For the first time ever, in his elementary school career, Hunter received the awesome honor of being "Student of the Week". I knew how hard Hunter had to work to receive such an incredible award and I was so overwhelmed with pride that he accomplished all of it, that I started to cry. I couldn't stop myself if I tried. For me, at that moment, Hunter being "Student of the Week" was a much bigger event than his first steps or first words.
On April 17th, Henry and I attended Hunter's Parent/Teacher conference and learned that the first two weeks of April Hunter was a very different boy; for the better. His teacher, Mrs. B., had so many wonderful things to share with us about how drastically Hunter's ultimate mood swings had leveled out and that he seldom had his name on the chalkboard for work owed.
(Note: On April 3rd, Hunter's medication was reduced to 15 mg Abilify every morning and Daytrana patch was the same at 15 mg. We have not been faithfully using the Daytrana patch and have found that his school days are usually better without it.)
Henry and I -- AGAIN -- expressed our concerns over how far Hunter is behind his peers in learning and test scores. Mrs. B. -- AGAIN -- told us she wasn't concerned because he was showing some improvement and that "some kids just test bad". Henry and I glanced at each other with the same thought: "some kids just test bad??"
Last Friday we discovered that Hunter has been viewing pornographic websites and I removed his computer from his room and changed his password. Hunter is intelligent enough to hook the computer up and try to login again.
Before I removed his computer from his room, and after I looked at his website history, I sat down to talk with him to see if I could figure out where the idea for looking at porn on the Internet came from, but Hunter told me he just typed search words in the address bar to find what he was looking for. His computer had the last three weeks of history available and it appears that is how long Hunter has been searching for this type of material.
Fast forward to the last three days. Hunter is still a changed boy, but in the total opposite direction. Yesterday's problems at school were the worst he has ever had. E.V.E.R.
From the voicemail I received from Hunter's teacher yesterday afternoon, Hunter's day was pretty bad from the get-go. Including picking up his desk (with seat attached) and throwing it at the glass chalkboard and -- you guessed it -- breaking it. Hunter had to be "Team Managed" twice because he was so violently aggressive and spewing inappropriate language to the world.
Will we have to hospitalize Hunter again?
On April 17th, Henry and I attended Hunter's Parent/Teacher conference and learned that the first two weeks of April Hunter was a very different boy; for the better. His teacher, Mrs. B., had so many wonderful things to share with us about how drastically Hunter's ultimate mood swings had leveled out and that he seldom had his name on the chalkboard for work owed.
(Note: On April 3rd, Hunter's medication was reduced to 15 mg Abilify every morning and Daytrana patch was the same at 15 mg. We have not been faithfully using the Daytrana patch and have found that his school days are usually better without it.)
Henry and I -- AGAIN -- expressed our concerns over how far Hunter is behind his peers in learning and test scores. Mrs. B. -- AGAIN -- told us she wasn't concerned because he was showing some improvement and that "some kids just test bad". Henry and I glanced at each other with the same thought: "some kids just test bad??"
Last Friday we discovered that Hunter has been viewing pornographic websites and I removed his computer from his room and changed his password. Hunter is intelligent enough to hook the computer up and try to login again.
Before I removed his computer from his room, and after I looked at his website history, I sat down to talk with him to see if I could figure out where the idea for looking at porn on the Internet came from, but Hunter told me he just typed search words in the address bar to find what he was looking for. His computer had the last three weeks of history available and it appears that is how long Hunter has been searching for this type of material.
Fast forward to the last three days. Hunter is still a changed boy, but in the total opposite direction. Yesterday's problems at school were the worst he has ever had. E.V.E.R.
From the voicemail I received from Hunter's teacher yesterday afternoon, Hunter's day was pretty bad from the get-go. Including picking up his desk (with seat attached) and throwing it at the glass chalkboard and -- you guessed it -- breaking it. Hunter had to be "Team Managed" twice because he was so violently aggressive and spewing inappropriate language to the world.
Will we have to hospitalize Hunter again?
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