What grade are you in?
As I write this, Grant is 13. I had to think long and hard about what grade he is in. Grades stopping meaning much. Well, from the...
The problem love didn't heal
I sit there in his room. Seething in upset regarding a dynamic that I think I will pass over because in the scope of things it is ok and...
A New Chapter: Coming Home...Alone
I don't know what I expected for to be like after day 1; however I must've had some pre-conceived idea. I am really busy. It is great. I...
Toxicity? Somnolence... Seizures
At the moment it appears the consensus from the doctors is toxicity from Abilify, but after another dr meeting yesterday...they really...
Something is wrong - Oct 2018 Update
Last night I got off the plane and got home around 11 pm. I spent 1 hour sending out emails and tried to get my brain ready for sleep. I...
Can we explain this?
I have wanted answers to Grant's severe behaviors for so long. You would think in 2016 when a Grant's psychiatrist proposed catatonia as...
The reality of caregiver stress
It has been a particularly stressful and hard week in our house. We dropped one med with the guidance of the pysch. G had the GI...
Another challenging April (and it has nothing to do with awareness month)
I try to imagine a day with no self-injury. It's easy to imagine, but seems so hard for Grant. He doesn't want to wear his gloves as much...
The SIBS come and they go.
I just ran into this piece of writing this morning. I wrote it to myself in spring of 2014. I don't really remember this because the...
His hand is healed
Dec 12: It was a rough weekend. Last week, Grant caught the cold/flu thing and he missed 2 days of school. I felt badly that he threw up...
