Archive for the ‘Illness’ Category

Autism & I: Link to Lyme Disease?

On my Facebook page this morning, Autism Canada Foundation posted a video about a little boy who’s diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease has greatly improved his symptoms of Autism.  Apparently, he hit all his developmental milestones in the first 15 months or so of his life and then suddenly lost his ability to speak, [...]

September 9, 2011   Posted in: Illness, In the news, Main, Video  No Comments

Autism & I: Antibiotics… again!

This time, it’s for a double ear infection.  About 4 days ago, Jake didn’t go to sleep until 1am.  Although he wasn’t complaining, we did wonder why he wasn’t sleeping.  At 3:30, we woke to the dound of Jake crying.  When we went in, he was half-asleep and banging himself on the side of his [...]

June 3, 2011   Posted in: Communication, Illness, Main  No Comments

Autism & I: Will he sleep?

Jake has a cough this weekend and we are now Sunday evening, 10:25pm.  He’s spent the weekend with an up-and-down mood, crying and then laughing.  His smile has lit up the room and then the moaning has been seemingly non-stop. And now, he’s in bed.  As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, we put Jake to [...]

May 15, 2011   Posted in: Illness, Main, Sleep Habits  No Comments

Autism & I: What if Mummy gets sick?

I live my life with an autistic 7-year old and a neuro-typical 4-year old, dreading the day that I might get sick or injured.  It’s true, I have a husband, who is a loving father to our children, but let’s face it, taking care of these two children (Jake, especially) is a job best shared [...]

April 27, 2011   Posted in: Illness, Main  One Comment

Autism & I: I had a bad dream

Over the last three days, my throat has become more and more painful. Swallowing was difficult. Yawning was even worse. Ouch! I put up with it for two days but when I woke yesterday morning, having had the worst night of sleep I can remember, I just knew that I had to get things sorted. [...]

April 21, 2011   Posted in: Illness, Main  No Comments

Autism & I: A Pretty Good Weekend

The antibiotics are working!  And I know this because Jake is happy.  He’s spent the weekend smiling, sleeping well and eating like a horse.  As I mentioned previously, we feel pretty bad that we didn’t know that he wasn’t feeling well, but in our defense, he went downhill slowly and gradually and we could be [...]

April 17, 2011   Posted in: Communication, Illness, Main, Toilet Training  No Comments

Autism & I: Medication? No!!

Our Jakey is on antibiotics.  It’s that lovely cherry-flavoured stuff I remember from my youth.  As soon as I popped the top off, I was sent on a little trip in my brain to the many times that I had to take that pink medicine.  How could Jake not like this?  It’s lovely.  Right?  Wrong. A [...]

April 15, 2011   Posted in: Illness, Main  No Comments

Autism & I: A little understanding, please

Jake has an infection.  His school called me yesterday to pick him up because he was crying and they believe that he might need to see a doctor.  They were right and I called Jake’s pediatrician, who I like to call Dr Useless. I’m sure that you can guess why I chose that name, right?  [...]

April 14, 2011   Posted in: Communication, Illness, Main  One Comment