respond to this update on Jimmy from his mom; Hi! Here's a quick summary: 
  
Education - Jimmy has been doing good in school, good grades, more organized then prior years. He has to retake English MCAS Nov 5 and I've been advocating for getting him more specialized MCAS support to help him pass! 
  
Dating - Jimmy is dating a girl. I am not a fan of this situation (for the reasons below) and I have given my opinion which is that he should stay focused on his goals and date when he's older. She put a hickey on his neck a few weeks ago and I explained to Jimmy all the reasons it was a terrible thing (countless reasons including the fact that it could cause an infection, which he's very prone to) and can't happen again. In fact, I told him if it happens again, I'd be having a discussion with her mom. He also told her that I was really upset about it, so hopefully that doesn't happen again. Also, this girl wants to be in constant touch with him and at one point, they were staying connected by facetime all night. I put a stop to that VERY unhealthy situation (I'm surprised other parents let their kids do stuff like that). I literally went up to his room one night because wifi showed he was using his phone and he was completely asleep with the girl watching him sleep on the phone. I was like "NOPE!". I don't think he's ready for a relationship at all while he's still having issues making good choices. 
  
Drivers Ed - He finished the classroom part in August, got his permit last week (passed the permit quiz on his first try!), and had his first driving lesson with his older brother. Because of my back and other health issues, I can't be the driving instructor. He will have a few lessons with his brother and then with grampa and then he will begin his formal driving lessons with the driving school (part of the driver's ed package). we will sign up for extra lessons if needed after using up the ones that come with the package. 
  
Substances - Last week I smelled a vague scent of cannabis. I searched his room and found one small amount of some cannabis product (not actual plant but some other form of it that clearly came from a cannabis store). I got rid of it. I then asked Jimmy why he would have that knowing that the deal made was that he needs to be off ALL substances to learn how to drive. Jimmy claims he didn't use the cannabis and couldn't explain where he got it or why he had it although he seemed to acquire it during a date with the girl. I found a bottle of eye drops (he used to OCD acquire eye drops when he was smoking cannabis so of course this concerned me). I reminded him that eye drops are bad for his eyes and there are tons of recalls about them causing eye issues or blindness. We got rid of those. 
  
Health - I had bloodwork done on Jimmy because of all the supplements he was taking (not even sure what all of them were). Some of that bloodwork came back normal and some of it came back very abnormal and concerning. I sent a copy to his immunologist and will be discussing it with his pediatrician at his 16 year appt next week. I have known he was immunocompromised since we got his genetic results when he was 2, but this bloodwork shows that nothing has changed. His Natural Killer Cell function has always been very impaired (he had specialized testing through Cincinatti Children's hospital when he was little). The tests last week showed abnormally low white blood cells. On that note, the contact he's having with the girl is very concerning to me. He is unvaccinated because he can't have some such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella, flu. I have no idea what her vaccination status is but last week Jimmy ended up sick a couple days after a date with her and ended up on antibiotics for an ear infection. Also, Jimmy began having nosebleeds again, this time in his right nostril (we had the left nostril cauterized at children's hospital last year after him having lifelong nosebleeds which stopped after the procedure). He is having the right nostril cauterized next week at Children's. 

Work - Jimmy took on way more than he can chew with working 25-30 hours a week during the school year. I thought it was plenty when he was working 10-15 hours, but he finally realizes I was right so we have updated his schedule at work to have very Thursday and Friday off so he can do his other activities such as drum lessons, going to school football games, and therapy. He's currently working in the meat department but i do have concerns with him seemingly being alone back there with older men, recently one of them yelled at him and scared him (telling him he was cleaning something incorrectly - he's 16 if he's not doing something correctly, they should just retrain him on it, post written instructions to follow, etc not yell at him). I actually have suggested he's much safer cashiering because he's surrounded by other people of all ages and men and women and customers. I think he will eventually change departments again but if I push the subject, it might delay him doing it, so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. 
  
Therapy scheduling - I took him off from work Sept 25, Oct 9 for his 4:15 therapy sessions, but I'm wondering if you have any ongoing slot that may be opening up after 3pm on Thursdays or Fridays starting end of October or after. If not, we may need to just change the Oct 23 and Nov 6, and Nov 20 ahead of time so a heads up on that (if they schedule him on those days, which they may).