Checking in

October 10, 2002

-I have been wondering what you were doing and how you were doing. I

cant believe this guy is terrorizing your state! I didnt realise it

was only 15 mins from you though! prayers are going your way!

Jacquie H

-- In parenting_autism@y..., BJBlackler@a... wrote:

> Hi all --

>

> I haven't been posting a lot since the start of school back in

September. I

> was hoping by now that life would have settled into some semblance

of routine

> but it truly hasn't! I see a whole lot of new names to the list.

Here's my

> late welcome to you all. I am BJ, mostly single mom to

(4.10/PDD-NOS,

> verbal apraxia) and Jacynthe (2.3, terrible two).

>

> I am sitting here in the computer room with the door closed. My

kids are out

> in the living room doing their daily destroying activities which

include

> pulling the curtains off the rods, messing the blinds up, etc. I

just had to

> get away from them for a bit!

>

> We are playing hookey today from school. It is pouring down rain

and I did

> not feel like driving two cranky kids at 6:30am down the Baltimore

beltway to

> morning class, then one hour in the opposite direction to the

afternoon

> preschool. I am having real problems getting/staying motivated

lately, I'm

> sure it's that wonderful seasonal depression kicking in.

>

> If you've been watching the news, I'm sure you've heard about the

whacko

> sniper here in the land suburbs. In fact, the little boy that

was shot

> outside of his school Monday morning was right in Georga's neck of

the woods,

> about 15 minutes from us here. I am a nervous wreck.

>

> Yesterday when dropping off at his public school in the

afternoon, he

> decided to have one of his hissy-fits because the zipper on his

jacket wasn't

> zipped to his satisfaction. Of all the damn times to have a tantrum

in the

> parking lot. There was a police officer manning the front door to

the school,

> and helicopters flying overhead. And here's , worried about

his damn

> zipper, ugh. It took me forever to get him inside the school. And

all I could

> think about was if that sniper guy was in the woods. I was a mess!

>

> I sure will be glad when they catch this whacko.

>

> -BJ in polis, MD

>

October 10, 2002

And here's , worried about his damn

> zipper, ugh. It took me forever to get him inside the school. And

all I could

> think about was if that sniper guy was in the woods. I was a mess!

>

> I sure will be glad when they catch this whacko.

>

> -BJ in polis, MD

(((BJ)))

How very scarey for you!!!

thats sounds exactly what jenna

would try to pull...danger does

not faze her, one bit~~

i hope they catch this lunatic

very soon!!!!!

nancy

October 13, 2002

ny has a fascination/obsession with water.

He can be in the backyard with the running hose

for hours or in the tub with the running faucet.

Just give him a couple of plastic cups and a bowl

and he's in heaven.

We have to lock the bathroom door because he turns

on the faucet and plays in the water. The lock

broke and I was letting him play 'supervised' in

the water. I was away from the room for awhile

and hadn't given ny much thought till I came

back and saw him standing in an INCH of water,

soaking wet all over the bathroom floor. He had

somehow put cans of soda under the faucet and the

water bounced off them and out of the sink and he

was playing. WHAT A MESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't be too mad at him because it was my

fault. Needless to say the lock is back on the

bathroom door.

jen

>

>emerld wrote:

>

>> Is that a common Autistic trait? ny is a

>> destroyer also, although he does play with toys

>> also.

>>

>> jen

>

>I'm wondering the same thing. Jake (3) can really wreck a room or the

>whole house for that matter. He seems to think that " order " in his room

>requires taking all the toys out of the toy box, off the shelves and

>scattering them all over. I clean his room and then he goes in and

>thinks " Hmm... this is not right, must scatter everything.. " like it's

>his job or something.

>

>Yesterday when my husband was supposed to be on duty (I was at the

>store) he got into the cat litter box and threw the litter and poop

>clumps all over and on top of his head. Aaauuuugggghhh!!!!

>

>~ Karin

>

October 13, 2002

emerld wrote:

> ny has a fascination/obsession with water.

> He can be in the backyard with the running hose

> for hours or in the tub with the running faucet.

> Just give him a couple of plastic cups and a bowl

> and he's in heaven.

>

Same here at my house.

~ Karin

October 13, 2002

Same here. He even plays in the cat's water bowl, no matter how much I

scold. He dips his hands in, and then claps, with a big smile on his face.

So hard to tell him no, when he has that look of pure joy on his face.

*note to self: move cat's water bowl!*

ellen

Re: checking in

emerld wrote:

> ny has a fascination/obsession with water.

> He can be in the backyard with the running hose

> for hours or in the tub with the running faucet.

> Just give him a couple of plastic cups and a bowl

> and he's in heaven.

>

Same here at my house.

~ Karin

October 13, 2002

weinberg@... wrote:

> Same here. He even plays in the cat's water bowl, no matter how much I

> scold. He dips his hands in, and then claps, with a big smile on his face.

> So hard to tell him no, when he has that look of pure joy on his face.

> *note to self: move cat's water bowl!*

>

> ellen

Ditto! Your child is the one that comes across most like mine of all

that I've heard of so far. It's probably because they are about the

same age, but everything you write, I could write.

Does he talk at all? Babble?

~ Karin

October 14, 2002

Hey Jen,

who had kind of outgrown this (age 9) this summer put the drain in the

sink, then turned the water on and left it on! Yep, same look as your

bathroom!

Sue

March 30, 2005

-

Hey all,

I have been wanting to check in for a while, but various problems have kept me

quiet for some time now. I think the last person to ask about me by name was

Darin, so thanks for asking even though that was months ago. I guess I would be

considered a mid-timer. I joined in spring 2001 when my PSC was dx. I have been

having a bumpy health road, but nothing really major, just persitent and

exhausting. I have a long standing UTI that I hope is cleared up now. I have

been given the go-ahead to have sinus surgery for some birth defects and a

deviated septum. I am hoping that will give me some relief in that direction. I

have been dealing with a fair amount of pain, nausea, and weight loss lately. I

got terribly sick when I went on Ketek for a sinus infection. I made an

emergency visit to my doctor (lunch break visit--he is so nice that way). I

stopped the Ketek, the low dose, long term antibiotic I was on for the UTI,

stopped the 6-mp and increased the nexium to 2xs daily. After about a

week, I felt much better, then got a nasty stomach/intestinal flu. But that

lasted less than two days, so I was relieved I didn't get sicker.

My computer had a breakdown and I couldn't send out any e-mail. That was

particularly upsetting for me since my son is in Sao o, Brazil and that was

my only way of communicating with him. I did get my computer fixed. They had to

reinstall windows--go figure.

My PSC is moving along nicely, ahem, I mean it's certainly been worse. I have

periods of extreme gastic distress and days of that insane itching, but nothing

earth shattering. My UC is flaring since I've been off the 6-mp for about two

weeks now. I see the doc in about 2-3 weeks. BTW, I couldn't take all the other

typical meds for UC and the 6-mp has been a colon saver for me. I did take

Immuran for a while and then suddenly had violent purging (both ends) within an

hour of taking it. It took me two or three days to figure it out. I'm a bit

concerned because I seem to be building up immunity to many antibiotics. It

takes two or three tries to clear up a sinus infection. I am also one of the

members who cannot tolerate Urso at any dose. It gives me diarrhea, even worse

fecal incontinence.

I am amazed at all of you doing the work for the new foundation. I wish I had

the energy and drive to do what you all do. I am thankful that there are people

who can do so much.

I've had many positive things going on. We moved to our new house last August.

It is wonderful and has a lot of ready-made projects to do. It is on the Snake

River and I have a deck overlooking the river about fifty feet above. We have a

nice road that leads down to the river and I can't wait to take the kids fishing

soon. I am the full time mom to my two gr.kids Jasie 5 1/2 and Rylan 3. My Suzie

is 17 and doing well in her junior year. My oldest (25) is living with us

(not good) but has been involved with Drug Court and has kept clean for 8 months

now and has also kept a job. This is all wonderful. I am just looking forward to

the day she is able to get out of the house. My Alyson (23) and her hubby Cody

have a beautiful son Drayke (8 months old now) Remember name the baby Bair

competition. We had a lot of fun with it. But Cody's love of waterfowl hunting

won out. Alyson said he could name him Drake if they spelled it the Old English

version, hense the /y/

My son (21) is on a mission for our church in Sao o, Brazil. We have

had several weeks of wonderful spring weather (on and off) and I've been able to

work in the yard--lots of flower beds and fruit trees (we have over an acre of

land now). I must confess, I'd much rather do gardening than house work.

My husband has been wonderful. He is patient and considerate of me. I feel I

have more blessings than I have challenges. I don't see my problems (health or

otherwise) as anything other than opportunities for growth. This new paradigm

has made such a difference in everything I do.

Even though I haven't posted, I have been reading the posts (not always easy and

getting harder and harder as we get bigger and bigger). I care for you all and

pray for you all. I hope to be more active, but life sure is busy here, and I'm

so-o-o tired.

It was great to hear from you Kath, Ken, Margie, Pam, ok this isn't going to

work, I'm going to leave out way too many. Welcome to all the new members. Thank

you to everyone for posting. It's so good to belong to such a forum. Deb, I

think of you often and am heartened to hear that the tx might be soon. Take care

all, Cheryl in ID