Tag - desensitization 5 posts

Cuando El Estrés Me Molesta Mucho…

I spoke very minimal Spanish when our little man was first placed with and adopted into our family. What motivated me initially to continue to learn was our son, because I had wanted him to be able to have a conversation with his birth mom should he ever choose to want to meet and talk

No Such Thing As Therapy-Free Sick Days

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

The Gift of Listening

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

Giving the Universe its Due

After I ended last week’s post by talking a tiny bit about some of my personal health history, I figured if I didn’t put up something quick each week some of you might worry I was sick or dead. While neither of those conditions currently apply, I am going to keep this shorter and perhaps

Delving Into the Latest Dental Visits

This will come as no surprise to those of you who have been reading with us for a while now, but Tony doesn’t like dentists any more than he likes doctors. We’ve not really discussed specifics much for his dental visits, in part because we’ve had years of experiences to talk about and I struggle

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