Well another Christmas has come to pass. The kids seemed to like all of their presents. Most everything went well except for the fact that my husband is sick and wants to do nothing but be in bed which never happens during holidays. A present we bought for our daughter also did not seem to work out so far. I may take it to a pro and see of they can handle it. Adrian did pretty well over the holiday. We went to my In-laws house and Adrian expected everyone to rush through dinner to open presents. He waited about 45 minutes for everyone to completely eat while telling everybody to hurry. I was honestly surprised that he did not rip open presents. Jade lost a tooth over the weekend. She was so excited. We do not do the tooth Fairy anymore though. Adrian is almost Seven and has not lost a tooth yet, I am not sure if that is normal for a child with his condition or not. Something to discuss with the dentist I guess. Jade has been having a lot more ear sensitivity lately. I thought we were going to hear back from Generation Care about therapy for her. I will have to contact them after I finish solving our health insurance problem. I am waiting on paperwork because the company my husbands employer provides health insurance through is refusing to pay for a list of visits to various providers because our coverage lapsed for six months while my husband was laid off and the company thinks they have a right to deny coverage because of some preexisting condition in the medical contract. Except for the fact that these medical conditions are new to this year and we have had complete coverage all year. They said they sent us an entire packet to fill out and I have know idea what they are talking about because we never received it. In fact I just spoke to someone from the insurance company on Monday the 20th and they said they were sending paperwork  out that day. Even with the holiday they are only in Grand Rapids so we should have received it. The claim is for a couple thousand dollars. We have already paid a $5,000 co-pay for the year on top of $160 a month for premiums so they should cover the $2,000 Hopefully they will. Sorry to talk about that but that's what happens when you have children with health problems, you rack up large medical bills!!!!! It's scary to think they may not cover every trip our son has to make to his Neurologist twice ever six months because they think it's a preexisting condition. Jade also sees the same neurologist once every six months, but her condition occurred before the lapse so they have to pay for hers. That is what's going on in our world right now. Bye!!!

Monday Adrian had a full blown meltdown at Walmart. We went to cash a check because it was closer than the bank and Adrian wanted C batteries for his Rocky the Robot Truck. We had to leave the store  without them because the check could not be cashed there. Try explaining that one to a six year old with PDD-NOS. To complicate matters further I had complete strangers look at me as my son was in full meltdown mode and start laughing when he bit my face. He has never bit me before. He has attempted when highly stressed, but he has never bit me. This caught me completely off guard. My husband has few moments where he is absolutely patient and thank god this was one of them!!! I had to carry Adrian who had kicked off his boots at that point to our vehicle about 7 to 10 feet away while he was thrashing and screaming. Not a pleasant moment for Adrian or me. The rage takes over his small little body and nothing will calm him until he is ready. He completely disappears and it's as if an alternate personality steps forward to deal with the frustration he can not handle.  Steven and Jade are lost on me. They may be saying things or doing things to try to help and I am not hearing it. Usually for some reason when Jade speaks he freaks out even more so I am constantly trying to remind her not to say anything to him when he has these episodes so he does not lash out at her. Steven has the ability to help calm him almost every time. Even if he has to yell to Adrian over his screaming to get him to listen it usually works. I just want to rock him like I did when he was a baby. The rocking helps too and calms me down as well. Lately we have been deep breathing like crazy!!!! On a positive note Adrian did get those batteries after we went back to Walmart and I have heard Rocky the Robot truck moving around his room and our kitchen ever since. Mostly he moves it back and forth so he can watch the wheels, but he also likes to play with it and listen to it talk. We got him a Stinky the Garbage truck for Christmas so I will hear them both in a couple of days. He has had this strange obsession with play houses over the last couple of years so we bought him one this year.  His Neurologist has a play house in the waiting area and his obsession with them has grown since he started seeing his Neurologist in October. He wants his own space to play in and for his sister too. I also ordered The Transporters Series his Special Ed teacher was  telling me about. Maybe it will be here by next week so we can start using it.

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