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Huffing Less Again, Thank Goodness!

(Probiotics 8:30am, Prozac 4.1ml at 4pm, Zithromax 250 ML at 4pm, he will have probiotics and melatonin and magnesium at 9pm)

Well after my major worry freak out last night and not being able to sleep, today Ewen woke up huffing only a couple of times. Then when I picked him up from school he was huff-free again. I can't believe it. I was so worried that we were back to the huffing tic again but it looks like yesterday was the exception and not the new norm.

As we drove home from his school this afternoon I told him that we have to pick up his sisters from Grandmas's. I asked him if that was OK and he said he really didn't feel like it. I told him that before all of this, before he got "sick" that he was much more positive. I said that before he would have said, "yeah cool!" Then I told him that when he got sick and he said he didn't want to do something, it was because he was feeling horrible and I listened to him and kept him comfortable as much as possible. I said that now I don't know the level of his discomfort anymore and it is hard for me to gauge.

He said that he guessed he didn't really care if we went to Grandma's or not, he was just like, whatever about it. He said he was just looking forward to getting home and relaxing on his computer.

So we went and got the girls and he didn't hide away in her computer room. He sat on the porch  with us all and watched videos on his phone...which actually is an improvement.

Something interesting last night was that he said he thought he probably didn't need the Prozac anymore. That was nice to hear, although we aren't stopping it yet. Right now he is playing Minecraft, Skyping with a friend from school. Tomorrow is his 5th grade graduation ceremony!

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