An idea
I've been tossing up an idea of making this blog - or creating (another) new one - a community blog where a couple of us with kids w/ dodgy chromosomes can come and share experiences or just brain dump when it all gets too much?
Thoughts?
I've been tossing up an idea of making this blog - or creating (another) new one - a community blog where a couple of us with kids w/ dodgy chromosomes can come and share experiences or just brain dump when it all gets too much?
Oscar loves music. He loves dancing, he loves singing, the boy has a groove. In fact, his head wobble and hippy shake is quite impressive.
So last week saw us back at the hospital for Oscar's 'regular' dental checkup - I thought it would be interesting as the week prior I noticed he has a permanent molar coming through while his baby molar ain't moving.
Today we played volly ball and Oscar scored three or four really good shotes.
By Bella and Claire
My reply is - if any of his classmates want to write in his communication book about something he's done with them during that day - spelling mistakes and all - bring.it.on.
I picked him up early on Thursday to take Mum to the airport. I love getting there unannounced and at a normal time, as it is the best indication to me as to how 'accepted' and how involved he is. They were all at lunch, and there he was, with about 4-5 classmates kicking around a ball. Tops I say, bloody T.O.P.S.
Well, Friday saw us back at Sydney Children's getting new superlegs. We were 45 - yes, f.o.r.t.y.f.i.v.e. minutes late as just as I was leaving to pick Oscar up, Jasper did a massive poo everywhere, requiring an entire change of clothes and carpet cleaning. While I was doing the latter, he got in to a cupboard (that I'd left open) and cut his finger on a broken dish. Blood everywhere, including all over me, requiring me to change as well. Five strips of sensitive band-aid fabric later (he cut his sucking thumb) will blood seeping and him trying to pull it off with his two tiny teeth, we went to collect Oscar.
We found out on Thursday that from Tuesday Oscar has a full-time aid. From 9.30am to 3.15pm. Every.single.day. Well, at school that is. I am absolutely dumbfounded. This is like the Gold Amex of the NSW Department of Education.
I was reading some posts at a site today I visit every now and then but not as often as I should considering I know how much they read our site and comment to boot.
Oscar jammed a small piece of lego up his nose. I'd show you, but in my anger and upset-ness, I threw it in the sink where it promptly went down the drain. Suck on that ocean outfall water treatment plant.
Amalah recently brought me back to the world of Cancer, Baby. Today, Cancer, Baby's author, Jessica, died.
Our son, Oscar, has a partial duplication on the long arm of chromosome four. This rare genetic disorder has resulted in global developmental delays, in particular, a profound speech disability. He also has mild cerebral palsy. I hate starting with the medical stuff as it seems to me to reduce him to a list of ailments or disabilities, rather than encapsulating the person he is. And that, for us, in a nutshell, is the constant world of living with a rare genetic disorder.