Dear family and friends
Grayson's Saturday morning chores include grocery shopping, labeling and putting away the food. After all of that was completed today, we went out to lunch. Nothing fancy, but a burger and a root beer float at A&W was good!
Following lunch, we went to the Kern County Museum for a delightful afternoon that passed way quicker than I expected it to. This is a wonderful museum with about 75 period buildings, including the original hospital, county court house and jail, several rail cars, the train station, a dentist's office, many homes – you get the picture. There was also a large and fascinating interactive exhibit on the oil history of the area (Bakersfield still produces about 10% of the nation's oil.) All in all, it was a wonderful afternoon and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Grayson was in cheerful spirits all day. He was not sleepy or lethargic, and we walked quite a bit around the museum. He was interested in the exhibits, and explored right along with us. Compared to the past few weeks, his speech clarity has become less understandable, and he stutters a lot more than he used to. This may be another reaction to the changing meds. We'll have to see how he adjusts to these changes over the next few weeks.
We concluded our day watching a movie back at the residence. Grayson chose Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark, always a fun movie. Do you realize that the movie was released almost 30 years ago?
We ended our day with warm hugs and kisses, thankful for another day of God's blessings.
Pax!
Brant
Ah, the changing meds. Finding the correct blend on the neurological/pharmacological cocktail is a challenge: each component comes with problems as well as benefits, and the proscriber knows very well how the affect the average patient, but how they affect you is another story.
ReplyDeleteWe have had kids on these journeys at Prep; I had one student in particular whose med changes quite clearly created a "moving target." But we could report to the parents "Child now is having problems with behavior X," which was then reported to the doctor, who then said "Ah! That's the blahblahblah... we'll reduce the dosage." Since you're very sensitive to behavioral nuances, keep reporting such things to the doctors, and you can leverage your observations with their diagnostic abilities and bring him through the "pharmacological forest" on a smooth path.
Good luck!