Today begins the Christmas break from school. They don't go back until January 2nd. Honeybunches has been battling a cold-like illness since November 8th. He has a very nasty cough. I took him to the primary care doc on Monday. She didn't think it was anything catchy or anything that needed antibiotics. She put him on Prilosec for what she believed to be reflux. Well it's not doing anything. I knew that was not his problem. My 16 y.o now has the same cough. I hope hers goes away quicker. I hope they can find out what's going on with him too. He goes back to the regular doc on the 31st, yup New Years Eve. If he's still coughing as bad as he has these past couple days, then I think I'll try to get him in to be seen next week instead. I might get a 2nd opinion from a different doc. That's one good thing about going to such a large practice. There are about six other docs there I believe.
On Monday we took Honeybunches to get a bunch of fasting blood work that both his pdoc and GI doc ordered. Today his primary care doc called me to say that his cholesterol, triglycerides and liver enzymes are all much higher than they were. She was like "Put him back on whatever diet you had him on before". The problem is that nothing changed. He's still on the mostly Vegan totally Vegetarian diet. The only exceptions are still the ranch dip and the Morningstar Farms brand meat alternatives. They don't have cholesterol. Thankfully we have a pdoc appointment on Monday. Yup... That's how we plan to spend part of Christmas Eve lol.
His 1st appointment with his new counselor got cancelled because the counselors wife had a baby. He'll call back in a few weeks to schedule something the counseling center said.
This morning when I dropped him off he noticed the police man standing in the front of the building. He asked why he was there. I said "To help keep you all safe" and left it at that. The principal let Honeybunches be an assistant police officer today. (They had extra police because so many people were concerned with it being 1 week after the CT tragedy, some rumors going around town that teens at the highschool might have planned on shooting the school, and many people rediculously believing today was the end of the world.)
Letting him be the assistant police man was a great way to approach things with him. That lessened any anxiety he might have had to zero. I went back in the afternoon for their Holiday Party. It was great spending time with him. I got to see how he loves helping the janitor collect the garbage in the afternoon, his friends, a gecko another classroom has which he loves to go visit, help him with his gingerbread house, and see the classroom's new Ipads. He had a lot to show me in the 1 1/2 hours I was there. It was a great visit! I love seeing him at school.
This morning when I dropped him off the teacher told me how the behavior specialist came to see him earlier in the week. She's updating his behavior and safety plans. She also created a new incentive plan. They used the new plan yesterday and today. Both were awesome days. I guess the behaviorist changed things up a bit. In the previous plan, he could earn things by getting enough circles for doing a good job, but if he did something that was against the rules then his chances of earning it disappeared. Now with the new plan, I guess the chances of earning it don't go away. He can have all day to have chances to earn whatever it is. I will know more once the plans are complete and I get copies of them. The new plan seems to be working, at least for now.
I am really concerned about Honeybunches health issues. I think it's time to strongly consider changing one of his meds. From what I am reading, Abilify is the most likely culprit for the triglycerides and liver enzymes being so high. In the past, the pdoc has suggested that we might think about changing that for Geodon in the future. I will read up more on that over the weekend so I can go into the pdoc appointment on Monday with some type of possible things to discuss. I hate change. I am terrified of changing anything with him. I fear that he'll become aggressive and unstable like he was back in 2008 before this current med mix was put in place during his hospitalization in Feb 2009. I don't want to go back to those days, especially now that he's stronger, older and bigger. Maybe the med change would go okay, because he is older and more mature now. Still I find myself worrying a lot about this since the phone call. I'll know Monday exactly what his levels were. The pdoc gives me copies of the lab reports.
He's been okay here at home. Some days he gets a bit hyper and overstimulated, but I think that's just from things related to the holidays. He's not had any major issues though thankfully. I'll update Monday after his pdoc appointment...
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