Guest guest Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Margaret- What a fantastic update on Gareth! I'm so glad Sherry asked you and I'm so glad I read your reply. I will go to sleep tonight with my spirit inspired by Gareth's adventures at college. He is a wonderful inspiration. And I hope that Caribbean vacation comes soon for you! And congratulations on the move. Hugs, Donnell mfroof@... wrote: Hi, Everyone....Sherry...you had asked about Gareth's sclero and he's doing pretty well. He still tires very easily.....usually comes home from school and lays on the couch till suppertime. Bedtime is around 7-7:30 each night. We had a bit of a scare the beginning of Nov when one of his thyroid tests came back high (Free T-4). After a more extensive round of testing, though, everything is in the normal range. His rheumie is going to watch that more carefully in the future. It's funny that he was so gung ho on moving to State College and going to PSU, meeting new friends, and getting his own apartment. Well.........in Oct., he refused to stay at the college apartment at all. MAJOR anxiety/separation issues!!! The beginning of Nov, his teacher told him he HAD to stay over on a Friday night, Nov 9th. (it was at my request). OH MY GOSH.........did we ever hear about it!!! " Be nice your son " " You no love me " " Pick me up morrow? " He called us 3 times on Friday night to make sure we were coming to get him!!! He called at 6:30 Sat morning. We told him he had to stay till 10:00 (normal pickup time) but the coach called us at 8:00 to come and get him because he was panicking. Anyways, we talked it over and the teachers made him feel so proud for staying one night. I think because he has absolutely NO understanding of time (he talks about 4 yrs ago like it happened yesterday, etc.) that he really had it in his mind we were NEVER coming back to get him!!! Well, we had a contract on our house in Lititz and the closing date was Nov 30th. I asked his teachers if they wanted to try Gareth for that whole week (Nov 26th-Dec 1) or should I take him out of school for the week since I had to be in Lititz that whole week to pack, move, clean, etc. They said to let him stay here. He was NOT a happy camper about that!!! Do you know how hard it is to walk away from your kid when he's upset and wants to go with you?!?!? I felt like I was walking away from a 2 y/o having separation issues....minus the crying, though. He did fantastic the whole week!!! We made sure to call every day, sometimes twice a day, and they had a calendar that he marked off the days till we came to get him. He had to go with the group and buy groceries for the week, helped cooked suppers each evening, cleaned up after meals, vacuumed his bedroom on Friday so he could leave Sat morning, learned to open and take his own meds (something I would never try). He called at 6:00 Sat am.... " come get me " The coach called back and said he had to finish his chores first....strip his bed, wash the sheets, towels, and his dirty clothes, get them dried and folded. By 8:30, another call " come get me....NOW " All in all, though, he did fantastic. He's got his own cell phone now and calls from school to let me in on something that just happened. The teachers are the ones pushing it.....making him just like a normal college kid. I told them his brother, , never calls me!!! They have a field trip planned in May....to Chicago for a week!!! Only students, mentors, and teachers are allowed to go. I already told DH we ARE going somewhere alone......the Caribbean.....here I come!!! Hopefully, by May he will want to go on the filed trip and won't worry about it. Soooooooooooo, how's with her IBD. Meds working on her? Take care, Everyone. Margaret **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 <<It's one of the top topics on this poop group. put in search words " smearing " " poop " and you'll be reading for weeks.>> Hi, Everyone....Sherry...you sure do have a way of inviting people into our group!!! Sorry Miss is giving you such a bad week. Take care, Everyone. Margaret **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002\ 5 48) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Oh Sherry - and I don't mean the Journey song! I just finally watched Tuesday night's Idol tape from Omaha. WIER-DOS! How bout the x-wrestler who almost took out! And I guess I didn't see your audition on Wednesday night. I can't imagine they didn't like that. Was off to the side in the audition room clawing at her chest in pain from her period? Maybe that's where the problem lay? I trust a shared the bottle with you! OMG - I'm losing it over here.... LONG WEEK! Bear with me! J gldcst wrote: <<She's our Hostest with the mostest! Our spokeswoman reporting live from deep down in the trenches. Yes, she's an embedded reporter! Jayne>> Well I wouldn't have to do this job if I had passed my audition with the Miami American idol. Simon didn't appreciate my standing there in a bathrobe singing " Bumping Up and Down in my Little Red wagon " taking intermittent swigs from a bottle of Jack s. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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