My Kid is a Damn Nutter - Page 45

glatt · 07-01-2010, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I can identify with that, but as a youth I wasn't given a choice.

I can identify with this.

Our daughter will eat anything. Our son is fairly picky. If he asks very nicely and respectfully, we'll let him pour himself a bowl of Cheerios instead of eating the same food as the rest of us at dinner. If he criticizes dinner in any way, no cereal for him. He needs to find a way to choke dinner down or go to bed hungry.

classicman · 07-01-2010, 10:04 AM

agreed!

jinx · 07-01-2010, 11:07 AM

The boy loves to try new food and likes most of it. He hovers around when I'm cooking asking to try the ingredients... He would order the portabello gorganzola salad over anything on the kid's menu.
The girl, not so much. She won't eat most animals, just chicken, and just certain ways. She likes all fruit, likes quite a few vegetables, but prefers them raw. She would live off popcicles, black beans, and mashed potatoes if I let her.

Clodfobble · 07-11-2010, 09:17 PM

You know what this is? Fucking bullshit, is what it is. It's been just over 6 weeks since we had the adenoid surgery, when the doctor "just couldn't justify" taking the tonsils too because they weren't inflamed at that exact moment in time. Well they're already swelling up again, which we knew to go looking for because we've had another damn regression in behaviors. But rather than drag him into the doctor's office again, we managed to get in there with my digital camera and get a photo of it (Mr. Clod did the honors; I was on toothbrush-gagging duty.) So I'm going to email this to the doctor's office tomorrow and see what they say. I'm betting we'll be back in the pediatric surgery unit before school starts. But hey, the deductible's already paid up, right?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-11-2010, 10:27 PM

That sucks.

lookout123 · 07-11-2010, 11:28 PM

Damn, sorry to hear that. Poor kid.

Griff · 07-12-2010, 05:59 AM

bummer...

Clodfobble · 07-26-2010, 04:27 PM

This morning, I had a medical doctor look my son in the face and tell him that he could stop acting autistic if he really wanted to.

I am not fucking joking, not even a little bit.

But it's okay. Because I have reached out to my friends, and gotten connected with a new pediatrician (who has an autistic child) who is going to refer us to a new Ear Nose & Throat doctor (who has an autistic child.) Did I mention that we go out of our way to see a pediatric dentist who has an autistic child as well?

We'll take care of our own, and everyone else can go take a flying fucking leap.

Spexxvet · 07-26-2010, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

This morning, I had a medical doctor look my son in the face and tell him that he could stop acting autistic if he really wanted to.
...

I hope you punched him in the side of his fucking brainless head.

lookout123 · 07-26-2010, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

This morning, I had a medical doctor look my son in the face and tell him that he could stop acting autistic if he really wanted to.

I am not fucking joking, not even a little bit.

But it's okay. Because I have reached out to my friends, and gotten connected with a new pediatrician (who has an autistic child) who is going to refer us to a new Ear Nose & Throat doctor (who has an autistic child.) Did I mention that we go out of our way to see a pediatric dentist who has an autistic child as well?

We'll take care of our own, and everyone else can go take a flying fucking leap.

I am so sorry. I would like to point out though that you are a far better person than I'll ever be. If were forced to witness that the doctor would still be in surgery and I'd be in jail.

Clodfobble rocks.

Phoenix66 · 07-28-2010, 03:30 PM

Heart goes out to you ... I have twins with autism and have family members tell me the same thing. "All you have to do is MAKE them behave; you spoil them too much, you give in to their bad behaviors." Uh, ok, so I am a bad mom, that's the problem.

classicman · 07-26-2010, 08:41 PM

As Flint would say ...

Wow! that is unbelievable. I'm with lookout - please post bail.

Clodfobble · 07-27-2010, 03:12 PM

Positive strep culture for the freaking win. No, screw you, Dr. Jeffrey Kahn of Austin Ear Nose & Throat.

Part of me desperately wants to go back to this guy just so I can shove the lab results in his face (the labs he didn't see the need to even run.) But the smarter part of me realizes this is counterproductive, that I don't want to humiliate the guy who's going to have a scalpel in my son's mouth. Gotta just move past it, take my strep results to the new ENT and get my son better...

ZenGum · 07-29-2010, 08:02 AM

I'm joining the queue to slap that doctor. WTF?

Clodfobble · 09-01-2010, 09:31 PM

Our nightmare summer from hell is almost over: we are back on the surgery schedule for a tonsillectomy. And when I say nightmare from hell I really mean it: at his very worst--i.e., about 4 weeks spanning July and August--we were experiencing roughly 5 tantrums a day, each about 30 minutes. The level of aggression during these meant that my only option was to lay with him on the bed, restraining him in a hug until he calmed down again. Meanwhile, my 2-year-old daughter basically gets to sit there and watch her mother pin her screaming brother to the bed. I'm sure that's been fantastic for her emotional development as well.

This whole time, his bad days and worse days have been directly correlated to the size of his tonsils. He tells me every single day that his throat hurts, and that he wants to go back to the hospital. He then reiterates all the details that he remembers from the last time he went to the hospital for the adenoidectomy--the pajamas he wore, the nurses he saw, the toys in the waiting room, the hospital pajamas, the oral medication, the IV, the special mask... and the feeling better. Today he basically promised me in broken phrases that if I would let him have another IV, he would be calm and not fuss at all.

But today we finally saw our new doctor, who gets it. We have (yet another) antibiotic prescription for symptom relief until the surgery on the 15th. In addition, she has ordered x-rays for his sinuses, because she suspects that a chronic sinus infection is actually what keeps re-seeding his tonsils after every round of antibiotics. If the x-rays confirm that, she will also do a sinus wash during the surgery, which involves (highlight for grossness) sucking all the pus out of his sinuses with a giant needle, then flushing them with an antibiotic fluid.

This woman is my hero. I almost started crying in her office when she dismissively said, "Of course I believe you. We're going to help him."

07-01-2010, 10:04 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	agreed! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-01-2010, 11:07 AM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	The boy loves to try new food and likes most of it. He hovers around when I'm cooking asking to try the ingredients... He would order the portabello gorganzola salad over anything on the kid's menu. The girl, not so much. She won't eat most animals, just chicken, and just certain ways. She likes all fruit, likes quite a few vegetables, but prefers them raw. She would live off popcicles, black beans, and mashed potatoes if I let her. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-11-2010, 09:17 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You know what this is? Fucking bullshit, is what it is. It's been just over 6 weeks since we had the adenoid surgery, when the doctor "just couldn't justify" taking the tonsils too because they weren't inflamed at that exact moment in time. Well they're already swelling up again, which we knew to go looking for because we've had another damn regression in behaviors. But rather than drag him into the doctor's office again, we managed to get in there with my digital camera and get a photo of it (Mr. Clod did the honors; I was on toothbrush-gagging duty.) So I'm going to email this to the doctor's office tomorrow and see what they say. I'm betting we'll be back in the pediatric surgery unit before school starts. But hey, the deductible's already paid up, right? Attached Images __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-11-2010, 10:27 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That sucks. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-11-2010, 11:28 PM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Damn, sorry to hear that. Poor kid. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-12-2010, 05:59 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	bummer... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-26-2010, 04:27 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	This morning, I had a medical doctor look my son in the face and tell him that he could stop acting autistic if he really wanted to. I am not fucking joking, not even a little bit. But it's okay. Because I have reached out to my friends, and gotten connected with a new pediatrician (who has an autistic child) who is going to refer us to a new Ear Nose & Throat doctor (who has an autistic child.) Did I mention that we go out of our way to see a pediatric dentist who has an autistic child as well? We'll take care of our own, and everyone else can go take a flying fucking leap. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-28-2010, 03:30 PM	#11
Phoenix66 Kinda New Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1	Heart goes out to you ... I have twins with autism and have family members tell me the same thing. "All you have to do is MAKE them behave; you spoil them too much, you give in to their bad behaviors." Uh, ok, so I am a bad mom, that's the problem.

07-26-2010, 08:41 PM	#12
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	As Flint would say ... Wow! that is unbelievable. I'm with lookout - please post bail. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-27-2010, 03:12 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Positive strep culture for the freaking win. No, screw you, Dr. Jeffrey Kahn of Austin Ear Nose & Throat. Part of me desperately wants to go back to this guy just so I can shove the lab results in his face (the labs he didn't see the need to even run.) But the smarter part of me realizes this is counterproductive, that I don't want to humiliate the guy who's going to have a scalpel in my son's mouth. Gotta just move past it, take my strep results to the new ENT and get my son better... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-29-2010, 08:02 AM	#14
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I'm joining the queue to slap that doctor. WTF? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

09-01-2010, 09:31 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Our nightmare summer from hell is almost over: we are back on the surgery schedule for a tonsillectomy. And when I say nightmare from hell I really mean it: at his very worst--i.e., about 4 weeks spanning July and August--we were experiencing roughly 5 tantrums a day, each about 30 minutes. The level of aggression during these meant that my only option was to lay with him on the bed, restraining him in a hug until he calmed down again. Meanwhile, my 2-year-old daughter basically gets to sit there and watch her mother pin her screaming brother to the bed. I'm sure that's been fantastic for her emotional development as well. This whole time, his bad days and worse days have been directly correlated to the size of his tonsils. He tells me every single day that his throat hurts, and that he wants to go back to the hospital. He then reiterates all the details that he remembers from the last time he went to the hospital for the adenoidectomy--the pajamas he wore, the nurses he saw, the toys in the waiting room, the hospital pajamas, the oral medication, the IV, the special mask... and the feeling better. Today he basically promised me in broken phrases that if I would let him have another IV, he would be calm and not fuss at all. But today we finally saw our new doctor, who gets it. We have (yet another) antibiotic prescription for symptom relief until the surgery on the 15th. In addition, she has ordered x-rays for his sinuses, because she suspects that a chronic sinus infection is actually what keeps re-seeding his tonsils after every round of antibiotics. If the x-rays confirm that, she will also do a sinus wash during the surgery, which involves (highlight for grossness) sucking all the pus out of his sinuses with a giant needle, then flushing them with an antibiotic fluid. This woman is my hero. I almost started crying in her office when she dismissively said, "Of course I believe you. We're going to help him." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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