A couple of weeks ago, there was a carnival being held on the ballpark field of the elementary school near our house. I think part of optimizing efficacy for what we are trying to help our son achieve is being aware of events occurring in our neighborhood and integrating them into his therapy work. And
Even when all of the scheduled therapy sessions have to be officially canceled for an illness. Tony woke up one day this week with a cough sounding like a seal bark, and as a mom who nursed Hannah through several bouts of croup when she was little, I felt pretty confident that I recognized what
March Gratitude If I’m having the most honest moment I can have right now, I’d say today is a day where my brain is struggling to marshal enough external focus to write, internally those neurons are dancing away listening to Karol G’s latest single on repeat. Even though my desire to focus is definitely on
Tony was struggling for a while with accidentally holding down the side volume buttons on his kindle for too long, which would mute his device. His brain takes longer to get his muscles to learn how to replicate motions he sees (it is not a matter of understanding, his brain knows what it wants the
I read about it on ABC 15. I read about it on FOX 10. Governor Hobbs vetoed the proposed budget. So, cool. I’m not hear to discuss any one party’s views about it. To me, what it means is that while many of our state legislators and our newly elected governor don’t agree on what
Maybe I can’t tell you all the reasons my schedule is bleeding losses of self-care. Maybe I still can’t always get into every medical appointment I need to for myself. I’ve actually made two annual physicals in a row…but I have two other specialists I’m past due for visiting and a mammogram that will happen…sometime?
To Emily At this point, really what more can I add? Thank you for choosing so many times to work for our family, for finding this to be such a happy place to work for you, for all the ways you have consistently shown that you can see all of the best our little man
I get asked a lot lately, “so how is Tony doing?” Well, it’s been a very busy couple of months. We went right from the transition out of services with his former ABA providers (and he was really heartbroken about that) into the holidays where pretty much everybody who works with us wanted to take
I don’t automatically check on therapy programs to verify the use of best practice for Tony the way I do for medications. Therapy programs don’t come with life-threatening interactions or anaphylaxis. I do tend to read a bit about any therapy type he needs because sometimes it can be hard to find providers where we
I was 14 when I was finally given a diagnosis for the birth defect on my right foot, and I have had two corrective surgeries on this foot. Many years ago, in my mid 20’s, I had just started seeing a popular, well-respected podiatrist within the healthcare system I worked for. He had started me
