Re: a scary night

[Guest guest]

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Yes, I know how it feels----at least from a step-mom's view. My ex had

custody of his teenage son and that's about what happened when his son got

his license and vehicle.

I was really close to my stepson. Since I have no children of my own, and

his Mom was nowhere around, I was involved in all the real Mom stuff.

His darling girlfriend thought it was funny to yank the steering wheel and

watch him re-gain control of the vehicle. On slick roads from a light misty

rain, he didn't get control back after one of those yanks!

It is a good thing we were called to go to the hospital first because if I

had seen that big " V " in the hood of his truck before I saw him I would have

really freaked!

With too may kids in the cap of his truck and a stupid girlfriend it could

have been a serious disaster.

Take a deep breath and let the heart rate slow down. By tomorrow you will be

ready to strangle him but won't because you wouldn't hurt a hair on his head!

LOL

Hang in there!

Aunt B

[Guest guest]

, I have a son who is just turning 18 and he has cf and I hear what you

are saying. I am so happy that your son is safe and that things turned out so

well for him with the car wreck. My son is doing really well at this time but

not a day goes by that I dont think about cf and what that means in his life.

He has been able to live his life as normally as everyone else except that his

normal involves aerosol treatments, vests, enzymes, regularly scheduled

hospital visits, handfuls of pills daily and you know the normal worries that

come with having cf. and of course the worries of being a teenager. As you may

have noticed the word cf is in small letters as we have made cf not the main

focus in his life but rather a bump in his ride thru life. His doctors told us

not to treat him any different then his sibling and that was the best advice we

were ever given. I am having a hard time letting go now that he is turning 18

and he will now be able to make decision on his own, (of course I hope he will

still listen to us). Is there anyone else out there at the same stage in this

journey, it seems that most people I see posted on these sights have younger

children and mostly girls. I think having young men is a whole different

perspective since men dont speak as openly as girls, I would love to have some

feed back from mothers or fathers or even men that have cf. Thanks a Mom in

Ohio

a scary night

Sometimes I think I worry so much about what is going on with Cory

and CF that I forget to worry about the real life stuff. Cory(who is

16) was in a car accident today. When I arrived on the scene and

seen his car total and upside down laying in a corn field, it was the

scariest thing I had ever seen. I felt my life just flash before

me. I jumped out of my car before I think it ever stopped. Thank

God Cory was fine and so was his passenger. Some scrapes and

scratches and that is it. All the kids were transported to the

hospital but no one was hurt.

Getting the phone call that says " mom I was in an accident, please

come " I beleive is the scariest words a mother can here. All I could

do was hug him and thank god he and everyone involved was ok.

My daughter was following the accident on the volleyball bus.

Sometimes in a scary situation you realize how close your kids are,

even if at home all they do is fight. Cory went up to the bus as

soon as he got out of his car and all he wanted was his siter.

Luckily the coach let Amber off the bus to stay with her brother

until I got there. Of course as it would figure, this had to be the

one volleyball game I couldn't attend due to a work related class.

Cory went to the game in my place.

I guess I just needed to talk so I get calmed down before kissing all

my kids good night.