00:00So do you have an idea of what his diagnosis is? I know that this is obviously very emotional and I couldn't imagine what you're going through as a mom and, you know, like, you know, just watching your child suffer. You want all those answers immediately. Right. So where are you in that testing process? I know maybe you said that he might be diagnosed with autism, obviously the avoidant food intake. Right. We do know that he definitely has ARFID, which is the eating. And, you know, I also have to say I've had some people say negative things about the eating disorder.
00:28And, you know, they'll make a correlation between me having surgery or me losing weight. This has nothing to do with a child wanting to lose weight or having a body image. This is a neurodivergent disorder that has to do with his brain and how he operates. It has nothing to do with me and, you know, losing weight or gaining weight. But, you know, I just, sorry, I just went off track. No, no, no, you're fine. If you have an idea of like exactly what he's diagnosed with.
00:55So we know there's definitely the ARFID. That's what we're dealing with. The ARFID has a lot of symptoms that overlap with autism. So we did take him to a specialist to be tested. He did some very extensive testing. That comes up later in the season.
01:07And, you know, I'm still not really clear on a lot of things. He's very complicated. I learned that. And I think we're just working through all these different idiosyncrasies that he has and trying to be the best parents for him.
01:21And at the end of the day, a school counselor told me this because I have to work very closely with his school. And she said, Emily, you know, it's not always good to just put a label on something.
01:31So if you're looking for that, because I feel like we're looking for that. Like I want like I want a label so that I can tell people, oh, you know, he has this, this and this.
01:41And at the end of the day, I don't know if that's the best thing. He is what he is. And he's very complicated.
01:46And then, like you said, you had to kind of shift your parenting style to completely parent him differently than the other kid.
