Owen is ill. Again. Shocker. He's been coughing a lot all weekend (last night was really bad). So I took him to the dr this morning, knowing that in almost 5 years Owen has NEVER just had a cold. There's always something else going on. So, right now.... cold but it's still in the head (no chest congestion), no ear infections (yay! The tubes are working!!!), his throat is slightly red and slightly swollen (but that's hard to tell because his tonsils are always huge anyway), stuffy nose but it's not runny and he can't blow his nose (not uncommon for kids like him, dr says it may be a couple more YEARS before he can finally blow it.... wth??). His dr is concerned that with all the congestion in his head combined with no runny nose and no blowing his nose, he's going to get a sinus infection, which will probably lead to ear infections. Short story.... antibiotics again. I talked to the ped about this a lot, because I am concerned about the overuse of antibiotics. But basically the dr thinks he already has some sort of "super bug" because he JUST got off antibiotics. The dr thinks he never kicked all the germs the last time. So he's on antibiotics again, only this time will be for twice as many days to try and kill every last germ in his body. LOL!
Anyway, I also talked to the ped about Owen's school a little. In that conversation it came out that the dr thinks he might be able to get the insurance company to pay for a child locator!! Jason and I have been talking about this lately because it really is getting hard to make sure Owen stays where he's supposed to be. He just wanders off randomly and he doesn't get that it's dangerous. But a good child locator costs $300+. So, the dr put me to work researching them and deciding which one I want. Once I figure that out I'll get that information to him and he'll see what he can do on the insurance end. I hope we can get it approved, but I'm not holding my breathe. This is also something I had planned on bringing up at our ARC meeting at the school Friday. I'm hoping they'll spring for one for him to use at school, because I have a feeling they aren't going to let him keep his one-on-one aide all year and there is a very real risk to him escaping from school (which is right at the intersection of 2 major roads).
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See if you can find out where in your state this is offered (and try to talk your local police into doing it). It's what our town does and 3 kids I know who had the devices were found in the last few months.
The only caveat is that he actually has to have a diagnosis of autism (um, or alzheimer's. LOL) to get it. But it's only $10 a month here... It hooks into the police station and they can find him anywhere.
http://www.projectlifesaver.org/site/
How funny that you mention this. I just got a call this afternoon from Owen's ped's office. The lady who called said his ped mentioned we were looking into some sort of tracker or something for Owen, so she took the opportunity to do some research (have I mentioned how much LOVE this dr office???). She found this, and the local police officer who runs it in our town. She talked to him a bit about Owen and he told her to have me call him. Apparently here they have grants that can lower the cost for you (or make it free), depending on your income. So I have a call in to this officer, hopefully I'll hear back from him tomorrow. The woman from the peds office said if it's not free for us then call her and she's going to call O's insurance company and see what she can do on that end. She might be able to get the insurance to pay a portion of it.
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