I’m still not sure what that little dip in his behavior/skin/gut actually was, but in the end, it seemed to agree with him. Rubén still has some sort of weird body rash, but his stools are back to being the right color & consistency, and his demeanor has bounced right back. In fact, I don’t […]
Rubén finally appears to be emerging from the other side of a three-day regression that scared the hell out of us and hearkened back to our worst floortime sessions from six months ago. He was disconnected, avoidant, and was stimming like crazy, often doing things we hadn’t seen in months.
We’re suspecting a yeast die-off effect […]
God, I hate postive attitudes.
Or, more accurate would be that I hate false positives. Jeez, that makes it sound like a lab test.
Here are a few examples. Whenever anyone says to me…
“Everything happens for a reason,” or
“Things are gonna get better, I just know it,” or
“Wow, he’s really interactive today” (when he’s clearly not), or
“You […]
In moving some of Rubén’s therapies around this year, we decided to give free occupational therapy from the ISD a try. My son is still getting used to the OT, but I do have to say she brings over the coolest toys. With the colder weather coming on, this handy doorway swing has been a […]
I decided to be good and turn in early last night, rising at 5:30 am to get some work in. María José and I have been discussing the discontinuation of a few of my son’s therapies, the downside of which would be that my already limited work time would shrink even further. And I really […]
I’m constantly bringing my digicam with me on business trips and to various conferences. I’m not really sure why. 90% of the time it never leaves my suitcase. When packing, I asked María José casually if we should take it along this time, and she said yes. This time, it turned out to be a […]
I made the decision to drive to Pennsylvania rather than fly, mostly due to cost considerations. Only part of me regrets that decision. Rubén did remarkably well throughout the trip. The last two nights with him were a trial, partly from road exhaustion, and partly from exposure to chlorine. Since we didn’t have ready access […]
This is just a quickie debriefing from the road. We’re on our way home from our appointments with Pat Kane, holed up in a room just outside Pittsburgh, and we should be back in Jacktown by late tomorrow afternoon.
We met with Pat for a total of six hours over two days. It’s been unreal. So […]