This Week in Our Journey Ending: October 29, 2010

It's been a while...I've let life get in the way and my original purpose of this blog was defeated. I am going to try to start over, I can't promise anything, but I'll try. It's been a hard week and well the last 6 weeks or so have been hard. After going along for a year and a half in relative calmness we have had a storm around here lately. Megan had to spend the night at school Wednesday, because of her behavior at school. She has had to spend the night in the past, but never for behavior at school. She came home today and said that she almost had to spend the night tonight because of her behavior today. She came home extremely elevated in mood. Jimmy and I are walking around shell shocked. We thought we had finally reached the point of semi-stabilization with her. I know that this is just a bump in the road and the journey will smooth out eventually. Please be praying for us, especially me as I am having a real hard time dealing with this latest bump. I guess that I had convinced myself that the rough part was over and it would be peaches and cream from here on out.

We did carve a pumpkin this week:



And make candy:



I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween weekend! And don't stop fighting for your families!

Temple Grandin Movie on HBO-February 6th

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world. Now her fascinating life, with all its challenges and successes is being brought to the screen. HBO has produced the full-length film Temple Grandin, which premieres on Saturday, February 6th on HBO. She has been featured on NPR (National Public Radio), major television programs, such as the BBC special "The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow", ABC's Primetime Live, The Today Show, Larry King Live, 48 Hours and 20/20, and has been written about in many national publications, such as Time magazine, People magazine, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, and New York Times. Among numerous other recognitions by media, Bravo Cable did a half-hour show on her life, and she was featured in the best-selling book, Anthropologist from Mars.

Click here for information on Ms. Grandin

This Week In Our Journey: Ending January 29, 2010

Whew!!! Hard to believe the first month of 2010 is almost over. This week in the Davis household has been relatively quiet. We all have been sick with colds and Megan has missed a couple of days at school. She made it through the week without being on restriction at school so she gets to participate in fun day at today if she makes it school. The only real problem is mornings. I still have not found a way to solve that battle. Megan does not want to get up in the morning and always complains of not feeling well. It is a battle to get her up much less to keep her up. Needless to say by the time she gets on the bus we are all a little on the cranky side.

Keep fighting for your families!

Shame on Me!!!

I am such a bad blogger. It has been forever since I last blogged. Life just sort of took over. I will not promise to be better this time around because I may not be able to keep it.

We finally got to the school district to agree to send Megan to Bayes Achievement Center in Huntsville, Texas. We are having one of the best years ever. Don't get me wrong. We still have our ups and downs, but the downs are happening a whole lot less.

Last week we switched her from Tenex to Intuniv. It is an extended release version of Tenex that came out in November 2009. Megan's doctor has heard great things about it helping with the symptoms of ADHD. You should start out on the lowest dose and titrate up to the therapeutic dose (somewhere around 3-4mg).

More to come...