little update: six flag, camp, biomed

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Registered: 04-11-2003
little update: six flag, camp, biomed
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Fri, 07-21-2006 - 9:40am

Hi everyone. Haven't posted much lately- a combination of being busy some of the time and feeling blaa the rest.

We are working on chelation almost every week. Kyle is in the phase where you see a stall in gains or regression. It sucks. We aren't seeing anything too bad really but really miss that time in early chelation and when doing virastop when we were seeing nothing but gains and great stuff. He's been so spacey, less social, more anxiety, and lots of stimming. We went to six flags last week. Normally he has a blast at parks and goes on lots of different stuff. This time he hardly did anything and we felt like he didn't have fun.

Hannah had her blood work ordered by the DAN doctor on tuesday. We had to drive 2 hours to go to this certain lab. I called ahead of time and told them I was bringing my dd who'd never had a blood draw before. They said they work with kids and to bring her that day when more than one of them was there. So we get there and Hannah fights like a tazmanian devil with 3 people and me trying to hold her down. They give up and tell her if she doesn't stop fighting we'll have to leave. DUH, that's just what she wants. I was livid and they got an ear full from me! I paid a grand for those tests and drove 2 hrs there was no way we were leaving. I got dd calmed down and bribed her. They tried again and were able to get it done even though she was still fighting but not as hard. They took 8 vials of blood. The poor kid had to fast for the tests and after all the fighting and the 8 vials she turned white. I was afraid she would pass out. They hurried us right out the door though. Once I got her some food though she perked right up.

My other Hannah update: In the past 2 weeks I've seen her jumping and flapping 3 times. This is a new behavior for her. It really worries me.

Ok, some good news. The kids were accepted into the loose the training wheels camp. It starts the 31st and we are very excited. Well, dd and I are. Kyle isn't so sure. Its 3.5 hrs away so we'll be staying in a hotel with a pool, which ds is excited about. Hey I wonder if the hotel has wireless and dh would let me take his laptop. I'm going to be lonely.

Samantha

Samantha
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 07-21-2006 - 2:57pm

Bummer about Six Flags......we are suppose to go this weekend - son loves the waterpark section....he normally does okay, not great, in these type of places but he keeps requesting to go back so I guess he likes it.

The blood drawing experience sounded horrible......we had a similar incident once....a physically draining experience for everyone involved.

Great news on the bike program.......I hope it goes well. Good luck!!

Christie