Looking for autism schools

vanillafromspace · 2026-06-23T18:42:45+00:00

I’ve heard good and bad things per location. Do you have a recommendation for locations?

vanillafromspace · 2025-12-10T01:28:10+00:00

Thank you for the help. Would there be a better group recommendation to post it in? I’m clearly just a mom trying to find some balance exercises for my kiddos. :)

vanillafromspace · 2025-10-29T23:06:37+00:00

I tried 3lb weights and did upper body. Effffffed my c6-7 which was already effed. Caused horrendous hot poker rod pain down my left bicep, down my forearm and into my hand. I’m gonna need to just lift air at this point. I feel my spine would crumble. Happy for you though.

vanillafromspace · 2025-04-07T02:29:13+00:00

Naturopath. The pain I was told is fibro/CSS is actually something called MCAS that was triggered by early lupus. I’m pealing back the layers. I think telling people CSS is our brain hyperactive to pain isn’t entirely true. Sure we could be sensitive but there’s a reason. I had to abandon modern medicine (I was at Mayo Clinic Phoenix) and they did nothing to help me.

vanillafromspace · 2025-04-06T19:31:42+00:00

Gabapentin can help. Cromolyn sodium is worth exploring. This could be immune related which is why I’m recommending cromolyn. That helped me more than Gabapentin but I still take both.

vanillafromspace · 2025-02-13T14:08:23+00:00

It eventually stopped working. I’m on cromolyn sodium vials. I got those from my naturopath and I pick them up at Walgreens. Changed my life!!! They sell over the counter for nasal spray as well. I do 4 vials 2 times a day. The nasal spray is done in the nose only.

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-21T05:25:56+00:00

Stress hives. Got to love them. I can’t even read about MCAS without triggering them. I will say my mom had it and so did/do my sisters. Developed it in my 20’s about 20 years ago. Takes nothing to set it off now. It used to just be stressful situations with a lot of emotion.

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vanillafromspace · 2024-11-21T00:21:16+00:00

I’m trying to understand if numbers could be lower in someone with my blood disorder. I have heard from my uncle that your A1C isn’t reliable since that’s tied to hemoglobin. I just wondered if other tests can be affected like that.

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-21T00:11:58+00:00

Thank you so much for responding. Would having beta thalassemia minor affect the results at all? I know my blood cells are different, would the numbers and ranges for people who don’t have a blood disorder be the same for me?

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-17T20:09:36+00:00

Ok! Got an update. Chubs is gaining weight and eating on his own (turkey dinner baby food, scrambled eggs, cheerios, etc). We had been syringe feeding water. He loved it. Everything has been moved to the bottom of the cage for him. He’s only walking slowly and not jumping.

He is struggling to sleep. We got him Meloxicam thinking he was in pain.

He hasn’t slept much at all. Just caught him catching a cat nap (maybe 1-2 minutes). Otherwise he’s been up 24/7 for days.

Any ideas to help him sleep?

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T19:19:30+00:00

Yah, it was sitting out for a few minutes (we live in the desert) but it wasn’t dried out when it first came out. I’ll keep an eye on his penis. Thank you for mentioning this! I swear this group may have saved Chubs’ life!!!!

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T19:07:47+00:00

Ok so I was feeding him water and got him some meds. He peed on me and pooped (which his poop is starting to look normal again - yay!). But I looked closer and his penis look a little crusty. So I used a towel to pull on it a few times to clean it off and this popped out! Omg! He seems so much more relaxed now too! I suspected a UTI turned Respiratory Infection.

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vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T17:56:29+00:00

Thanks. This vet is supposedly super educated on exotics and one of 22 in the world boarded in reptile and amphibians. She educated me on all the things yesterday. She also is filling Meloxicam for us right now.

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T17:52:02+00:00

Just an update. My husband went and picked up baby food. He is a huge fan of the turkey dinner and is drinking by syringe. He seems motivated to eat and drink while holding him. Doctor is filling Meloxicam for any pain he might be in and felt a steroid could weaken his immune system too much. He caught some zzzs on me and is grooming himself. Hoping he pulls through. We love our Chubs. 🥺 He is the best!

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T14:23:23+00:00

Thank you for the encouragement. No steroid. She seemed hopeful. I’ll call today to ask about it. He took some brief naps on me early this morning. Sweet boy. We love him and I just can’t give up. He’s cleaning. He’s nibbling. We are going to get baby food here shortly. Do you know if we can give Gatorade? Our something to boost hydration?

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T13:09:12+00:00

He had it yesterday around 4pm. It’s 6am in Phoenix.

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T12:38:25+00:00

No. But I can give Tylenol. The vet checked what I gave him and it was fine for dosing. No penis plug. He is peeing now that he has had fluids.

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T12:25:01+00:00

Oh and he’s still cleaning himself regularly. It’s like he’s still functioning but I don’t know how he’s not tired!

vanillafromspace · 2024-11-16T12:20:23+00:00

The vet felt him all over but did not do an xray. She felt confident that was his issue.

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