Thursday, May 31, 2012

A Normal Moment


I had Kevin home the other day, because he’d had a rough night sleeping.  He was awake at 3am and he wasn’t too happy about it either.  Now, you’d think he would take a nap like he usually does on the weekends.  Nope, no nap.  He seemed awake and alert, so I took him to the grocery store.  As I’m walking through the store I look back to see what’s taking him so long.  He’s just walking along with his arms folded looking around like wow so this is the grocery store.  I just shook my head and kind of laughed.  But, boy it was so nice to see that arm down.  Lately he’s been walking around with his one arm up over his head and if you put it down the other one goes up in its place.  We got through the store with no problems and in the self checkout line I notice he’s look at something on the rack pretty intently.  I looked over to see what he was looking at and it was a tabloid with pictures of actresses in their bathing suits.  I started laughing so hard.   If anyone had been around they would have thought I was nuts, but it was just such a normal thing for a young man his age to do.  Well, maybe someone else’s son would be more discreet.   He does have his moments.

Monday, May 14, 2012

It’s been a Year


I have thought and thought about what to say today.  It’s been a year since having Kevin change to the gluten free diet.  We have had our ups and our downs.  It’s been a huge learning experience for me and the outer reaches of my family.  Yesterday we went to my sister’s house for Mother’s Day.  I do believe that is the first holiday event in a very long time that I was able to really relax at.  Kevin was so wonderful all day long.   My sister fixed a Gluten Free Brunch, so I didn’t have to worry about what Kevin could eat and what he couldn’t eat.  Thanks Sis!  That meant a lot to me.
It’s been a rough year for us, but I truly believe it was worth it.  Will I continue this diet with Kevin? Yes!  My goal was to help him with his agitation issues he has every summer.  It worked.  I didn’t have to call his doctor once during the whole summer for help.  I have never felt that Kevin would be cured of autism with this diet, but there have been improvements.  If I had started this diet when he was much younger then maybe things may have been different for him, but I don’t sit around thinking about what might have been.  What’s in the past is in the past.  I always worry about today and all the tomorrows to come.