so they could go somewhere this weekend. His children are the same age as mine. I said that I don't have a lot of people I call on for babysitting, especially since my son is autistic. I just hang out with my children and we doing things together. I would like to go somewhere by myself or with friends at some point, but that never happens. The conversation then turned to autism. The new staff member asked me about different things. She said her ex-sis-in-law has a 7 year old who shows signs of it, but the mom doesn't do anything about it. It's like she's afraid to take him places because of how he acts. I told her he isn't acting, he's REACTING. He has some sort of sensory issue going on. I urged her to tell the mom to go to autismspeaks.org where she can see the list of signs that her son may have. I'm shocked that this poor child hasn't been diagnosed with anything according to the descriptions from this lady. I plan to send this lady some information and my cell phone number. I really hopes she gets up off her butt. I hope I can help get her started. I pray that God will use me to help her get going. She may be one of those that is in denial. It's the child that will suffer in the long run if she doesn't try to find services NOW, and shame on the pediatricians and teachers who are in this child's life and not doing anything to help him. I hate to say it, but most of all, shame on mom and dad. I can't really speak about people and situations I don't know anything about. I'm just going by what this young lady told me.
I forgot to mention something in another entry when I was writing about finally talking to Mrs. Highfield. I told her about the Occupational therapist ending sessions with Calen because she felt he was not ready cognitively, and she was surprised by that. She strongly disagreed with that statement, as did I. I also made mention of the fact that the sessions started going down when the male intern left. Calen responded to him very well, and Luke (the intern) was very patient and sweet with him. He would show Calen how to do something and in 2 or 3 tries, Calen would pick it up. All we got from the therapist was a show of frustration. Kids are not stupid, and just as adults don't like someone for an unknown reason, kids can do the same thing. Anyway, I was just struck at how strongly she disagreed with that statement.
Calen loves to sing. I can rarely tell what he is singing, but he's got "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" down pretty good. He loves when I sing "Wheels on the Bus". I get real physical with that song. We also do "tickle bugs". I think (hope) I have a musician on my hands. I love music myself. I played the flute all through school. I was the youngest to ever be allowed to join the high school marching band at my school. My favorite was concert season. I really enjoyed playing classical music. My downfall was that I was terrible at sight-reading.
I go to a chiropractor on a regular basis. There is a new staff member there. The doc and I were talking about our kids, and how we have to find babysitters for them if we want to do things on weekends. His wife has a list of people she was calling so they could go somewhere this weekend. His children are the same age as mine. I said that I don't have a lot of people I call on for babysitting, especially since my son is autistic. I just hang out with my children and we doing things together. I would like to go somewhere by myself or with friends at some point, but that never happens. The conversation then turned to autism. The new staff member asked me about different things. She said her ex-sis-in-law has a 7 year old who shows signs of it, but the mom doesn't do anything about it. It's like she's afraid to take him places because of how he acts. I told her he isn't acting, he's REACTING. He has some sort of sensory issue going on. I urged her to tell the mom to go to autismspeaks.org where she can see the list of signs that her son may have. I'm shocked that this poor child hasn't been diagnosed with anything according to the descriptions from this lady. I plan to send this lady some information and my cell phone number. I really hopes she gets up off her butt. I hope I can help get her started. I pray that God will use me to help her get going. She may be one of those that is in denial. It's the child that will suffer in the long run if she doesn't try to find services NOW, and shame on the pediatricians and teachers who are in this child's life and not doing anything to help him. I hate to say it, but most of all, shame on mom and dad. I can't really speak about people and situations I don't know anything about. I'm just going by what this young lady told me.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Interesting news
I recently received an e-mail with some very interesting news. This hit home with me because my son has this very issue.....
On May 17 at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in London, a presentation was given as part of the Baby Sibs Consortium, an Autism Speaks initiative where researchers study infant siblings of children with autism to better understand the early manifestations in order to begin effective interventions as early as possible. A network of scientists from 11 sites across North America gathered head growth data on 761 infant siblings at risk and 400 non-risk infants. Through measuring head circumference, a proportion of children with autism showed an atypical pattern of head growth early in life. Increased head circumference has been the most consistently replicated biological marker of autism as early as 1943 when it was first described by Leo Kanner.
It was found that infants who were later diagnosed with autism had a more rapid rate of head growth in the first 2 years of life than infants who did not develop autism. For example, they begin with average size head at birth, and enlarged head size by the preschool years. Monitoring head growth, can easily be done at a well-baby visit, and could be an early risk marker for autism in infants who have an older sibling with autism.
I remember at one check up, Calen's head size compared to other children his age was in the 90th percentile. I didn't think anything of it, mainly because Dr. Huffman-Parker never made an issue of it. I thought he just had a big head. My children's dad actually blamed me for his head being so large because I didn't "shape" his head when he was an infant. While reading this, I began to cry for my son. I feel guilty because I should have been asking why his head was growing so large. I've kept an eye on my daughter's head size, and she is normal. I failed my son a little....Mommy is so sorry, Calen. I love you.
On May 17 at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in London, a presentation was given as part of the Baby Sibs Consortium, an Autism Speaks initiative where researchers study infant siblings of children with autism to better understand the early manifestations in order to begin effective interventions as early as possible. A network of scientists from 11 sites across North America gathered head growth data on 761 infant siblings at risk and 400 non-risk infants. Through measuring head circumference, a proportion of children with autism showed an atypical pattern of head growth early in life. Increased head circumference has been the most consistently replicated biological marker of autism as early as 1943 when it was first described by Leo Kanner.
It was found that infants who were later diagnosed with autism had a more rapid rate of head growth in the first 2 years of life than infants who did not develop autism. For example, they begin with average size head at birth, and enlarged head size by the preschool years. Monitoring head growth, can easily be done at a well-baby visit, and could be an early risk marker for autism in infants who have an older sibling with autism.
I remember at one check up, Calen's head size compared to other children his age was in the 90th percentile. I didn't think anything of it, mainly because Dr. Huffman-Parker never made an issue of it. I thought he just had a big head. My children's dad actually blamed me for his head being so large because I didn't "shape" his head when he was an infant. While reading this, I began to cry for my son. I feel guilty because I should have been asking why his head was growing so large. I've kept an eye on my daughter's head size, and she is normal. I failed my son a little....Mommy is so sorry, Calen. I love you.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Good News
I finally heard from Mrs. Highfield today. Just as I suspected, she's been on vacation and she's been attending lots of meetings/seminars. I expected that because of the time of year, and I was glad to hear from her. She asked about how the summer was going...LOL...I'm sure her ear was throbbing when we ended our conversation. I told her about everything from Calen's daycare kicking him out to the fact that he hasn't been receiving any services over the summer. The main thing is about his new teacher. She has been training over the summer to learn ABA! She's getting ready to go to Auburn for 4 days to attend a seminar (or something to that effect) about Autism and the different methods in teaching. I'm very glad to hear about that. She also told me about the new teacher being younger, more experienced with special-needs kids, and is herself a mom. The previous teacher was not a mom. That's great that she's been training with ABA techniques, but if I'm not satisfied with Calen's progress, I will not be quiet about it. That much is certain. But I am so excited for my baby because he really enjoyed the 3 days that he attended school. I can't wait to see the progress he will make now that he will be going 5 days a week, he's on medicines that help is digestive system calm down and he will (hopefully) be able to begin B-12 shots. I'm still looking for a topical anesthetic that will not burn when the meds are injected, so if anyone out there knows of anything, please let me know ASAP!!!!
I was in shock when I opened my mailbox yesterday. I'm just now receiving the report from when Calen was diagnosed with developmental delay by Sparks Clinics back in October and November of 2007. It even made mention of the fact that I asked for him to be tested for Autism. He was 2 years and 8 months old at the time. That goes to show just how bad behind Sparks Clinic is with the large amount of children being diagnosed. They are too far behind. There are too many children out there needing help. When I requested that he be tested for autism, he was added to the list. His wait was going to be six months (at least). He was still ahead of others that had not been seen yet! Praise God...a cancellation came through and I received a call offering me the spot and I jumped on it. Calens wait turned out to be 2 months instead of 6. There were some helpful web sites on the report. I will post them on this blog. My Internet at home is down for some reason. My only chance is to do it from work.
Everything else right now is okay. Nothing at all to complain about. I just take it one moment at a time.
I was in shock when I opened my mailbox yesterday. I'm just now receiving the report from when Calen was diagnosed with developmental delay by Sparks Clinics back in October and November of 2007. It even made mention of the fact that I asked for him to be tested for Autism. He was 2 years and 8 months old at the time. That goes to show just how bad behind Sparks Clinic is with the large amount of children being diagnosed. They are too far behind. There are too many children out there needing help. When I requested that he be tested for autism, he was added to the list. His wait was going to be six months (at least). He was still ahead of others that had not been seen yet! Praise God...a cancellation came through and I received a call offering me the spot and I jumped on it. Calens wait turned out to be 2 months instead of 6. There were some helpful web sites on the report. I will post them on this blog. My Internet at home is down for some reason. My only chance is to do it from work.
Everything else right now is okay. Nothing at all to complain about. I just take it one moment at a time.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Calen Not Feeling Well
I received a call from the daycare yesterday that Calen was having very runny bm's. The day before, he was only eating sweet things which let me know he isn't feeling well. I left work to pick him up. He was playing as if nothing was wrong. Kylia was sleeping. I went ahead and took both the kids home. Calen still wouldn't eat. My dad came by for a quick visit and around 7pm, Calen wanted to go to bed. We went to lay down and he started to whine a little, then a vomited all over himself. I cleaned up, then got the kids to sleep. He woke up this morning still acting as if he doesn't feel well. He drank some juice and threw it back up. I called in to work but the voicemail didn't activate. I then gave my kids some Kix, and Calen was able to keep them down. He started acting like himself again, so I got the kids dressed and sent them to daycare. I took the teachers some chocolate covered doughnuts to eat out of appreciation for being so good to Calen. The other day when Calen wasn't eating anything, Lib actually called me to talk to me about things Calen could have. That was the very thing I was asking the other daycare to do....CALL. I appreciated that so very much. I allowed her to give him half a nutri-grain bar. She read the ingredients to me...it had natural flavor and malt...two things that he shouldn't have. I allowed her to give him a little so that he will have something in his system. He ate that and seemed satisfied. I am so grateful to her and her staff for the special care they've shown for Calen. I'm concerned though about his BM. It was runny and smelled metallic. I've never smelled anything like it. It was just so weird. I hope he hasn't swallowed anything and if so, I hope it doesn't cause a major problem.
Our next appointment with the DAN! doc is on the 31st. I'm excited about going. I enjoyed the trip last time. This time, I think we will start Diflucan. I still have the b-12 injections in the fridge. I plan to start injections when school starts back. I have no idea when that will be.
Our next appointment with the DAN! doc is on the 31st. I'm excited about going. I enjoyed the trip last time. This time, I think we will start Diflucan. I still have the b-12 injections in the fridge. I plan to start injections when school starts back. I have no idea when that will be.
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