Re: Big change in our lives

[Guest guest]

Karyn our thoughts and prayers are with you all as I know how

emotionally draining these decisions can be. You certainly have your

hands full with a three year old and 4 month old. How old is ?

How far away will he be from you? Let us know how his transition goes

as the weeks pass. Louise, Mom to 41

big change in our lives

I apologize for not being very active with posts lately. We have had

lots of

things going on at our home. To give everyone an update-

A year ago 's in-home supports were greatly reduced due to state

budget

cuts.

His behavior in the last years has gone backward about 2-3 years. We

also had

a baby who is now 4 months old. These things in addition to an

outspoken

three year old made it necessary for us to consider long term out of

home

placement. After a nasty battle with our county we finally prevailed and

will

go to a group home run by the agency that I used to work with. I feel

confident

that the change will ultimately be good for but the transition

will be

difficult for all of us.

He moves on Wednesday so please keep us in your thoughts since this is

probably the hardest decision I have ever made. I will miss him terribly

even though

I plan on seeing him often. I am looking forward to hearing from his

group

home staff and seeing for myself all the great things he is doing with

the

structure he needs and three interesting housemates to interact with.

BTW, his room-mate also has ds and autism.

Karyn

[Guest guest]

Karyn,

Giant {{{{{hugs}}}}}} Of course, our thoughts and prayers are with you and

your family. No doubt, CK will be able to offer you tons of support. It's

an extrememly rough road we parents of kids with DS/autism walk. Only those of

us that live this life know the stress and challenges that come our way on a

minute to minute basis. The best thing we can do for each other is to respect,

care and mostly support each other.

Hang in there and vent any time you want...we're here.

Donna

[Guest guest]

many prayers things go great for david!!!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/29/04 2:54:59 AM Central Daylight Time,

writes:

> Karyn our thoughts and prayers are with you all as I know how

> emotionally draining these decisions can be. You certainly have your

> hands full with a three year old and 4 month old. How old is ?

> How far away will he be from you? Let us know how his transition goes

> as the weeks pass. Louise, Mom to 41

>

is 15 1/2. He is about an hour away which is much too far in my book

but it was the agency I wanted and the program I wanted for him. Here in

Wisconsin group homes for kids are rare and he really didn't need anything more

restrictive.

Karyn