am i the only one?

[Guest guest]

Hi

This question is more for parents of older cf sons/daughters

although I have a feeling it will be more for sons than daughters.

(sorry guys)

Are there any parents that have their older cf " child " still living

at home relying on mom and dad to take care of them even though you

know they could be doing more for themselves. I am so impressed

with so many of you that are on your own and taking complete control

of your life but I can't help but wonder if I am the only one that

over protected my son and did so much for him when he was younger

that it is now almost " expected " of me to carry this on even though

his health has not deteriorated to the extent of needing someone to

take care of him. Oh how I wish I could turn the clock back and

have the knowledge that I have now about raising a " cf child "

[Guest guest]

My son is still in school so he is still at home but next year he will go

to collage and he says he is staying home so that he can save his money and

get a new car but I know the real reason you see when he was on IV therapy

it was up to me to get his meds out for him and if they were not out he

would be upset telling me that I have always done it so i should keep on

doing it...I guess as moms of a special child we tend to hover over them

more i know i did as it had taken me a long time to get him and then to

find out that he had this dreadful disease. well it was very hard as I'm

sure it is for any one. but it is a part of our life now and will be so we

do what we can for the ones we love. A part of me can not wait till he is

18 and can take himself to the doc and yet there is a part of me that wants

him to depend on me to still do that for him.. DJ will be 18 in Aug so I do

not have that much more time to have control over him hmmmm like i really

do now he is his own person but does like it when mom is around when he

is not feeling well and myself I'm really glad for that

hugss

mother of DJ 17 yom/wcf