Thursday, February 27, 2014

missed meds

I am usually close to perfect in givig Calvin his meds morning and night. He takes a total of 5 medications. In the morning he takes 3 meds (total of 6 pills) and at night he takes 3 meds (total of 6 pills). (the epilepsy meds are morning AND night, the others are EITHER morning or night. Calvin is sometimes not perfect in taking them - hiding them under the table, throwing them into the grass, dumping them down the sink. Ahh so aggravating. Anyway, one day this week I COMPLETELY FORGOT to give his meds. I blame the overly tired and stressed self due to other kids being sick. Anyway, he had an okay day that day so I though I got by pretty well and felt super lucky. And I found myself doubting why he is taking so much medicine to begin with......

The next day was the fall out. As often happens, it takes a day to catch up with him. It was one of the roughest days we've had in a while. As I was sweeping the kitchen floor that afternoon I noticed one of his pills on the floor. Meaning, he had missed one of the meds 2 days in a row. Luckily for me it was not seizure medicine or one that you have to take daily to stay safe and it was perfectly fine from a general health standpoint to miss 2 days. However, from a sanity standpoint it was a disaster.

Looking back I feel really bad for him that he was so completely out of whack for a couple of days and probably not feeling his best.  Between the two of us, I am not sure who came more unglued. I am sorry to say that I was beside myself with frustration and not nearly as patient as I should have been.

However, the day after the rough day* Calvin cleaned up one of the rooms he messed up which is a 1st. I was very proud of him and impressed that he was willing to do that.

* Calvin messed up every room in the house in a matter of minutes. I have other pics on my phone too but I'm not sure how to put those on the computer yet!  suffice it to say he dumped a gallon of milk, gallon and  gatorate on the floor and tore up a book on the kitchen counter in addition to what is shown below.




Of note, it has been a full month since this happened. I was too grouchy to write about it at that time.  

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

birthday

Yesterday was Calvin's 11th birthday.

It's kinda crazy to see him at this age -11, where he'd be starting middle school, playing and instrument at school, being in the crossing guard, etc. He is so behind where other kids are. With handicapped kids birthdays totally stink since it is a reminder of how they are not actually growing the way they should, but the years still pass by. That's why we just live day by day.