4ml Prozac, probiotics and half a magnesium
The Magnesium seems to really help.
Yesterday was an amazing day. Ewen came with us to his old school where his little sister was having a smoothie end of 1st grade party with her class. And he said, "I'm going to see my old class". I came with him to the other building and went in to ask his old teacher if it was alright first. I explained about Owen's PANS and she said that her daughter has PANDAS and took antibiotics for a year. I couldn't believe it. She said that they were going to have a last day of school party and he could join them for that and he could use her phone to call me when he wanted to go home.
So he went in the room and he class all exclaimed with happiness and one boy with autism who loves Ewen got up and hugged him. I thanked the teacher and Ewen gave me a happy wave goodbye and I left joyously that he was going to have some closure with his class that he left so abruptly at Christmas time and never returned to.
I picked him up at lunchtime and then he came home to have some down time before he went to take a placement test at his new technology/math middle school. He went with a friend and when he came home that afternoon he told me that the test was 70 minutes long but he got it done in 30 minutes and he got into the top advanced math class.
Then we all (Ewen and his sisters and I) hopped in the car and went to a Tuesday night birthday party for the kid in his old class with autism who hugged him earlier that day. We all had a fantastic time at the birthday bowling party. There were a small handful of kids there, all of Ewen's friends. Then the parents of the birthday boy gave each kid an arcade card with $10 on it and I hung out with the girls while Ewen played air hockey with his friends. The girls and I did motorcycle racing and they sat in a roller coaster simulation game that suddenly got very popular after the other kids heard their squeals.
After the party at about 7:30 pm, Mike came and picked up Ewen and they went to watch the USA/Costa Rica soccer game at Ewen's BFF's house. I got the report that he played Magic with his friends and also watched some of the game with Mike and the dads.
I brought the girls home who were giddy with excitement from the party. The best part was that Ewen was OK the whole time. He didn't need to go home for down time much except for an hour before the test. He just did awesome yesterday.
Today he went to see a live professional international soccer game with Mike at a stadium a couple of hours away. When he got back he said he had a lot of fun.
He is having fun again. He qualified for his travel soccer team again and he WANTS to do it. He could sit through a 70 minute test yesterday and do really well. And I love that he had some closure at his old school.
He still huffs sometimes, but not all the time. He still rolls around the floor sometimes and he is still worried things are going to suck sometimes. But that is becoming less normal than his excitement for things and being positive about life. He can go to the store without it being awful and honestly there is nothing I love more than going to the grocery store and him being able to walk around with me without having the strong desire to leave the whole time....asking me over and over and saying we have to go now when I'm trying to get groceries. Today we went to the store and he was totally fine to just hang out while we shopped a bit. That is one of my most favorite parts about his continuing recovery.
The Magnesium seems to really help.
Yesterday was an amazing day. Ewen came with us to his old school where his little sister was having a smoothie end of 1st grade party with her class. And he said, "I'm going to see my old class". I came with him to the other building and went in to ask his old teacher if it was alright first. I explained about Owen's PANS and she said that her daughter has PANDAS and took antibiotics for a year. I couldn't believe it. She said that they were going to have a last day of school party and he could join them for that and he could use her phone to call me when he wanted to go home.
So he went in the room and he class all exclaimed with happiness and one boy with autism who loves Ewen got up and hugged him. I thanked the teacher and Ewen gave me a happy wave goodbye and I left joyously that he was going to have some closure with his class that he left so abruptly at Christmas time and never returned to.
I picked him up at lunchtime and then he came home to have some down time before he went to take a placement test at his new technology/math middle school. He went with a friend and when he came home that afternoon he told me that the test was 70 minutes long but he got it done in 30 minutes and he got into the top advanced math class.
Then we all (Ewen and his sisters and I) hopped in the car and went to a Tuesday night birthday party for the kid in his old class with autism who hugged him earlier that day. We all had a fantastic time at the birthday bowling party. There were a small handful of kids there, all of Ewen's friends. Then the parents of the birthday boy gave each kid an arcade card with $10 on it and I hung out with the girls while Ewen played air hockey with his friends. The girls and I did motorcycle racing and they sat in a roller coaster simulation game that suddenly got very popular after the other kids heard their squeals.
After the party at about 7:30 pm, Mike came and picked up Ewen and they went to watch the USA/Costa Rica soccer game at Ewen's BFF's house. I got the report that he played Magic with his friends and also watched some of the game with Mike and the dads.
I brought the girls home who were giddy with excitement from the party. The best part was that Ewen was OK the whole time. He didn't need to go home for down time much except for an hour before the test. He just did awesome yesterday.
Today he went to see a live professional international soccer game with Mike at a stadium a couple of hours away. When he got back he said he had a lot of fun.
He is having fun again. He qualified for his travel soccer team again and he WANTS to do it. He could sit through a 70 minute test yesterday and do really well. And I love that he had some closure at his old school.
He still huffs sometimes, but not all the time. He still rolls around the floor sometimes and he is still worried things are going to suck sometimes. But that is becoming less normal than his excitement for things and being positive about life. He can go to the store without it being awful and honestly there is nothing I love more than going to the grocery store and him being able to walk around with me without having the strong desire to leave the whole time....asking me over and over and saying we have to go now when I'm trying to get groceries. Today we went to the store and he was totally fine to just hang out while we shopped a bit. That is one of my most favorite parts about his continuing recovery.
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