Author: autisminourhouse

We had a rough patch last night; When I put Joe’s ear drops in, he told me that I hurt his throat…not quite sure what that was about. He said that it hurt the inside of his throat. Joe seems to be doing better today.Thank goodness for that! I talked to the ENTs nurse yesterday and she said to keep up with the probiotics; I guess they finally kicked in. I think (hopefully) we are on the road to healing. We have a dentist appt on Thursday as long as the runs stay away. I really don’t want to cancel as Joe has a tooth coming in sideways infront of the tooth in his cleft. Chet will have his first dentist appt too. That should just be LOADS of fun. Anyway, just wanted to let y’all know Joe Joe is better.
Much Love,
K & Co.

Poor little booger. We went to the ENT on Friday and he said that Joe still had fluid in his ears and that he wasn’t surprised. Then, Saturday afternoon, I looked in Joe’s right ear and there was all this mucousy stuff coming out. So I called the on call ENT, he prescribed ANOTHER antibiotic and eardrop. Well, now, Monday AM the poor boy has runny poop. He’s never had an accident since he decided to wear big boy undies, now he’s had two. He keeps going in to pee and has diarrhea. I’m trying to convince him to sit down to go pee, but he says, “No, mama, boys stand up to pee.” So, wish us luck. The ENTs office opens at 8:30 so I’ll call them to see what they say. I’ve given him pro-biotics since the last ear infection, so not quite sure what to do for my poor Joe-Joe.
Wish us luck.
Take Care,
Joe and Co.

Just when you think it’s all under control…your kiddo gets something like an ear infection. I know that in the scheme of things, it’s so minor, but when you have a kid that NEVER complains of pain that all of the sudden is like, Mama, my ear hurts…you sure feel bad. We went to the pediatrician yesterday and poor Joe Joe has an ear infection. Then, this am I see that he has drainage from his infected ear. I called the ped and the ENT and they both said that his eardrum has ruptured. I guess this sounds worse than it is. The ENTs office said to put peroxide in the ear before putting in some antibiotic drops. Man, oh, man, did some nasty stuff come out of there…I guess that’s good. Poor guy having all that junk in there can’t feel good. We have an appt with the ENT once Joe is done with his antibiotics. They will look to make sure the infection is gone and that the tear in his eardrum has healed. So, my vivacious little monster is now just a tired, sick little monster…hope he’s back to his old self soon. You know, it’s funny, you pray for your kids to be still for just a little bit, but then, they get sick, and you wish they were back to being little terrors! I guess be careful what you wish for.
Much love,

Thought this picture of Chet was too cute not to share. He loves his cookies. Joe is making great strides in his eating too! He’s added cheese and peperoni pizza to his list of acceptable foods!

Joe is enrolled in preschool and we go pick up our information packet on the 9th! What a big boy!

Much Love,
K & co

Well, We went to the beach and had a GREAT time. Joe and Chet did amazingly well! NO FITS! Well, at least the first day there were no fits. We went on Thursday a.m, spent the night at a hotel on the beach, came home Friday afternoon, went Saturday to Brian’s family reunion, camped out, came home Sunday through Thursday, left Friday for my family reunion and came home on Sunday.

We are getting ready to leave for an appt with Joe’s occupational therapist and he’s not happy about that at all!

Sure hope that you are all doing well.

Joe is holding steady at 30 lbs!

Take Care,
Kristi