Moving...and stuff.

In my last blog, I mentioned that somebody told me about a doctor in Kansas City that treats Lyme and takes insurance. I was pretty excited. I got an appointment made, which was supposed to be for next week. Then last week, someone from that office called me and left me a message. They told me to call them back – that my appointment was made by mistake and that the doctor was no longer taking new patients. When I called back, I talked to someone else – and that lady told me that she bets that they canceled my appointment because it had to do with Lyme disease. Can you believe that??? They gave me the # for an infectious disease doctor but I have found out from others that that type of doctor isn't what I need. I'm told that most of them will tell you that chronic lyme doesn't exist (the kind that lasts for years when not treated). So, I'm back at square one. I did finally get my neurologist to send me a copy of my blood test results which shows I have lyme antibodies in my system.

But anyway, on to some good news. We have finally, officially been approved for those apartments and will be moving on Tuesday. They were having an open house this past weekend, so the kids were able to see the inside. They are pretty excited. The rooms are kind of small, but we will have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We were even issued an apartment number. John took Tuesday off work. All the tenants have to be there at 9:00 that morning to sign leases, go over rules, etc... They said it would probably take 2 hours. Then we can move in.

The school mornings have been better with Dakota lately. John and I actually had to have a meeting with the school a couple weeks or so ago because of our difficulty getting him to go. Dakota's awesome special-ed teacher has put a reward system in place for when he has a good morning and comes to school without fighting us. For each good morning that he has, he gets a sticker and there's different things he can save up for. Right now, his goal is to sit at the principal's desk at lunch time. I'm actually surprised that he chose that over a few of the other choices, but hey - whatever works. We've had a sticker chart at home since last year for the exact same reason, but ours doesn't seem to do any good. Oh well. I'm just glad something is helping right now.

Last week, Dakota had a particularly bad day at school. There is a new kid at school that told Dakota that nobody liked him. Dakota is very sensitive to things so this made him cry. And Dakota has told us before that he feels like nobody likes him. Well, that day I was looking in his bag and found a card that a girl in his class made for him. It said, “Feel happy and feel joyful. Don't worry I have your back. I like you and you like me. You Rule.” How sweet is that??? And he thinks that nobody likes him... I found out today that she is his girlfriend. I knew that he liked her because he had mentioned her several times and said that she was pretty. He has had a “girlfriend” every year for the past 3 years. For a boy with Autism, that is a huge accomplishment! I remember when he was in 1^st grade, his teacher told me that the girls in his class seem to hover over him and protect him. I guess because he is so emotional and is always needing help with whatever they are doing in the classroom. He just doesn't know what a stud he is.