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15 Jun 2009
I told you so!
Something came up with my son. Not a big deal, but needed to be dealt with. Remember my ex is out of the country for eight weeks, and as always, assured me she would be instantly reachable. You know, phones, internet, etc. yeah, right. Anyway, I call my ex. No answer, and it is around
14 Jun 2009
The unemployment rate just changed
This nanny has been with my daughter about a dozen times, if not more. She comes over this morning, a bit early and mentions that she got about 30 minutes of sleep last night. I don’t ask why. She is with me as I dress my daughter. Since it is not a great day out,
08 Jun 2009
5-Alarm Clock
About one year ago … It’s 4:00 in the morning and my phone rings. It is the facility where my son lives, about 70 miles away from me, about 4 miles away from where his mother was, staying in her condo there. Your son is in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. We
04 Jun 2009
Tears are the silent language of grief. *
Like any day, I get my daughter off to school and I take a shower. This day, the phone rings while I am showering … and the caller ID shows the school nurse. Your daughter is crying and we don’t know why. Can we give her Motrin? “Yes,” I tell them. And that was the
02 Jun 2009
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. *
So, her mom calls me around noon time, mainly to tell me stuff about her upcoming trip of which I care very little. At some point in the conversation she asks "How is she doing?" referring to our daughter. Well, she seized for over an hour last night. I then get this incredible rash of
01 Jun 2009
Shake, rattle and roll
Rita Rudner once commented, upon hearing of a woman in labor for over 24 hours, “I can’t think of anything I love doing that I’d want to do for 24 hours straight!” How long would you choose to have a seizure? A minute, ten? How about 72? How about having your brain taken over by
28 May 2009
Move over
My daughter takes nine different medicines during a typical day. Most are taken multiple times a day. Two of them need to be compounded, in other words, they are not "standard" meds and must be made especially for her. Our pharmacy was just shut down by the state Board of Pharmacy or whatever. Your run
22 May 2009
Sunlite
So I saw my son yesterday. He is in a residential program in another state, after the divorce he went with my wife, then she could not deal with him at home. I would have taken him, still want to, but I cannot logistically deal with two severely disabled children at home. It broke my