mattsgma
Member posted 08-22-2001 12:26 AM
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I am sorry that it has taken so long to write. I didn't realize that so many people were genuinely concerned about Matthew. I don't know, sometimes, I feel like I am so alone here. Matthew has gotten over his fever and throwing up, but he is not the same little boy. You know how when you are close to someone, you can 'tell' when something isn't right? Well, something isn't right with Matthew. He is a different little boy now. He fights, he throws things, he yells, he wants things his way, he is probably acting like any other normal little 3 yr old, but Matthew doesn't act like that. He is normally a quiet, loving, affectionate, caring little boy. Tonight, we were walking around to the garage and Matthew wanted me to pick him up. When I asked him why, he asked me if I saw the man on the fence. (it is a privacy fence, the kind that has the pointed end like an arrow, there is no way someone was sitting on the fence.) He said that the man was on the fence, not in front of or behind the fence and he got very upset when I said that I didn't see him. He went inside and laid down on the sofa and went to sleep, but woke after a short while, screaming. I held him and let him know that I was there and I had him, but the wimpering didn't stop. I don't give him any medications but he does have something that he calls his 'headache thing'. It is a heating/cooling pad that I keep in the freezer. When, he goes into these episodes, I get it out of the freezer and put it on his forehead. Well, he is screaming again. I have started this over 5 times now.