So the non-encouraging portion of this quick post is that 4/6 of our little family had the stomach flu this past weekend (Daddy and the three olders). Not fun. I am thankful that I appear to be done with cleaning up vomit for awhile.
HOWEVER, the exciting point that I observed was when I came home from church on Sunday. When I had left, N had actually been vomit-free since the morning before and was telling me he felt great. Still, I left him home and took only his brother with me. After getting home a couple of hours later, I was greeted by a weepy, flushed N who was fighting back tears about his sister watching yet another episode of Murder She Wrote. He wanted to watch one of his shows and was upset that she had started another one.
I asked him if he was feeling sick? No.
Was he tired? No.
Then I told him to find something to do while waiting his turn. He went and found Scrabble and asked me to play. I told him that we would after I got his brother some lunch and down for a nap. More tears! Ugh! It was as if we had stepped back in time one year. The inflexible, weepy N had re-emerged! I wanted to weep myself, but then the simple truth dawned on me! With him not being able to keep anything down for 2 days, he hadn't taken any of his meds! I directed him to do so straight away! Within an hour, he was back to being his newer easy-going, flexible self. Hallelujah!
This was so exciting to me! It was proof, once more, that what we are doing IS making a HUGE difference! As mentioned before, his 'chronic daily headache syndrome' is long gone (take that, Mrs. Pediatrician with her amphetamines!) and his brain is navigating daily life more emotionally secure. His muscle tone and energy level are much improved as well.
Also, because of standardized testing last week, he did not have his neurofeedback session. Two weeks without therapy meant a return to more hyper-focusing and 'scrapbooking' about his current favorite topic, which at this point happens to be HTML coding. Yeah. While not quite as severe as before (he was still able to read my exaggerated eye rolling and big sighs), it was a noticeable difference to when he is regularly having his therapy. According to the computer data, we are making progress, but his brain still has many more front-to-back pathways to make, so it will still be a process there.
In conclusion, I guess one of the best ways to see if something is working is to eliminate it. While I do not think most medical professionals would agree with that statement, it was a good bench test for us!
Blessings,
Hillary At Home
