Sluffing!!!

Today, I am sluffing church. I said I was finished last week and I still feel that way. Although I would have been able to go without the stress of OLA. Both he and his BBA are sick today. I can leave BBA with OLA when they are both sick for a couple of hours. So it would have been a peaceful day. But, also gave me a perfect excuse to stay home. So I took it. I am really just tired. Some times swimming is just plain hard work. It has been a really rough couple of weeks. Coming up on the finale days of school for this year has really thrown OLA for a loop and keeping him on an even keel has been a dicey dance at best and an all out war at worst.
On a side note we are going to see the pediatric behavioral specialist (at the children's hospital) again tomorrow. I don't know which direction things will go as we work with him. OLA still is not on meds and in many ways that is good. But if there are meds out there that would help him regulate better (without major side effects:( ) that would be good as well. We have been approved for a service dog for OLA and are currently fundraising. However, the process is long and slow. The fact that OLA appears normal, I think, sometimes act as a deterrent to our progress. People tend to look at us like we are crazy when we talk about him having disabilities. And think that he has no need for the help a service dog can provide for him. But we keep pressing forward through the waves with faith that we will some how make it and make a difference for him.
But, the constant battles on one front or another make me tired and sometimes sad. So today I am sluffing church. We will have to see what next week brings.