And Now a Cat with Epilepsy!

This week has been a lovely week with less anxiety and more smiles. We have now replaced most of the items from the burglary, installed a very keen alarm system and gotten rid of the remains of stolen items such as wires and add ons for the consoles taken. I think that this has helped Boy Wonder to move on from the trauma, although XBOX need to hurry up with Fifa 15 and Minecraft to make everything complete!

Over the course of the week Boy Wonder went out with his 1:1 worker, spent time with Supergran and Biker Gramps and went to the outdoor leisure centre ( no incidents this week!) On Wednesday we went out with cousins, fruit picking. The strawberries had finished but we had fun picking the raspberries. Boy Wonder and older cousin went off a little way up the field to be independent and actually did a very good picking job. Cat Girl, younger cousin and the adults picked together and we all came out with a nice few punets of fruit. Cat Girl announced rather loudly that she had disposed of the bad ones and under ripe ones just like I do by throwing them under the bush! Whoops.

Tuesday night brought the Oliver rehearsal which Boy Wonder became quite upset about. We talked about it and he was able to tell me that he didn't like the noise from the other children when they were messing about ( they should only make noise when they are performing!) the room is also rather echoey and the rehearsal repetative. I asked him if he still wanted to do the performance and he said yes but the rehearsals were making him angry and giving him tummy ache. We agreed to talk to the staff about the problems. We did talk to the staff and as usual they were very supportive of Boy Wonder. They commented on how he he seemed to work much better in the smaller room upstairs and look happier. Tonight he looked pale again. The Director explained that there was going to be a change in venue from next week to the dance studio so this will be a lot better. He also asked if he could speak to Boy Wonder alone to tell him that he is doing well. I agreed and he promptly whisked him off for a pep talk! Whatever he said seemed to do the trick as he returned to the session with colour in his cheeks and a bounce in his step.

The cats were due their booster injections towards the end of last week and when taken to the vets in the car, Cat Girl's cat started fitting. We got them to the vets and had him examined. He had two further fits whilst in the vets. This resulted in a two day stint in the animal hospital whilst they performed tests and stabilised him. The blood results came back clear so they diagnosed idiopathic epilepsy and he is now being treated as such. Luckily he is now stable with the medication and seems to be back on form if not a little more cautious, staying around the house more so.   We explained to Cat Girl about her cat having epilepsy and needing special medication to make him better. Without hesitation she said ' Yes, he's special just like Boy Wonder!'  and laughed. I guess that's one way of looking at it!

I spoke with the OT about noise reduction ideas for Boy Wonder such as ear plugs. The difficulty is that he wants them to be discreet and although earphones work ( as a lot of kids wear them when listening to music ) he will only wear them as per 'the rules.' I.e not in classrooms, whilst eating etc. We agreed to try the old faithful, cotton wool!

This weekend we have two family gatherings. One being a party and the other a sit down dinner ( where Boy Wonder is cooking with Super Gran.) hopefully the sun will shine and Boy Wonder will cope with the busyness. We have pockets of downtime in between so all should work out and he is excited!