Yeah, the flat affect/robot-like demeanor was what jumped out for my older child. As a reminder, my younger child was diagnosed first and at a much younger age; it was during little one's diagnostic process where one of our specialists casually observed my older child's flat affect and suggested we look into an evaluation on them.
My younger kid is generally quite....animated and dramatic (
) but they will "shut down" or lose any emotional affect when they're overwhelmed. I take a flat affect in my youngest as a sign they need help regulating. Kiddo was badly overwhelmed the last few days in the hospital & their flat mood was almost unrecognizable to some of our long-term caregivers.
Older kid is just one of those stoic people at heart so it's hard to tell if they're shutting down or if they're just Sheldoning - fortunately they're fully communicative & we can get things figured out if they need help pretty easily.
We wound up having to stay a little longer than planned. Even with constant IV hydration kiddo got dehydrated in the hospital & their kidneys were not pleased. We're home now, they're hydrated and stable...gotta go get bloodwork in a few days to look for signs of another AKI (acute kidney injury). Other than that little hiccup everything else went exactly as planned. Port is in great shape, surgery was a breeze and kiddo bounced back immediately after waking from anesthesia.
Still no concrete idea on the kidney problems. I mean, the docs are pretty sure they know why it's happening, but the medications my child is on should be keeping it from happening and no one knows why they're not. We're almost certainly looking at a drastic overhaul of their entire medication regimen. Yay.
Guessing they stayed southeast in Streetsboro, unless they left the trailer at a Walmart parking lot while "in town" before hauling it out to Sandusky for the night.
TO THEIR CREDIT, I did appreciate that they spent 30 seconds admiring the somewhat unique architecture of Cleveland. I love the postwar suburban bungalows and pre-war industrial duplexes in the city & inner ring. This really is a cool city. They didn't see even a fraction of it, but at least they mentioned a couple valid points of interest without making the same old tired jokes about flaming rivers.
Hell my 96-year-old Gram is on her last leg, even she will probably outlive the Gorging Griswolds
and her creepy looks like he smells like feet douchebag likes that type!
Notice how chatty she was at the end of the vlog, with the occasional slur. Mama Pig re-upped on her food and alcohol needs once they got back to the tin can. I have noticed over time that when she is running off at the mouth to the point they talk over each other, alcohol is involved. Food and booze, wash..rinse…repeat. 
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