Asthma

Wow, it has been awhile since my last post. Spring time is always tough but this year it has been really bad. Junior's asthma has changed so we are not only having lots of congestion but also episodes with broncho spasms and airway constriction. Some scary moments but our wonderful pulmonologist office is helping us figure things out and come up with a plan of action. I am not having much time for blogging aside from Junior's regular blog so feel free to jump over there for more specifics about what is going on with us.

I will share something new we are doing during activities with the ipad. Junior uses the ipad with eye gaze so during activities there are times when I am engaged with helping him and don't notice that he is trying to tell me something on his ipad. Eventually we hope to be able to have him use his head switch with his communication program but until it becomes switch accessible(we are told it is in the works, also other apps are being made switch accessible) this avoids frustration and keeps things going smoothly during activities. We set up his ipad on one side and then his head switch on the other. His head switch is connected to a Super Talker(could also use a big mac type switch) on which I have recorded a message. The message depends on the activity. If we are coloring or painting I will put "I need another color please" if it is some other activity I use something like "help me please". He can use his switch to let me know he needs me to look at his ipad so he can show me what he wants.
Poor guy wasn't feeling well so we barely got started on his activity and he fell asleep.