Yesterday, Brendan seemed okay and did fine during the first part of this ABA session. Then he got upset about something and kept trying to hit the therapist. He did calm down after awhile. Then they walked to the store to get some chips which they have done many times before This allows Brendan to use his communication device with the clerk who is very nice. Anyway, when they came back Brendan hands me a bag of Flamin Cheetos. Unfortunately he is not suppose to eat these because they have milk and soy. So I waited to see if he would have a reaction. For one thing, they since they were so hot, he didn't eat many. But within 20 minutes he was getting blotchy and he kept coughing. So, I gave him a remedy for allergies. After two doses his symptoms started to subside. The rest of the evening he was fine. If anything I think he learned a lesson on trying to eat something he knows he is not suppose to. Since he was with his therapist, and not us, I think he pulled one over on her.
Today, he did not go to school because he had his second eye appointment. This did not go well. First Brendan head butted me when we got out of the car (which already told me he did not want to go there). Then when we walked in, he sat next to his Dad (who got there earlier) and then he headbutted me again. He calmed down when he was watching his DVD, but I could tell he was still on edge.
To sum it up, we could not get definitive results as to whether the prism glasses could help him with close-up work since he is a little farsighted. Of course, the glasses were to close to his eyes, so that agitated him even more, even though she tried to fix them. He was agitated throughtout the appointment and toward the end of the appointment, hit the doctor. My heart just sank. It is one thing when he gets physical with me, but when it is someone else, it is extremely disheartening. I apologized I don't know how many times. The doctor said not to worry and that she has seen it all. Sadly, I don't think we'll be going back there as Brendan now views this as a place of distress. I don't know how we'll ever get him into another eye doctors office in the future. He went so willingly the first day too.
On the way home, I told Brendan that I know he was frustrated but the doctor was trying to help him, and you can't hit people. Of course he got upset upon hearing this. As we drove home, he got mad off and on and would hit the window. Then he signed that he was sorry and I asked him if he felt bad about hitting the doctor and he said 'yes'.
When we got home, I let him watch his Barney video that came in the mail today. Barely home 10 minutes and he tore the cover (when he does this, he can no longer have the cover). So I took it away and hid it. Again, he got very upset, so I sent him to his room so he could calm down. After 30 minutes, I could see him on the monitor and he was finally calm. Sadly, to my surprise, when I walked into this room to get him, there was a huge gaping hole in the wall. He obviously kicked this in with his foot. I told him no going to the store tomorrow as we will now need that money to pay to have the wall fixed.
I then called my friend to cancel his playdate this afternoon. She could tell from my voice that something had happened. I told her about the doctor appointment. Then when I told her the wall, she said calmly, "oh yeah, we've had that happened. Do you want the name of the person that can fix it?" This made me laugh. Only another family who has children on the spectrum would have a number like this handy. I found great comfort and humor in this.
Brendan has been calm now. As his homeopath mentioned, I usually ask him if he needs another dose of a remedy and he will say "yah" or "all done". I just gave him another dose of the remedy we started two weeks ago that has helped with speech. We'll see how the rest of the day goes......
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