Posted in FASD, Medical Stuff, Outside Work, Psychiatric Stuff on Sep 27th, 2011 4 Comments »
It’s been one week since M’s surgery. (And it’s been one week since I had more than a couple hours of sleep in a row, so please excuse any whininess on my part…) I’m worried about his recovery… His GI system is NOT right… it’s not even close. It seems that his belly can hold [...]
Posted in FASD, Homeschooling, Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff on Sep 16th, 2011 3 Comments »
Individualized Education Program (IEP): An IEP describes an individualized educational program that has been designed to meet a child’s unique needs. Each child who receives special education and related services must have an IEP. Each IEP must be designed for one student and must be a truly individualized document. The IEP creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school [...]
Posted in FASD, Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff on Aug 20th, 2011 3 Comments »
… I recently found, and love: “Sometimes courage doesn’t roar; sometimes it’s a quiet voice at the end of the day that says I will try again tomorrow.” I would like to make this into a plaque or something for M’s room. He has so many struggles… the FASD, the schizophrenia, his malformed, painful, hips and [...]
Posted in Psychiatric Stuff on Aug 1st, 2011 2 Comments »
I was doing a quick scan of the news online this evening when I came across this headline: Stocks: A Schizophrenic Day I had to click on the story, of course, just to see what the writer of this article thought constituted a “schizophrenic day” for stocks. I know what a schizophrenic day looks like for people. [...]
Posted in Gardening, Psychiatric Stuff on Jul 7th, 2011 2 Comments »
So…. the pdoc still hasn’t called or replied to my last two emails. With the increase in one of his meds M is better in some ways but worse in others. I’m going to have to track the pdoc down today and try to pry some advice out of him. I’m irritated and frustrated with [...]
Posted in Psychiatric Stuff on Jul 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
… and the first thing I did, after the barn work, was email M’s pdoc. I almost NEVER email M’s pdoc… He’s ok, but we’ve never “clicked” and honestly… unlike M’s old pdoc, he seems not to give a d*** in terms of M’s day to day ups and downs, so there is seldom any reason [...]
Posted in Out and About, Psychiatric Stuff, Special Days, Special Olympics on Jun 25th, 2011 4 Comments »
The other day Renee at A Baker’s Dozen wrote a post about her Series of Unfortunate Events at Church. I love reading Renee’s blog and felt her pain as one thing led to another for her that chaotic Sunday morning. Last night we had our own Series of Unfortunate Events, so… believing that imitation is the sincerest [...]
Posted in FASD, Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff on May 20th, 2011 3 Comments »
By necessity we see a lot of doctors… specialists connected to all of M’s issues, the kid’s pediatrician for everyday stuff, and lately R’s needed to be seen more frequently because of the back pain she’s continued to have since the car accident we had last December. This past week we had two major appointments… R [...]
Posted in FASD, Horses, Nature, Psychiatric Stuff on May 16th, 2011 1 Comment »
The weather has been so strange the past week or so… We had six inches of heavy snow on the ground before last week’s snow was over, and it’s been cold and dreary ever since. The back pasture should start greening up now… finally… it’s been bone dry all spring. The sun is finally out, [...]
Posted in Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff on Mar 25th, 2011 4 Comments »
For the past few years M has had spells of oculogyric crisis… It’s something that can happen as a side effect to a couple of his meds. These “crises” are scary and painful for him, and before all the trouble with his GI system he took a medication each day to try to prevent them. It [...]
