Ammon has been on his new meds (these ones are approved for children!) since 1/9/07 and I really see a huge difference in his behavior, his impulse control and his overall demeanor. At first, it was almost unnerving to see him behave! We wondered, "Who is the real Ammon? The 100 miles an hour, cannot transition, easily distraught Ammon? Or the much calmer one that was almost sluggish to that point that it was just freaky?" Luckily, he has evened out and we are seeing a more balanced little boy....at home anyway. We did go to pack meeting yesterday and they played a game in the gym and well, his run amok ways returned. But the other day we were able to stay at Walmart for over an hour because he was behaving so lovely.
The first week of his new meds he broke out into a rash, had diarrhea, and really lost his appetite but we aren't seeing that much now. He is such a delightful little boy and when he grins and says, "See ya!!" You just melt. He gets so very excited about the bus when he sees it coming that he breaks out into continuous giggles. The bus ladies can't help but cackle too. When he comes home and see us again, its like, "Wow!! You mean I get to see you guys again?! I haven't seen your forever! Lets have a great reunion."
He still has very, very creative ways to play. He really doesn't touch the toys we have but loves every day items. I've posted a picture of what he loves to do with paperclips. He sticks them straight up in the carpet and likes to make patterns according to color and size.
And do you think the pizza sauce can make a person drunk? He has decided that he can't get enough pizza and the picture shows it! What a crack up.
Ah, we just love this little boy and it really unnerves me that his behavior was so terrible that Connie, our guide, tells the families who have traveled after us that he was a "little devil" and she told me he is the only child that has never listened to her. It was true!! He really was tremendously difficult. But how much of that was from being on the wrong medication? What if we decided he was just too much to handle and what he really needed was not a change in famlies but a change in medication? That makes me shiver.
