well several of us anyways. The wonder boys are both sick. Wonder baby is sick too. Mama is sick. Maia is better but was sick. Eric had flumist and hasnt gotten sick. for whatever reason Cody and Chrysta havent gotten sick either. Poor Ben is mierable and just cries and lays around. Ethan is perking up but still pale and feverish. but well enough to be annoying and bossy to his sibs. Sophie teeters between feeling better and not feeling good. She stayed up with eric last night when I went to bed because she just wanted to be held and rocked. she woke up screaming histerical in the night twice and wouldnt be soothed by my voice. but when Eric spoke to her she settled. Not sure what that was all about.
Shriners wants medical records in order to treat the kids. except I dont HAVE medical records. they didnt seem to understand that in international adoption you get nothing. NOTHING. so they wont treat them without records and I dont have records to give. so they have to go to the doctor just to have a record I can send. seems kind of stupid to me. redundant. they kept asking why they dont have any records. HELLOO! they are ADOPTED! from UKRAINE! you just dont GET medical records! we dont even know what they have had done. husband says oh they have only been home a short time its no big deal. but it is a big deal. Poor Ben Ben's feet are so mangled. I have to give him motrin to get him to sleep through the night because he wakes hurting so bad. also I dont think his AFOs fit correctly, there is big space behind his leg. and I am tired of taking Sophie to the bathroom every hour because she cant do it herself. she is almost 4 she NEEDS to get help so she can start doing some things herself! oddly enough I havent heard from school either about finding a translator for a preschool screening.
This blog is about our adventures as a large family. We have fourteen kids in our family. Not every one lives at home. Sometimes life is easy and sometimes its weary to the bone hard.
I hear you on the records thing. My son's school demanded his school records. I told them, over and over, that I DON'T HAVE THEM!! They are in Ukraine. They requested I get them. I (polietly) gave them the orphanage address and told them to try themselves. That was the last I heard of it (eventhough I was smiling when they were bright eyed at my response :)
ReplyDeletewhy cant I just write medical history "unknown" on their forms and that be enough? our obsession with "paperwork" in this country is really a pain in the neck!
ReplyDeleteI am a case manager at a residential facility and a few weeks ago the public aid office refused to speak to me because I wasn't the representative on the case. When they asked to speak to the 10 year old child who doesn't speak a word to get permission, I said "what?!" They still won't talk to me and can't tell me what to do to get the information other than to have the child call. Darn people are too afraid to go outside the box when something different happens!
ReplyDeleteHoping you all feel much better SOON! Don't you just love winters in MN? Seem's like we're sick the ENTIRE season. It stinks, I want to move SOUTH. Seriously.
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jodi I want to move south too! yeah sometimes the office politics get a little out of hand and out of common sense! like a ten year old knows whats best for him!
ReplyDeleteTake a deep breath. You are doing a great job. I know it seems frustrating with the hospital, his AFOs, Sophie not being able to go to the bathroom--but you can't compare them to other children their age. Expect them to be delayed and enjoy the baby that is still in them. She will get it. Alex is finally getting it---- he just started walking up the stairs yesterday instead of crawling up them. And he doesn't need a bib to eat. :) Big hugs.
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