Tag: special kids

Gareth’s School Christmas Party

As soon as we arrived in Manila, our schedules got crazy. I need to complete the gifts and of course, the parties are waiting

Dec. 6, the Christmas Party of Gareth and it was held in Kidzoona BGC, Taguig.

It was so traffic but still we arrived on time.

I need to wake up earlier than usual so as usual, I was so sleepy the whole time.

but Gareth had fun!

He always wanted to play inside Kidzoona but we don’t allow our kids to enter any playroom anymore.

This party was attended mostly by special children. So don’t expect it to be as organized but everyone had fun! I love seeing those innocent kids having fun and they were not even aware that it was a party. We parents were more excited.

The theme was Starwars, but Gareth wore the Shrek tshirt, his new favorite.

I think we stayed not more 3 hours and the party was over. The kids were started to get grumpy…

It was a fun party! I’m glad that Gareth enjoyed it as we do. I can’t wait for more activities like this in Gareth’s school.

Gareth’s Day off

Gareth turned to have hair cut.

We have this particular hair salon for kids and Gareth always went there because the barbers know how to handle him. They have this quick hands just in case Gareth will not cooperate.

done…

then we went to Starbucks, his favorite place to chill. Then we got some new books for him and Xavier to read.

Gareth loves reading books and I see to it to have him new books every now and then because he sometimes don’t want to reread the old books.

Gareth had Fever

We arrived home around 1am, then brought Gareth to ER. His temperature was 39.5 when we arrived at the ER. Actually, even when his temp was 39.5 he’s still so active. He just keeps on singing. The nurse gave him paracetamol right away. Then they start doing the blood test. I was worried about the dengue. 

After an hour we finally get the results but we need to wait for his fever to subside.

He has UTI but the Dr. recommended some antibiotics and if Gareth still have fever after 2 days, he will be staying in the hospital.

When we arrived home, the fever went down to 38 something and he was taking his meds. He stayed in our room the whole night because I need to monitor him.

It’s been 4 days since he had fever and now he is doing okay already. He already went to his therapy.

It is always hard to handle special kids when they are sick. They are not vocal on their needs and they can’t even tell which part of their body is hurt, so even though Gareth has slight fever, I always bring him to ER or Pedia to check everything just to make sure.

As a special parent, I need to be sensitive to his needs. I need to check on his temperature every day and I need to check his whole body because most of the time they were not aware of what’s happening in their body. Sometimes, I see some bruises on his legs and arms because on how the way he moves. Sometimes he plays without thinking the danger, so I need to be watchful.

It’s not really easy dealing with special kids but since I know my Gareth so well, then it is quite easy for me but still challenging sometimes.