ADHD Isnt real..... EXCUSE ME??!

im so tired of seeing posts that says "ADHD isnt real" or my new favorite one "When i was a kid there was no such thing as a behavioral problem they were called a spoiled little brat" 
Well heres the thing. The reason why there wasnt no such thing as ADHD is because IT DIDNT EXIST. so yes it wasnt there. BECAUSE they didnt find it until the late 1980s, yes they can PROVE that adhd is real and that a child has it based on a Brain Scan. 
Now the behavioral problem:: If there wasnt such a thing called a behavioral problem then tell me why a NONADHD person can take ridilin or methlyphenidate or any other adhd medicine, and it treats em like they are on crack or coke or another speed drug. but when a person who has ADHD take the adhd prescribed medication it slows them down.Or a adhd person can drink a cup of coffee or can take caffiene or eat sugar (you know the stuff that is suppost to speed you up) it normally slows them down......

Now why it aggravates ME!! 
When your youst to having around a happy smiley child you know everything is ok. You literally have no worries. But what if that child somehow wakes up one morning and gets frustrated over the littlest thing. If they drop a cup of milk, spill a bowel of cereal, or well just busts out crying for no reason what so ever.And yes the two above they happen before the crying meltdown. Sometimes you can not cheer them up with in 20 secs. its not a "stop or imma give you something to cry about"  or something else along them lines. They can not help it. It scares them. and what about for the ones who has more then ADHD ?! you know that thing called Anxiety. or another indivisible illness. 

If you see a child going into a meltdown or throwing a fit. walk up to them. sometimes it can take the littlest thing to throw a child out of a meltdown. or to calm their fears.
I remember and i still have to tell lou this when we walk into walmart "Nobody is going to hurt you, if they do you have the permission to slap them" or i'll tell him that i will slap them. and then he'll start to smile because he knows everything is ok. When you see us inside of Walmart he is NOT walking hes sitting in the "car buggy' as he calls it. it secures him. and sometimes hes on my phone listening to music and yes sometimes hes singing along and sometimes im singing right there with him. 

Adhd is rough and Anxiety is tough but its worth it. When you let the little one know everything is ok and even strangers comes up and see whats going on and (normally its the older generation to come up because they know that something isnt right) it lets both parties sees the blessing that comes with it.

Lou is 9 years old who gets confused with being a 12 or 13 year old. hes talks like a 15 year old but has the mind as a 2-3 year old and he is my world Along with my other little brother Sam. Sam does VERY good with him, you'll even hear Sam (who is 8) tell him "Its ok Lou i wont let no one hurt you" Sam will comfort him when he can tell something isnt right. When the adhd is kicking in. 

Adhd isnt just about being hyper. Its about being hyper, wanting attention and not just wanting it but NEEDS it. he thrives on it. and it helps with the invisible illness. Lou will also find comfort in sitting on the floor inside of a grocery store when they dont have the "car buggy" so if you see us inside of a store and were stopped in a aisle 9 out of 10 times you will see him sitting on the floor. And when you see a child sitting on the floor dont say "eww thats gross they shouldnt let their child sit on it"  Well guess what IF IT COMFORTS THEM LEAVE THEM BE !!! sitting on the floor never hurt nobody. as long as the child isnt sitting in harms way then its alright.

This post is longer then what i planned on but thats ok.I hope everyone gets a little insite on ADHD and i hope you dont judge a child so quick next time you see a child not acting right in public. Theres a difference in a child with adhd and a child that isnt adhd. Sometimes you can tell the difference and sometimes you cant. Just dont judge the child. As a cashier and as someone who lives and takes care of a special needs adhd little boy a person judging a child or says "if that child was mine...." it irritates me so bad and all i can say is "i dont judge kids and most of the time they ask why and i tell them and they understand. but judging a child it just shouldnt happen. 

Absent siezures OH NO !

Two weeks ago Lou started having very noticeable absent seizures. He's always had them but they are starting to get stronger and lasting just a little bit longer. The next day me and momma asked his teacher if they have noticed him 'spacing out' and her answer was 'no but we'll keep an eye on him and if he does they'll send a note home' well 2 days ago we got a note saying he 'Lou spaced out a few times but he had a wonderful day' and at this point its got me worried since his teachers are noticing it now. so i called lous doctor and talked to his nurse and told them about him having the stronger seziures and asked them 'how bad do they have to be to get seen' and her exact answer was 'he needs to be seen as soon as possible'. So yesterday we took him to the doctor and Dr Goodbar said from what we are seeing and describing his episodes are indeed absent seizures. He has scheduled him to have a EEG on December 11th and he goes to see a neurologist on December 30th and we'll know more then

Dr Goodbar doesnt see it neccessary to put him on antiseizure medicine yet but he said it probably will happen in the future.

So i ask everyone to PLEASE keep this boogerbutt in your prayers. Hes been thru so much already in his short 8 years of life.



But what we do know is that Dr Mclanahans office doesnt think its his shunt and they do agree that the best place to start is getting a EEG and getting it looked at by a neurologist.



Seizures CANNOT hurt you! They're just very scarey.



My nerves are shocked to pieces i really do not want Lou to go thru Seizures i'm not ready for this, but then again i wasnt ready for him to have 2 shunt malfunctions either. So with prayer and faith i know that we can get thru this with him !

acid reflux :/

So 2 weeks ago Lou starts having gagging sensations and even clear vomiting and sometimes a headache. We took him to the doctor a day after it started due to neurosurgeons orders and the pediatrictian passed it on as a virus and said if he isnt better with in 2 days then call them back. well we waited for 5 days instead (waited til monday morning) and they made him an appointment that evening and they wanted him to see Dr Goodbar (his main pediatrictian that sees him) and he said he still doesnt think the gagging and vomiting isnt coming from the shunt and that it sounds like a gastroligist thing. And he wanted to treat him for Acid Reflux [GERD] Well with in two days of the medicine he quit the gagging and the vomiting and then the gagging started back and then stopped again. He has another appointment tomorrow morning to see Dr Goodbar again for a checkup and see what we have to do now :) He is currently not vomiting and only gagging some mornings and seems to do pretty good. He takes his Zantac [the medicine they prescribed for the reflux] right after he gets up and then eats and then again  at about 6ish -6 30ish right before his last meal for the day:) 

August 16th

So August 16th can not come fast enough! What is so important about the 16th?! Well it's Lou's neurosurgeon appointment:) get to find out if he is still over draining and to make sure everything is still alrite with him :) a little exciting if you ask me :). The picture was just taken while he is asleep at 10 05 pm August 1st :) and the other one was taking on July 26th on vacation this year :)