Re: Checking in....

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Hi Gladys,

When you decide to go back to school for a MA in special ed, let me

know - I may be able to give you a heads up on a good direction in

that field.

It sounds like you have quite a lot on your plate - is your Mom at

home or in a nh?

We got back a little while ago from visiting my Mom - she is more

frail every couple of weeks. She is more sad, too. She had her eyes

closed a lot of the time today, but wasn't sleeping. I asked her why

she had her eyes closed, and she said, " It hurts. " She's had stomach

issues for many years now... we think it started when she took

Fosamax, but who knows. All the tests she had years ago showed no

issues other than diverticulosis.

I hope things improve for you.

Best,

Helene

>

> It's been a while since I've posted and I thought I'd check in and

let you

> know that Mom and I are both still alive. LOL Life has been .....

well ...

> .. for lack of a better word quite dramatic lately. Mom's

condition

> continues to deteroriate rapidly. She now depends on us for all

activities

> of daily living and she sleeps about 80% of the time. The primary

care

> physician is on a totally different page than we are (and than our

neuro is)

> in terms of her treatment plan. He is in the prolong life mode and

we are

> in the quality of life mode. It has caused a bit of tension.

We're having

> a BP problem with the seroquel, but without it she's miserably

unhappy and

> anxious so........... We're starting her on salt tablets today to

see if it

> will give her BP a boost.

>

> In addition to Mom and a former foster son showed up on our

door

> about a month ago with nothing but the clothes on his back. He is

now 18

> and has left the abusive environment he has been forced to live in

for the

> past 17 years. He has a LOT of emotional issues and we are taking

it one

> day at a time.

>

> As if all of that isn't enough along with teaching , I've

taken on a

> part time job working from home as an admissions counselor for

's

> school. I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle it but, I'm giving

it the

> old college try because we desperately need the money. Speaking of

college,

> I remember telling some of you I was going back this fall to get my

MA in

> Special Education. Well..... I'm putting that on hold

temporarily.

>

> One day at a time..........

>

> Gladys

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