Something strange about Antibiotics

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So I've noticed this strange thing about my son and antibiotics. Now he is allergic to many of them. He can only take a few. The first time he took amoxicillin he wound up in the emergency room looking like a ripe tomato. 

However, whenever he gets a sinus infection or any other infection (which is often) because we can't keep his hands out of his mouth he gets placed on antibiotics of course.

Well.. while on antibiotics his cognitive abilities INCREASE. His communication and motor planning simply improve.

It's the strangest thing ever. Leads me to believe that gut microbacteria play a greater role in things.

Saturday Night Super Social

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So I'm a huge night owl! I always have been, but during the week I'm pretty involved with work and other things like most peeps are. 

So my Saturday nights are my Super Social nights! On these nights I will be posting everything that has happened during the week with me and my son. 

I'm still recovering from my heart surgery, so I have more time on my hands at the moment to let you in on my boring life. But! I rode my bike for a good bit today with less exhaustion :) So hopefully soon my life will get back to normal.

Also the school year is coming to an end soon and my kiddo will be out for summer! So hopefully we will get to visit some cool places and I can post some pictures for you to enjoy :)

What has been new this week? 

Well, with my son there is a new word. It's "Energy". He will ask us several times a day "What is your energy?", He wants us to reply with our energy level. Sometimes he will want us to tell him what we believe his energy level is. It's a very interesting exchange. I usually try to engage him with the same question and probe him to tell me what his energy level is.. 1000%! I'm trying to grasp where this thought process with the energy came about. I believe I may have narrowed it down to his iPad battery level, however with him it's hard to tell sometimes. They could have been discussing energy at school in some form. Closer to bed time we will tell him that is energy level is around 5-10% lol. It helps get him mentally prepared for bed time.

Introduction Post

Greetings

I'm a Spectrum Dad. I have a son that is 5 years old and was diagnosed with moderate autism at the age of 2. 

Since his diagnoses we've placed him in every therapy we could. And we've noticed an explosion of growth and change in him. 

It is true for some of us what they say when they say that an early diagnosis and early intervention is key.

In this blog I will try my best to share my insight and inspiration of raising a child with autism.

I can also be found on twitter twitter.com/N8Fryer

And my youtube www.youtube.com/channel/UCu10OsmFs_KZ8CxzWw4iDcw