I'm a little nervous about how normal things are with my family right now. Liz continues to impress me with her handling of the summer routine change. Although, at this point, one could argue that we've created a summer routine, and that's the reason for the excellent transition. I'd have to agree, honestly. Even the most basic routine helps her with anxiety, and she keeps a fairly even temperament.
One of my fellow teachers is going through a situation with her husband in which he is essentially being diagnosed with epilepsy. Another mutual friend was updating me on the situation, and she remarked that she couldn't help but think about Liz when talking to our other friend. The husband had suffered a black out while driving, and that got her to thinking about what Liz's life will be like as she gets older. Will she drive? Will she go to college? Will she have children? I replied as I always reply: "I have no idea, but I really hope so." Let's be honest, though. She probably won't drive because we have had terrible experiences with seizures returning when her meds dip below therapeutic levels, and based on that fact, no state is going to give her a license. I hope she goes to college, and I want that to be her decision. The mom in me will have a difficult time letting her go, though ("Please, Liz...you can go there and live at home." "Mom, I'm 35!! Let me go!!"). As for the children? Well, she's eight years old. I'll worry about that later.
Liz and I are visiting family next week, so I'm sure I'll update my blog about how well she handled the trip. It should be really interesting. Have a great day!!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Over A Month...
It has been over a month since I have last posted. In that month, I received the scores of my high school students' TAKS tests, negotiated the mine fields of public education, lived through school being out for another year, taken Liz to the neurologist, and started teaching summer school.
The fact of the matter is that nothing terribly interesting has been happening. I had a week off between the end of school and the start of the first session of summer school. In that time, I took Liz to the local splash pads several times, signed her up for summer reading, and completed several art projects with her. We also started an herb garden that's responding well to us.
Her neurologist appointment went well. He wants us to continue on as we've been going, and keep up with the behavior therapy appointments. Nothing changed in that regard.
Liz had a behavior therapy appointment last week, and since she's negotiated the start of summer vacation so well, we're only doing appointments once a month. We've established a very tentative schedule, and it seems to be working for us thus far. It's a nice change from the chaos that was our lives for a few months. She's so much more calm, and she's been feeling less anxiety than before.
She's been engaging children at the splash pads, and playing with them without too many issues. I confess that I got a little teary-eyed when I saw her playing with a little girl last week, and being completely comfortable while doing so. I was so proud of her.
I'm going to make an attempt at keeping up with this blog this summer. Since most days (outside of summer school) I rarely open up a laptop, it might be a little more challenging than it is regularly.
Have a great summer, everyone!!
The fact of the matter is that nothing terribly interesting has been happening. I had a week off between the end of school and the start of the first session of summer school. In that time, I took Liz to the local splash pads several times, signed her up for summer reading, and completed several art projects with her. We also started an herb garden that's responding well to us.
Her neurologist appointment went well. He wants us to continue on as we've been going, and keep up with the behavior therapy appointments. Nothing changed in that regard.
Liz had a behavior therapy appointment last week, and since she's negotiated the start of summer vacation so well, we're only doing appointments once a month. We've established a very tentative schedule, and it seems to be working for us thus far. It's a nice change from the chaos that was our lives for a few months. She's so much more calm, and she's been feeling less anxiety than before.
She's been engaging children at the splash pads, and playing with them without too many issues. I confess that I got a little teary-eyed when I saw her playing with a little girl last week, and being completely comfortable while doing so. I was so proud of her.
I'm going to make an attempt at keeping up with this blog this summer. Since most days (outside of summer school) I rarely open up a laptop, it might be a little more challenging than it is regularly.
Have a great summer, everyone!!
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