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So Christmas was fun for everyone this year. I had a hard time finding something for Eric, I thought about getting him a MP3 player, but our phones already have MP3 players built into them. I finally decided on a “gaming” back-lit keyboard, and a new blue-tooth headset. He seemed happy with his gifts. We purchased a Robosapien, Kid Tough Fisher Price Digital Camera, Crayola Glow Station, and a bunch of other things for Gavin. For Laura we bought her the Rose Petal Cottage (which she loves the most), a Baby Chou Chou, a stroller for her baby, and a ton of other small toys. She loves that stinking cottage, it is so funny to watch her go in and out. If you go up to it and knock on the door it has, she giggles and opens the door to let you in, and when it is time for you to leave she pushes you out! Ha!

Weeks after he seemed to be over his upper respiratory infection, Chandler’s bloodwork is still showing signs that he is sick. Poor thing. He has been on medicine and all of that. I wanted to get him neutered before the holidays but I am not sure that is going to happen now.
I am almost done buying Christmas gifts for the kids, keep in mind I am not buying them jewelry or anything like that. I have just picked up a few toys here and there. Gavin requested a Robosapien, which he will get. Hopefully he will be happy with it, as it has been all he can think or talk about!

Chandler seems to finally be over the worst of his URI. Thank God. The past week has been horrible. He got so bad Eric and I had to have the discussion. The discussion of what was the best for Chandler, to keep sticking needles in him to give him his fluids, and to keep shoving food and medicine down his throat, even though he was struggling to breath at times, or ……you know…the “unspeakable“. Thank goodness we decided to help him fight this off. There were times though, when I would just dread going into the bathroom to check on him, in fear that I would find him dead. We have been keeping him in the master bath, which we consider it to be his hotel las vegas for kitties, since he has been sick. It is better for him to be in a quiet room so he can rest. He seems to be doing better, his breathing sounds better, he is now eating, and running around. The only thing he isn’t doing is drinking water, so I still have to stick him with a needle twice a day so he can get those needed fluids. I don’t think the needle bothers him as much as the cold fluid. I hope I can post in a couple of weeks about how fat he is getting, Lord knows he needs to gain weight. He is literally bones and skin.

Poor kitty. He is SICK. Running a high fever now, coughing, sneezing, not eating. Currently I am having to syringe water and Nutrical down his little throat. Not fun. But, you can see after 30 minutes of me doing it that he feels better. I am taking him into work with me tomorrow so he can get IV fluids and antibiotics. He is also getting B12 injections, but only once a week. He just has a bad upper respiratory infection, which doesn’t sound like much, but it can easily kill a kitten of his size. Hopefully after he gets some IV fluids and some antibiotics pumped into his skinny body he will feel better. He most certainly doesn’t need any diet pills!*Crossing fingers*

Starting Monday, October 13th, I will start parent classes at Vanderbilt. I believe I will be in a class with other parents with children that are between 15 - 25 months old that are at high risk for Autism. As of right now I believe there are going to be around 8 other sets of mothers or fathers that will be in the class as well. The teacher of the class came out to the house Friday and took some video of Laura’s every day activities, such as snack time and play time. She also brought my “text book”, which is HUGE. This book weighs a ton. It almost overwhelms me a bit. The crazy thing about this whole deal is that Laura seems to be getting better with her eye contact and she is trying to talk now, saying only a few words. I almost feel like Gavin is getting worse. I am so thankful that we decided to not get Laura’s MMR vaccine, as I seriously feel that she would be worse off had we done it. Gavin has gone back to having to have this tiny ball of fuzz to roll between his fingers and stim off of all of the time. BUT..it keeps him calm, and helps him get to sleep better, so in no way are we going to take it away from him. I have actually found myself running to the clothes dryer and getting some lint to roll into a small ball for him when he looses his fuzz ball. He once was ripping one of my quilts to get the cotton out of it to roll into a small ball. It drove me crazy! We are currently having a hard time getting him to eat when it comes time for dinner. We usually would sit around and pretty much tell him he could not get up until he ate it all, which would end in a crying fit, so we have decided to not force him to eat. It is better on everyone. It is so fustrating to get upset with him, when we can explain to him why we are, because he doesn’t understand, and he can’t explain to us why he doesn’t want to eat whatever it is in front of him. Sometimes we just feel LOST. I am just so THANKFUL that we found them both a new doctor. He is wonderful. Laura is getting a ton of early intervention, which is a blessing. I just wish at this point there were more options to help us with Gavin. He has prescribed medicine for ADHD, but I can’t bring myself to go get it filled and actually give it to him. Part of me would feel like I am “druging” him, and that is the last thing I want. He is having more crying fits, and seems to be stuck in his speech. Hopefully we can get him into some speech therapy, which he really needs.