I know I haven’t written much about having a child with Asperger’s lately, but that will be changing as we start Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy this week. We met with our therapist, and did they “Hey, this is who I am, and this is what I do,” visit. The boys LOVED him. This past [...]
Congress has passed legislation that “Gray Area” retirees may purchase Tricare coverage called Tricare Retired Reserve. This means that Reserve Component retirees not yet 60 years of age could potentially have Tricare health care coverage. That is if they can afford to pay $388.31 for 2010, $408.01 for 2011, and $976. 41 for 2010, $1,020.60 [...]
Several *cough* months ago, I was sent some samples of Endust Free Hypo-Allergenic Dusting and Cleaning Spray to try. We all have allergies in our house, and now besides myself, the boys have both officially been diagnosed with asthma. The Endust Free says on the can that it’s free of perfumes, less irritating ingredients, and [...]
How did you spend the 4th of July? We spent it in the ER Friday and Sunday. Friday, Aaron took a header down about 5 stairs and used his face as a landing pad. Sunday Zach was presenting as possible appendicitis. After 6 hours of tests, it was determined it’s just a really nasty virus [...]
My kids have decided that when they get seriously injured it will be on or very close to a holiday when the ER is at one of its busiest times. This is how we spent Friday to kick off the 4th of July weekend. We had just gotten up around 8am because I was up [...]
The process is now done for a year. Zach’s IEP has been written, and I’m OK with what was decided upon. My main goal was to meet Zach’s sensory issues for him. He really didn’t need any other curriculum changes, just needed his other needs addressed. I am disappointed that he didn’t qualify for the [...]
All of us in my household suffer from allergies to varying degrees. My husband’s allergies are fairly mild, but the boys and I all have fairly severe allergies and asthma. I’ve always preferred to use Filtrete filters in our furnace. When I can’t find the size I need in the Filtrete brand, I have to [...]
Brandy, from Stitchblade Designs, found out she has a rapidly growing volleyball sized mass on one of her ovaries last Friday. My heart goes out to her. Brandy has been back and forth to so many doctors over the last year with strange symptoms, and until last Friday, all the doctors could come up with [...]
I got an e-mail from my son’s teacher the other day saying that my son would be losing all of his recess yesterday for excessive talking. I replied that since we haven’t had our IEP meeting yet (it’s tomorrow) that if that’s what the teacher wanted to do, that’s fine – this time, but to [...]
Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. If you’d like to see if there’s a local event near you, please visit the list of events from the National Fibromyalgia Association site. Locally, the Appleebee’s in Chambersburg, PA is offering 15% of your bill to the National Fibromyalgia Association all day.
