Chaim is now suspended for 2 days. Before he was brought home for home time out. It is terrible to have adhd a tic disorder,ppd and learning disabilities and be 6 years old and already being suspended from school. What does this do to their self esteem?
Micah went thru this all the time he was at Ben Franklin and because of his issues medical problems he has no close friends at all and he is now in 7th grade. Micah ADHD, Attachment disorder and Anxiety disorder that he would eat the tips of his fingers down to blood. He also is very short and we found out he does not produce the growth hormone so now daily six days out of the week he gets a shot for this. He feel abandoned by his father and his dad's family because when he was little they wanted him but after he turned five they do not take him or visit him and his mother is developmentally delayed so she rarely takes them either. I am their grandmother so they worry that if I die who will want them. It makes me worry also because my three youngest fathers want nothing to do with them. How ever I do and we will make it I am sure. All of the kids have above average intelligence so they have this in their corner.
I worry also and some nights only get 3 to 4 hours sleep because I worry so much. I love my grand kids and would give up my life for them. Daily it is meeting doctor appts social workers etc. Chaim and Micah have their issues and Raechele has her eye problems and her hyper glycemia and her circulation problems to her extremities. These take all my time very seldom do I have time for myself.
Do they go to a church.I know my nephew suffers from alot of these and his grandmother got him involved in church early and he has friends that hes had for a while..All i can say about the worring is I suffer all the time from the same thing and found one verse that helped me out alot was ..""As if worring would add one day to there life ""meaning it is already planned out I know its hard to do but repeating it to myself helped alot I think your doing a graet job and your in my prayers!
ReplyDeleteyes they do go to church and my oldest is singing a solo in church for Christmas and he has already played his violin for the church. My 3 youngest will also be in the play also. All 3 boys are in scouts and my 15 year old and 13 year old are studying to be Eagle Scouts. My 15 year old wil be one in may.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of all of their problems they are wonderful kids! I know all four of them quite well. I think that I know pretty darn well some of the things you go through, as I've lived next door and have been over more times than I can count! :) When I would watch them it was a handful just for a few hours so you could get out and enjoy yourself. In all it was well worth it.
ReplyDeleteChiam needs to be placed in a special needs type pf school especially when it's time for him to enroll in Ben Franklin. We both know that school is NOT great with children like ours. I really think that he would benefit from the Day Treatment that Dillon goes to. There are 3 classrooms. The one he'd be in for Kindergarden is absolutely AWESOME! They are all trained, and extremely nice there. Although it's hard to get children into there, I don't see why you'd have trouble with the amount of trouble your having at home and school for Chiam. He's really a happy go lucky kid from all of the times I've gotten to hang out with him. I don't know exactly what this pre-school is expecting of you, he's a young child there really are not to many medications out there for these problems for kids, they get what they get. Get him back on ICM (Intensive Case Management) and they will help you!
I think there is so much potential for Raechele. She is absolutely BRIGHT and the most adorable ray of sunshine!
I hope that Micah is doing better for you, and not causing so much trouble at school like he use to. I've seen him a few times while I am at Day Treatment nights for group. He seems really happy there doing the after school activities! :)
Keep your head up, it's got to get better right? That's what I tell myself all the time, but Dillon continues to get worse, but with HIS particular mental health issues there is only one medication that he can be on for the other makes him extremely sick. Not to mention he's at the highest dose of the Risperdal that a child can be on. It's rather stressful but as the caretakers of kids like this we need to be strong and remember that WE matter as well.