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Celebrate me home
By Me | August 13, 2005
David is back, in more ways than one. We brought him home on Thursday and we celebrated his birthday yesterday. He’s a legal adult now. It’s a very strange thing when your first baby crosses that threshhold. It’s even stranger when they have the kind of challenges David has. I still haven’t figured out how I feel about it. Happy and sad and unsure about what is supposed to happen next.
It’s been lovely, though, to watch him take his place in the family again. The kids, especially Gina, are fairly thrilled at how much easier it is to talk to him, how much more rational he seems now, and how much easier it is to get along with him. I’m loving it!
The meds are going to be an issue. Clozipine (I finally got the name of the stuff straight) can have some very, very serious side effects for a small minority of patients, so they are very, very carefully monitored. He’ll need blood work every week and the lab will have to give me a form to show what his white blood cell count is before I can get the prescription filled. And then, too, most drug stores don’t dispense this stuff. Gino is making special arrangements so that the local drug store will stock it (so I don’t have to drive 20 miles to Oneonta every week to get this script filled).
All things considered, I’m willing to jump through all the hoops I need in order to make sure he has his meds. What a difference they’ve made!
So, we’re pretty much back to normal at this end of the world, only better. Many thanks and much love to all those who sent their good wishes, prayers, and other warm fuzzies our way … you guys rock.
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