Tag Archives: ADHD
Whoa is Me
I’ve been having myself a bit of a pity party lately. And the past few days have been really hard days. At least my pity parties have been on the elliptical at the gym or in spin class and not … Continue reading
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May the Fourth Be With You
Young Jedi was in heaven yesterday on Star Wars day (while I was in heaven today with margaritas and chips and guacamole, but I digress). I took away most of his Star Wars dress up and light sabers recently because … Continue reading
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Progress
Young Jedi continues to struggle. He just got denied an IEP for behavioral support. It was really , really disappointing. He’s in a watch zone but doesn’t qaulify for services. It makes me really angry that i want to help … Continue reading
Rescue
Look at me, two posts in one week! Young Jedi has focus group so he’s at school an extra hour, I already worked out, walked the subject of this post and the cleaning lady is here, so I figured I’d … Continue reading
Things Are A Changing
It seems like life has shifted off of its axis lately. So much has been going on, I barely have time to sit down or clean let alone type up a blog post but we’re en route from a week … Continue reading
Thankful
Today I am thankful. Today I am thankful that a year ago we were about a week out from Sporty’s tendon transfer and here we are with two magical feet. Feet that recovered from major surgery quickly enough to allow … Continue reading
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Controversial
Last week we made a controversial and very hard decision. We decided to start medicating Young Jedi. I know a lot of people are completely against medicating for ADHD, especially in someone as young as Young Jedi, and we’ll likely … Continue reading
Runs in the Family
Young Jedi was NOT a fan of soccer last year but we told him he had to do an activity so he chose baseball. Fortunately our city Little League runs a fall ball program for his age so we signed … Continue reading
What is ADHD?
My friend, Soul Sister, posted this question on her Facebook page to see what her friends’ perceptions of ADHD were. Remember, Soul Sister is my friend who got us in with Dr Fix-It. Her little guy is Young Jedi’s birthday … Continue reading
About Young Jedi
It’s been a while, we were able to get in a quick getaway to Monterey for a few days last week, summer is winding down and we’ve been frantically preparing for the first day of school (T-6 days but who’s … Continue reading
Made to Run 