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O.k., I'm glad to read about this virus. I don't open attachments as a

rule and I *did* receive several e-mails where a portion of what I'd

written to the list was in quotes & then a statement that said to " see

attachment " or " read the attachment. " I don't want to offend anyone if

this was someone from the list, but I'm too afraid of catching a computer

virus to open it. Sorry if it's legit. Not sorry if it's not.

Interesting about the way the children form their letters. , I've

noticed, writes his b's differently. He starts them at the bottom,

rather than drawing a line & then beginning a backward " c " partway up

from the bottom. I have been meaning to ask the teacher about it.

Thanks, also, for mentioning the computer program. If starts

having too much trouble, I'll look into that.

Suprisingly, seems to be doing better with his reading. Also,

he's still doing pretty well with the stress level. We get to see Dr.

Small tomorrow & I, for one, am relieved about that. We'll go over the

D & E results and he'll see , too.

We had a sad event this weekend. One of the baby gerbils died.

put her down my shirt while I was on the phone - a normal thing a 7 y.o.

would think to do. Well, I patted down my shirt & slacks when I stood

up, but I couldn't imagine the gerbil making it's way into my slacks so I

didn't pat them well. I thought the gerbil was stuck in the recliner and

the kid weren't moving fast enough to save her, so I knelt to examine the

recliner. It was then that I found she *was* in my pants leg and I'd

knelt on her (or caught her behind my knee?). Anyway, when I got her out

of my pants leg she was bleeding from the nose. I applied pressure on

it, but it didn't help. I tried gently pressing on her chest when I

thought she was not breathing later and I gave her mouth-to-mouth

(something I'd never imagined I'd ever do to a gerbil or any other

rodent) while I desperately searched the phone book for an all night vet

dealing in exotic animals. We drove out to Springfield to an emergency

vet, even though I became fairly certain the baby had died (and that was

verieid when I arrived, even though they tried to get a heartbeat

anyway). When we got into the car to make the trip, - already

very upset & thinking it was the gerbil of which she was the most fond -

yelled at that he had killed her gerbil. His face just puckered

up and I felt so sorry for him. I told him it was only an accident, but

he spent the rest of the car trip with his jacket over his head. We

buried the gerbil in the front yard the next morning & I think it helped

everyone. The kids from 's birthday party helped. They made

headstones out of rocks, laid flowers... stuck a flag in the

ground there and also laid his hockey stick and a football on top.

Anyway, I think he's feeling better now, but I just cringed when

accused him of killing her gerbil. As you know, I have depression (and

has sadness & a tendency toward depression) and it often takes

less than an accusation like that to make my sense of self-worth dip. I

could only imagine how it made feel, even though 's

response to the situation was one I'd expect from a child.

-Jean

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