A Need for Dye Free Medications

Thank you McNeil Corp. You screwed me. I love you for that. Can you feel the love in the form of my cursing your existence and Motrin recall? Your junior strength Motrin in the orange flavor is the ONLY chewable tablet OTC pain reliever I’ve found for my son that does NOT contain red dye. [...]

If I Were a Virginia Voter I’d Be Ashamed

I’d be totally ashamed of myself if I lived in Virginia and had voted this asshat into public  office. Bob Marshall of Manassas opposed state funding for Planned Parenthood because, “The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born [...]

Sleeping Like a Baby

How often have you used the phrase “I slept like a baby?” I have, but not in the traditional sense. I slept like a baby last night. It seems a cold has settled into my nose making it run like a sieve. No big deal really. Nothing some Sudafed can’t help. The only bad thing [...]

Army Life – Tricare and ASUs

I’ve already been stressing about Zach’s therapies for his Asperger’s. It seems we can use the Tricare (military insurance for newbies) plan we’re on now, and use ONLY network doctors (ie. lowest contract bidders because that’s how they do government contracts), and still pay a copay every month. OR, we can move Zach to a [...]

Finding Alternatives

I’ve been finding some good alternatives for Zach who has some dietary issues. First issue is lactose intolerance. Thankfully it’s mild. He was on soy formula as a baby, and then soy milk since. Of course now research is out about how soy acts like estrogen and I wonder what I’ve done to my poor [...]

Humbling

Since I share everything here, let me tell you, elementary school kids bring home some of the nastiest cooties known to mankind. It all started with the surprise waking by Zach Friday morning and then his subsequent puking. Then I got hit Saturday. Aaron and my husband also were hit, but not nearly as bad [...]

Life With Zach

Zach has always been my “quirky” child. His recent Asperger’s diagnosis has given us an explanation for his quirks. One such trait of Zach’s scared the ever loving bejeezus out of me from a good sleep at 5am this morning.
Scenario: Zach had evidently come quietly into our room. I didn’t hear him until he was [...]

Jump Rope for Heart

It’s that time of year again where I beg shamelessly a couple times for my son Zach for donations for Jump Rope for Heart. He looks forward to raising money for the American Heart Association every year through this program at his school, and of course we fully support this interest. We’re no strangers to [...]

Diagnosis: Asperger’s

For those that haven’t been following along over at The Parent Support Space, we took our oldest son, Zach, to Drexel Universtiy’s Autism Department to be re-evaluated earlier this month. We had taken him there two years ago because I suspected a high functioning form of autism. At that time, Zach carried a diagnosis of [...]

Falling Through The Cracks

I read an article today about military spouse and family member suicide. The article talks about how these rates aren’t tracked by the military. The response is there’s too many to track. That’s appalling to me.
Sure, people cite the old stigma argument. If I seek help it’ll hurt my spouse’s career as a soldier. We [...]

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