I slacked off!!!

Forgive me, I slacked off again on the blogging. I got caught up in the last couple of weeks of school and finals that I didn't take the time to update here. On that note I finished the year off with an A in one class and a B in the other.

There have been good days and there have been bad days. And the bad days have been bad!!!! More and more lately I really think there is a diagnosis somewhere on the ASD spectrum for Megan. Just the other day, she wanted to bring coffee in for Jimmy. He was not ready to get up yet so he told her "In just a minute" well she took it literally and set the timer on the microwave for a minute. She didn't understand why in a minute when she knocked on our door with the coffee why Jimmy was still not ready, "You said in just a minute." was her response to "Not yet."

Keep fighting for your families...more later!

This Week In Our Journey: Ending April 18, 2009

Last night Megan went to her first sleepover. I was very nervous. To solve the medication issue I gave her them before I dropped her off. When I picked her up this morning, she was all smiles and reported that she had a good time and made a new friend with one of the other girls there. She did say that she feel asleep at 8 because the meds were making her sleepy. So next time I will have to rethink the medication thing.

The saga trying to get her in to Texas Children's continues. I finally received a return call on Friday. I was told that they would be mailing me a questionnaire to fill out and return. Once they received it, they will grade it and then determine whether she needs to by seen in the Autism clinic or the psychological services clinic. Probably by the time this is all said and done we will be looking at another 3-4 weeks before we can get an appointment. At least this is further than I have gotten the previous two times I have tried to get Megan seen at Texas Children's.

Megan has been very helpful today with housework. She and her dad have been busy all day allowing me to finish up some school work. I really appreciate it!

Tiring kind of day

I would like to begin by saying that Megan came home yesterday in a much better mood. I was still suffering from my migraine and she cleaned the kitchen for me! Yeah!!!!

Megan had her regular appointment with her therapist today. I was in on the session, and Megan was very impulsive and energetic during the whole session. The therapist was not able to get much done, because Megan kept switching subjects mid-sentence, would leave the area, or would start kissing on me, licking me or patting on me or throwing herself at me. It was very tiresome for me trying to keep her under control. And she kept complaining of being hungry (we ate 30 min. before the appointment). Once we left the appointment we went straight to get her something to eat. After taking one bite she announced that she was not hungry!!!!!! Ugghhh!!!! I took her back to school and informed her teacher of Megan' s impulsiveness and elevated mood level. He said that she has been very hyper since returning from the hospital. At the beginning of the year we had Megan on the GFCF diet and limited her sugar intake. Since going back to college I had been pretty lax since finding GFCF products can be time consuming. After dropping Megan off at school I drove 30 miles to a Kroger store in Spring (which I had been told had gluten free) products. After walking all over the store I found a section of Natural Food Products including some gluten free products. Below is what I bought. I was excited to find pre-made bread! I had been told that they had gf pretzels but I did not find any.

I am going to try being real strict on the GFCF diet again and see if we see any improvement. They only alternative I can think of would be to put her back on an ADHD medicine which makes her even more moody. So keeping our fingers crossed that this works.

In regards to the appointment with the Learning Center at Texas Children's. I called again to day and her file is still being reviewed. I left another message! If I don't hear back by Friday, I am going to call her pediatrician's office to see of they can help speed things up.

Another Glorious (Not) Morning at the Davis Household

So much for two great days in a row! I myself woke up with a migraine. So having to deal with a moody teenager was not on the top of my list this morning. I was hoping for another awesome morning, and some sympathy and cooperation from her when I explained that I had a migraine. Instead I get "You really don't have a migraine" and "You are lying, b____" in response to "Momma has a migraine, so can you please get ready by yourself this morning." So much for peace and quiet this morning. I was able to keep her somewhat controlled this morning. She did manage to get herself dressed, her hair brushed, but she refused to brush her teeth (that is a struggle I still have yet to come up with a solution too). All the while ranting and threatening me and telling me that it is my fault that she is aggravated (but she could not tell me what I had done). And then like someone switched a light on she went from "psycho" mode to "I"m gonna miss the bus, bye" and out the door she went to wait for the bus and no more problems for the rest of the morning.