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Things OK Again

It seems that the best way back to normalcy is large doses of Zithromax. Ewen is happy and doing well again.

He is playing soccer and doing well in school. He still goes to see his therapist once a month and they talk about his anxiety. He takes his Rubix cubes with him and solves them while they talk. She said that is a much better way for  him to channel his need to always be doing something than squirming off the couch onto a heap on the floor like he did a year ago.

So we are learning to navigate the regressions and it is good to know that there is a way back from them.

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