You know those days when you look to the sky and want to
scream really universe just really, ya I am having one of those weeks never
mind days
Yesterday was Gabriel’s appointment with the psychiatrist as
well as Loghan’s medication appointment, it went really well.
To be short Gabriel has received a confirmed diagnosis of
ADHD and ODD and has now started with resperidone once daily to treat the
impulsiveness of the ODD, the doctor feels that at his age this is the best
route to take so we will see how it goes.
Loghan has been taken off his dose of Ambilify for now over
the holidays to see if he can do without it which is really great I am really
hoping that he can as it will be one less medication for him to take and also
shows that we are indeed making progress but we will see.
We attended the termly school meeting on Monday before these
appointments so we got to touch base with the teachers as well as see their
reports which is awesome; Gabriel did really well especially in the department
of mathematics which is no surprise considering that is where his brother does
so well… they did not get this from me or my ex I tell you must be my dad who
is amazing with maths, otherwise he did well in everything it is just his
behaviour that is stopping him from achieving his best etc especially in PE
where he just wants to according to the teacher and psychologist play on his
own and do his own thing, he also apparently on gets along or chooses to
interact with girls and adults according to his teacher he will avoid the other
boys etc so that is very interesting.
Loghan did very well in maths as we knew he would his English
mark however not so good and according to the teacher it is not because he can’t
it’s because he doesn’t want to write and read he refuses to, this I believe is
a result of his dad using writing out as a form of punishment, it was a very
good concept but with Loghan it has only encouraged a negative connotation with
writing etc, the reading broke my heart because I LOVE to read since my
childhood when I used to bring home mountains of books and would spend hours
holed up in my room getting lost in books way beyond my reading level I just
adore books and apparently so does Loghan- when they are read to him, he
especially loves Roald Dahl which the teacher is currently reading so I plan to
locate and purchase as many of his books and early readers that I can in order
to help, his other subjects were fine but as the teacher said she knows he is
capable of better so we will need to work on that as well as Gabriel’s writing his
pencil grip is incorrect and his writing is rushed and untidy, my pencil grip
is also wrong so I was told so I am afraid I have led a poor example in that
department eish.
Otherwise we were told that both are amazing loving children
who always want to help their teacher and love to be praised and loved which we
know already, so all that is left now is to run the course and see how it goes.
My geyser decided to burst yesterday so that was lovely to
come home to, house was slightly flooded, the gentleman from the insurance says
to me well how do you know it has burst- hmmm let me see maybe because it is
raining inside my house I don’t know just maybe, but I have to say they were
very fast and efficient and the geyser is being installed as I write this so at
least that is good but the excess that we have to pay made me want to cry in a
corner, to top that my exes maintenance only came through this morning after 2
of my debit orders had already bounced yay me… long story not going to get into
that, and the boys are on their way with their dad and step mom to Jo Berg and
Sun City this afternoon- I am terribly sad as it is for 2 weeks and I have not
been away from them for so long especially so far away but I know that this is
an amazing opportunity that I cannot afford to give them so that is great for
them.
I’ve been so emotional this last week really trying to stay
on top and stay focused and positive it just seems like everything is happening
at once and its hard, we will get through it I know and that’s what keeps me
pushing forward to know that we do have an amazing support system in place and
it will get better eventually
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