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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Something To Look Forward To

Saturday, February 11, 2012

[tattoo by Shane ONeill]
Rye told me yesterday that when he gets older he’s going to put a tattoo of my face on his chest.
Ummmm no, I say.
Yes, mom, I’m doing it, he says. You and I are so close and that way you will always be with me and everyone will know how much you [...]

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The Long And Winding Road

Thursday, February 9, 2012

[photo by vaggelisf]
We met with the new psychiatrist today. Just Don and I. The first meeting is just us, then the second meeting just Rye, then the third just Don and I again. In this meeting Don and I recounted the history of our journey with Rye and the symptoms and the diagnoses and the [...]

Adjustments

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

[this piece is called 'Changing Raven V' by Rick Bartow. it can be purchased here.]
Things are looking up.
We have made some adjustments to the school schedule. We have hired an educational consultant. We have pushed up our appointment with the new psychiatrist. I now have a therapist who I look forward to seeing every week. [...]

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Precarious

Friday, February 3, 2012

Here we are for the past week +. I am the giraffe/elephant. Rye is the bear. I am exhausted.
After a good long stretch of stability, we have hit a bump in the road. This past week Rye morphed into a person I have not seem in a very long time with symptoms I have not [...]