So I have both Joey and Joshua on meds. Wow!!! First I'll start with Joey. His meds seemed to be helping but making him extremely tired and if he was very tired he was HORRIBLE! He was crabby and cranky and even got so mad at me that he called me a bitch when he didn't get his way! Today I called Children's and talked to them. Found out that he was on the wrong dose!!! The mix was to be 1mg/5ml and the pharmacy zmade it 1mg/1ml!!! So tonight he backed down to the proper dose and we'll see how that works for him!!! Otherwise he's been great. I think his attention is better but he's still distracted. He is able to be put back on task, at least for a little bit after he is distracted. That's a bonus. We go in for a med check on July 19th.
Then there's Joshua. We doubled him to 20mg and it seems to be helping but ... when it wears off around 2-3pm he is HORRIBLE. Like he's worse than his normal before meds!!! I asked if we could give him like one more pill around 3ish (would be the time he's home from school) but was told that it would keep him up too late. So we have an appointment with the doctor on Thursday for a med check. Maybe change the med or add a short acting one for the afternoon. He will need something to keep him going after school so he can get work done.
And summer school. I'm really disappointed with the teacher. She is one I always loved. She was good with the kids and parents and seemed really dedicated. She had a long term sub position the beginning of the year and she was there until after 4:30pm most days still working on her classroom and grading and preping for the following day. I was so sad for her when she failed to get the job full time :( However she's being a real pill with this summer school gig. I enrolled both boys in the reading program. Joshua is excelled academically, I wanted him to learn how to read. Now all of a sudden they produced a "getting ready for Kindergarten" class and want him in there with his same aged peers. The problem is he already knows his letters and letter sounds. He needs to now learn how to turn that knowledge into reading words. She is telling me he hasn't mastered his letters and letter sounds just because he's not doing it for her... all the while I'm telling her that we're working on the meds... give me fricking moment lady!!! I am very open and honest, I told them I called to ask the pedi if I could give Josh the meds that Joey couldn't take. We started with the one then I called again and was told to double it. She's asked me at least 3 times now if the doctor gave me permission to medicate him. Seriously? WTF? I want to say NO, I called, they said NO so I did it anyway. Shut the F up!!! What business is it of hers anyway to question me like that?
I told Sara at Children's this today and she was irritated for me. She said if I need something from them to prove that I'm doing all this under medical advise they'd be happy to provide it for me. Man I love Children's!!!
So my calendar is full of color with both boys from Green to red for Josh and Green to BLUE for Joey (green (good), yellow, red, blue (bad))...
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