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A Little Catch Up

4ml prozac, probiotics, melatonin, magnesium, D3 oil

It has been a long time since I posted. Ewen is still doing well and seems to regress a bit the last day or two before he takes his antibiotics again. He still takes 500 Zithromax once a week. We tried breaking it up into 250mg over 2 days but that didn't work for him at all, he got anxious again and even got some tics back.

He is still doing well in middle school although he is getting a B in math which is weird. He is in a grade ahead with math...in the advanced 7th grade math class. But it is still strange he isn't getting an A. He is getting an A in all his other classes though. The only reason he has a B is because he doesn't go back and check his work before he turns in a math test and makes dumb little mistakes that could have easily been caught with a check-over. But I don't want him to become like the overachiever on the Breakfast Club so I just say, a B is good too...but check your tests before you turn them in.

He is doing well with soccer and rides his bike all over town now with his friends. They go looking for Pokemon with Pokemon Go and he has a Starbucks card so he can get snacks when he is Downtown. He loves the freedom. I worry so much about him and check his location all the time on "find friends". I hate giving him so much freedom but he needs it so I swallow my fear and let him go. He can't bike downtown by himself though. He has to be with friends.

I need to tell our pediatrician that he has a hard time the day before his antibiotics dose. I wonder if she will tell us to give him 250 a day every day. I hope not. I don't want him on massive amounts. I was thinking that we could give it to him every 6 days instead of every 7. I will see what she says about that.

We tried to taper off the Prozac but he got anxious a couple of times and so I just slowly put it back up to his regular dose of 4ml's.

And we chug along and I am so thankful that he is doing well.  He is fairly happy and very amiable and sweet to me and people in general. His teachers love him. He is respectful and smart and laughs a lot so that is helpful for him in general.

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