7/31/2012 Further Down A New Road

Today we had an appointment with the PDOC.  Now as is the normal I had my recorder going so I could share what was said with my wife and also make sure I didn't miss anything in the conversation.  Not as young as I use to be and taken one to many kicks to the head.  Now the Doctor has gotten to a point where he also writes down the medication changes for me also, just as another safety measure.  Only one problem with this.  Have you ever tried to read a doctors hand writing?  Well I finally between the scribbles on the paper and the voice recording made out what the changes were going to be and got them all loaded up on my Google Docs page where I keep up with every medication little man has ever been on.  Oh and the voice recording would help alot more if the Doctor was not so soft spoken.  Note to self get a bigger microphone for the recorder, something that will pick up the sound of a fly's wings flapping a mile away.  After all is said and done the new medication list looks like what is listed below.

7/31/12 Changes from Today’s Appointment

Tenex 1 mg 2 pill am for 8 days then see change below.
Benztropine 1 mg 2 pill am 2 pill pm
Celexa 20mg 1 pill 5pm
Stavzor 500 mg 1 pill am 2 pills pm
Geodon 40mg             1 pill midday 1 pill pm
             80mg    1pill am
60mg 1 pill pm
until 8/2/12 then see change below
Clonazepam 1mg 1 pill am 1 pill midday 2 pill pm

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8/2/12 Start per doctors previous orders

Tenex 1 mg 2 pill am for 5 days then see change below.
Benztropine 1 mg 2 pill am 2 pill pm
Celexa 20mg 1 pill 5pm
Stavzor 500 mg 1 pill am 2 pills pm
Geodon 40mg             1 pill midday 1 pill pm
             80mg    1pill am 1 pil pm
Clonazepam 1mg 1 pill am 1 pill midday 2 pill pm


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8/8/12 Start per doctors previous orders

Tenex 1 mg 2 pill am 1 pill 5pm
Benztropine 1 mg 2 pill am 2 pill pm
Celexa 20mg 1 pill 5pm
Stavzor 500 mg 1 pill am 2 pills pm
Geodon 40mg             1 pill midday 1 pill pm
             80mg    1pill am 1 pill pm
Clonazepam 1mg 1 pill am 1 pill midday 2 pill pm




Now you see why I take so many extra steps to make sure I get it right.  Red lettering indicates where we are right now.  Green indicates where we are going.  And the ones you don't see that were before this were all in black.  Its like I need a pharmacy license just to keep up with the medications this boy is on.

I encourage you if you have a child who is on any medication start a log like this and as things change put notes in there beside the medications why they were changed.  It is nice to do this in Google Docs as if you have a smartphone you will have access to this information on the go.  If you end up in an situation where you need this information and don't have all the information the doctors can not make sound decisions on how to treat your child in an emergency.

He did have a pretty good day today.  He sat and waited patiently in the waiting room at the doctors office.  Talked to the doctor and only had one incident while there where he attempted to bite his oldest sister and me but was easily redirected.  All in all it was a good appointment.

This evening he did great with the only real problem being around 10pm when we tried to get him to bed.  He hit the wall and tried to come after me again once I had him restrained for just a few minutes I was able to redirect him back to the family room where he is laying on the floor in his "tent".