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.