HEALTH ISSUES

OK GUESS WE'LL START OFF WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A WISDOM TOOTH  LAST NIGHT---WELL WELL  WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW DAKOTA HAS BEEN HAVING A BIT MORE TROUBLE AT SCHOOL THE PAST 2 WEEKS AND  I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS REDUCING HIS RESPIRIDOL OR THE FRUSTRATION LEVEL WAS UP BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK , THE MINOR SURGERY ON HIS TOE OR THE FACT THAT HE HAD MISSED A COUPLE OF DAYS OF SCHOOL  OR HE WAS JUST PROGRESSING INTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE MODE DUE TO HIS AGE WHICH WAS THE SCARIEST SENARIO OF ALL.

ONCE AGAIN I NEED TO STICK TO THAT GUT INSTINCT THAT TELLS ME THESE KIDS ARE FOR THE MOST PART NOT AGGRESSIVE OR HAVE ESCALATED BEHAVIORS UNLESS THEY ARE PROVOKED. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPIERENCE FOR THE PASSED 16  YEARS OR SO THAT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT DAKOTAS BEHAVIOR UNEXPLICABLY BECOME MUCH MORE INTENSE  THERE IS A LEGITIMATE REASON. I FAULT MYSELF WHEN I DISMISS THE BEHAVIOR TO AUTISM I HAVE FAILED HIM. I GO BACK TO THE FIRST EXPLOSION I REMEMBER AT ABOUT 2 WHNE HE WAS EXTREMELY PISSY ALL DAY JUST A PILL AND MY PATIENCE HAD SEEN BETTER DAYS I WAS VERY UPSET WITH HIM AND AT MY ROPES END ALLDAY LONG HE TORMENTED   WHAN WE GOT HOME I WENT TO CHANGE HIM AND TOOK OFF HIS SHOE TO FIND A GREEN LOLIPOP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE INSIDE OF HIS SHOE  HOW IT GOT THERE --NOT SURE --THINK THE SHOES WERE IN THE DIAPER BAG AND SOMEHOW THE LOLI-POP ENDED UP IN THE SHOE  BUT NOT DAKOTAS FAULT MINE   -- MINE BOY WAS I PISSED OFF AT MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD GOTTEN AFTER HIM ALL DAY ABOUT HIS "PISSY-NESS" AND ALL ALONG WHOS FAULT///MINE!

SO THE LESSON HERE IS WHETHER VERBAL OR NOT  I PLEAD WITH YOU TO DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO TAKE A BREATH AND REALLY ANALYZE THE SITUATION BEFORE YOU FREAK OU ABOUT YOUR CHILDS BEHAVIOR --  BECAUSE MY CONTENETION IS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING DRIVING THAT BEHAVIOR. IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF HOURS OR EVEN DAYS BUT I BET EVENTUALLY YOU WILL FIND A REASON FOR THE "PISSY-NESS" DO NOT DIMISS ANTHING.IT CAN BE SOMETHIN AS SIMPLE AS ENVIROMENT THE CARPET, THE COLOR OF THE WALLS ,THE MUSIC,THE LIGHTING OR IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX LIKE HE ORDER OF THINGS THE FACTS THAT IT IS A DIFFERENT BUS OR BUS DRIVER , A TV SHOW THAT IS PREEMPTED OR NOT ON WHEN IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON. A SUBSTITUTE AIDEOR TEACHER HERES ONE DAKOTA FREAKED WHEN THEY CHANGED THE MILK CARTONS AT SCHOOLIT CAN BE EVERYTHING OR ANYTHING KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN AND QUESTION YOUR CHILD SOMETIMES THEIR REACTION WILL TELL YOU.

JUST REMEMBER DONT BE QUICK TO BLAME THE AUTISM USE THE AUTISM TO BE A SIGNAL TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WITH OUR CHILD!