Wednesday, March 05, 2003
UGH weather!!!
Ok we are freezing one day and in the 50s the next.... and now we have a weather advisory for rain, sleet, snow and ice thru tomorrow afternoon... UGH no wonder my head is about to explode from sinus pressure.... I had my contacts but had to take them out, blow my nose AND take some Tylenol Sinus before I could open my eyes w/o pain a bit ago.... Deven has been congested too and complaining of a tummy ache each morning.... *sigh* I really wish it would just be spring already.... I wanna start my seeds inside... guess I will work on that this weekend.. it's not too early is it??? Never did inside starting before... have some veggies we are gonna plant outside...
Doc update on Dev
Took Deven to the Child Psychiatrist this morning regarding his meds.... wanna make a good impression your first visit??? Be 35 min late!! OOOPS I thought for SURE that the appt was 8:30 - it was 8 am! *L* OOPS
Soo doc who was a bit cranky the first 10 min then calmed down some (Type A Personality I am assuming) and I talked while he scribbled and scribbled on forms, asking me questions.... then he browsed over the reports from the school eval... we decided to give Dev a booster of his adderall at noon in school.... We have to watch for tics now on Dev and make sure they don't get worse.... He already chews his fingers and I noticed the inside of his lips often too... I hope the slightly higher dose doesn't cause these tics to get worse... poor sweetie hurts his fingers and comes home w/band aids as it is... Sooo we will try this route for a month and then re-evaluate.... I also expressed my concern about his not eating... Dev is slight/lean to start although muscular... and he seems thinner lately but he's also not eating much even when it is something he likes, so I have been supplementing him w/either generic Ensure or Carnation Breakfast Drink... I hate having to FORCE him to eat - don't want to have him develope any eating issues... he's always been one to eat and run, eat and run.... But one hurdle at a time I guess.... in 2 weeks we meet w/the Child Psychologist.... seems that shrinks only regulate meds in recent yrs (esp the child ones)... didn't know that when I made shrink appt but kept the appt to have someone in the ADD/ADHD field regulate Dev's meds instead of the pedi.... not that I don't like the pedi (we actually DO love him!) but he's been pretty much going w/what I ask/say and I think we need a bit more w/Dev and the meds...
Well time to figure out what to cook for dinner - Dev says chicken nuggets and fries so might have to do that.... gotta look in freezer... Til next time...
Ok we are freezing one day and in the 50s the next.... and now we have a weather advisory for rain, sleet, snow and ice thru tomorrow afternoon... UGH no wonder my head is about to explode from sinus pressure.... I had my contacts but had to take them out, blow my nose AND take some Tylenol Sinus before I could open my eyes w/o pain a bit ago.... Deven has been congested too and complaining of a tummy ache each morning.... *sigh* I really wish it would just be spring already.... I wanna start my seeds inside... guess I will work on that this weekend.. it's not too early is it??? Never did inside starting before... have some veggies we are gonna plant outside...
Doc update on Dev
Took Deven to the Child Psychiatrist this morning regarding his meds.... wanna make a good impression your first visit??? Be 35 min late!! OOOPS I thought for SURE that the appt was 8:30 - it was 8 am! *L* OOPS
Soo doc who was a bit cranky the first 10 min then calmed down some (Type A Personality I am assuming) and I talked while he scribbled and scribbled on forms, asking me questions.... then he browsed over the reports from the school eval... we decided to give Dev a booster of his adderall at noon in school.... We have to watch for tics now on Dev and make sure they don't get worse.... He already chews his fingers and I noticed the inside of his lips often too... I hope the slightly higher dose doesn't cause these tics to get worse... poor sweetie hurts his fingers and comes home w/band aids as it is... Sooo we will try this route for a month and then re-evaluate.... I also expressed my concern about his not eating... Dev is slight/lean to start although muscular... and he seems thinner lately but he's also not eating much even when it is something he likes, so I have been supplementing him w/either generic Ensure or Carnation Breakfast Drink... I hate having to FORCE him to eat - don't want to have him develope any eating issues... he's always been one to eat and run, eat and run.... But one hurdle at a time I guess.... in 2 weeks we meet w/the Child Psychologist.... seems that shrinks only regulate meds in recent yrs (esp the child ones)... didn't know that when I made shrink appt but kept the appt to have someone in the ADD/ADHD field regulate Dev's meds instead of the pedi.... not that I don't like the pedi (we actually DO love him!) but he's been pretty much going w/what I ask/say and I think we need a bit more w/Dev and the meds...
Well time to figure out what to cook for dinner - Dev says chicken nuggets and fries so might have to do that.... gotta look in freezer... Til next time...
