My feeble attempt at blogging

Maybe the first thing I should do is explain the name Rattletrap.  Rattletrap was the name of my long lost 1966 21-window VW Deluxe Microbus.  This was my second bus, and my 4th VW.  I loved this thing.  In fact it is tattooed on my ankle.  Front of the bus on the outside of the ankle and back on the inside.  Rattletrap got it's name pretty simply, it rattled.  The other point of the name is that with Volkswagens you often times have to just wing it when trying to fix them.  Seriously, you could fix a volkswagen with zip ties and chewing gum wrappers.  It seems kind of McGyverish and was a little scary at times.  However, it always seem to inch us a long a little further.  Ok, no this blog will not be about volkswagens, but there may be a reference every now and then cause that's how I roll.  The blog will mainly be about our life and our walk with our own little rattletrap Christopher.  Christopher has several diagnoses.  Cystic Fibrosis, Aspergers, Cyclic Vomiting, ADHD, GERD, Eating disorder, sensory integration disorder, and what ever else they decide to add to the list.  Because of all these diagnoses we sort of have to piece things together to figure out what is related to what and how to treat it.  I'm not into the doctors approach about which came first the chicken or the egg as it relates to Christopher.  We've been told by top specialists in the country that they have no idea why he does what he does and he is not in their book!  We think you need to take more of a wholistic approach when caring for him, and we're starting to finally convince the doctors of this.      Anyway, here we are in blogland.  Hope you want to be a part of our mcgyver experience with our little rattletrap Christopher.