Can We Please Call This Week OVER?!?!
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| Thu, 05-24-2007 - 10:58pm |
This has been one of those "I've been hit by a Mac truck" kinda weeks.
Monday- Took Noah to the doctor's office to be seen by the CNP who specializes in asthma. Came home with a Dx, and four new prescriptions. YIKES! Of course, only one of the four is a short-time med. The rest will be added to his daily routine. Had to make up a spreadsheet just to keep track of all of it!
We had no more than left the office when Claire's 1:1 called, in tears. Claire's meltdowns were so severe, and she was so out of control, her poor 1:1 didn't know what else to do to help her. Evidently Claire spit in her face and tried to bite her. When I got to school, the 1:1 and I sat in the hallway and cried together. This was the first time EVER in her entire life that Claire had shown any type of agressive behavior. So we quick called the ped. pysch. to schedule an emergency appt., and started considering the possibility of a co-morbid pediatric bipolar disorder. (Not because of this single incident, but because of a family history, and a build-up of symptoms over the last several months as they corresponded to the Zoloft she started on in November.) Thank GOD for Dee and her knowledge, insight, and willingness to lend an eye to my e-mails.
Tuesday and Wednesday are a blur of online research (school districts in potential relocation areas and pediatric bipolar disorder) and preparing for this weekend's neighborhood garage sale.
TODAY~ DH took the day off and we trekked 45 minutes to the ped. pysch. who, while stopping short of officially diagnosing Claire with bipolar, agreed with our concerns, and now we're stopping the Zoloft and starting her on Risperdal. It's not that I'm unhappy about the medication, I just hate having to do it. It scares the living crap out of me. If she could communicate enough to tell us about any side effects, I'd feel different...but she can't.
This afternoon we took her to see the dermatologist for the molluscum (sp?) TALK ABOUT A DISASTER! They were running behind (what else is new) so DH left to pick up the two older kids and go to his haircut appt. I was stuck dealing with Claire's aversion to doctors. Needless to say, it was a complete waste of time because she went into full-out catastrophic meltdown before he so much as looked at her "rash". They would be able to treat the molluscum, but in order to do so they have to put a painless chemical on each individual spot, and she has well over a hundred of them. Three of us tried to hold her down, but the doctor finally gave up. Can't say that I blame him, either. He suggested we talk to her ped. about a Rx for Xanax (or something similar) to calm her down before trying again. *sigh* She screamed the entire time we were checking out, and I would've given ANYTHING to have had a dozen of Dee's cards or (at the very least) an ounce of the strength she showed last week. I sat in the check-out gals chair and cried while she tried to bribe Claire with candy. (NICE TRY lady, but the child won't eat candy, so your solution to the problem is without merit.)
NO REST FOR THE WEARY...we got home, I cried like a baby, got mad, then got up and started working on the garage sale again. And now, I'm drinking. Will it make me feel better? Probably not...but at least I'll sleep tonight.
If you made it this far, thanks~ If you didn't, I don't blame you! ;-)
Amy


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Amy, I'm sorry that you've had such an awful week.
I'm going to officially call it--
WEEK OVER NOW.
There you go.
Ohhh DUDETTE! Hugs, hugs, and more hugs! No advice here, mostly cause anything I'd have to say would be redundant, you've already gotten so much. And if you're anything like me (what, you? NO! Not in the slightest!) then the venting was the neccesary part. LOL.
I'm thinking a cyber party is at hand... complete with handmade mexican chocolates!
~Candes
(((Amy))) I hope now that the week is coming to an end it will calm down for you.
3 of my kiddos have asthma and allergies. We're currently working on a program to identify Martha's triggers so we can use less meds. It's sometimes hard to remember which drug is for which kid. I've got to sit down and make out a new note card to carry so I can remember which things which kids are on and which meds each are allergic to-- Owen had an allergic reaction another antibiotic again this week.
I'm sorry things w/ Claire are not going so well.
Yesterday, I spent much of the afternoon crying as well. I just wanted the whole world of autism to just go away. I had issues w/ Weston's teacher again-- she was just setting him up for failure, not making his accomidations for him, no communications, end of the year crap. AND it was my 40th birthday yesterday so I just wanted one day that was not stressfull (is that asking too much?). Didn't happen, then Weston took it all out on me when he got home... full meltdown mode over EVERYTHING. I was so glad when yesterday was over.
Betsy
((((Amy)))))
The week is officially over and I hope you have a nice long, rejuvenating weekend.
Renee
Thanks to one and all for your kind words and support. We're dealing fairly well- and so far, we've not noticed anything unusual with the changes in meds, which is a relief. But it's still early, of course.
On a "high note"- Claire lost her first tooth yesterday after school! She was so excited about it. She actually insisted I pull it out, and you know, she didn't so much as flinch. Since she spent last night with her grandparents, the tooth fairy is coming to our house tonight. Of her own volition, she sat down and wrote this letter to the tooth fairy.
Dear Tooth Fairy,
You can come when I go to sleep.
Love,
Claire
***TOO CUTE***
Again, many thanks~
Amy
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