So sorry. I wanted to create a NEW post!!! ANOTHER BAD MOMENT!!! NM

• New rule - anyone in agreement? - Kaydie
  • I agree with this rule BUT - sm
    • I see your point and agree - how bout this though - Kaydie
  • What was one of the most embarrassing moments for you? I'll go first SM - Still red
    • Here's a couple for you -- you pick! - mtroadie
    • not a date thing but still embarrassing - see inside
    • How bout this - Kaydie
    • So sorry. I wanted to create a NEW post!!! ANOTHER BAD MOMENT!!! NM - Still red

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I posted on the 16th about my son attending a candle light vigil for a classmate that had been died while playing the choking game.  Yesterday at school there was a memorial service for him.  My son said the rest of the day was pretty somber and my daughter who did not even know the boy said the same thing. 

After school some of the kids really needed a pick-me-up but also to do something special to remember him.

I did state earlier that he and my son were not close but they did share several close friends.  It seems that everytime Trey went to the drive-thru at McDonalds he always ordered every item with Mc in front of it.  A Mccheesburger, Mcfries, McCoke, etc.  About 10 cars of kids decided to go to McDonalds and order just that way.  Someone in the first car must have told the people inside becuase they were giving back Mcchange. 

One of my son's closet friends organized this and started to break down while ordering, the lady at the intercom said "it's okay honey, we will get through this".  Then the kids pulled over to an empty part of the parking, blasted  Trey's favorite song and just danced.  It brought my daughter to tears. 

She then told me she did sort of know who he was after seeing a picture of him. A couple of weeks ago after school she and a couple of friends were jokingly arguing about who had the coolest cell phone.  Best phone, color, features, etc.  Suddenly Trey walked over to them and pulled out his cell phone which was exactly like my daughter's.  He didn't say a word, just smiled and left. 

It is still a terrible tragedy but somehow the other kids are working through it and hopefully will definitely learn an important lesson.

for you?

For me it was the peanut butter/dog with Melissa Gilbert. I will never view Little House on the Prarie in the same light again!!!

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got hers actually at WalMart.  It was around $100 and very pretty with her birth stone and she wears it every day.  Might not after she graduates, but that's up to her.  Younger DS probably won't want one either, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

I did get the brochures from the jewelry stores at the mall, but they were unbelievably expensive.

For crying out loud, you should be MUCH more ready to forgive him his abusive language and "disrespect" if he was on drugs.  Good grief.  It sounds like you expect everybody to be perfect except you. 

If he is clean now, he would probably be ashamed of how he acted.  How many years have you let this rift go on, anyway? 

thing.  If your daughter does leave home, you MUST report her as a runaway to protect yourself. 

You didn't mention, but are there other children in the home?  If so, this is definitely something to take into consideration.  If they are and they are being exposed to the constant "turmoil" this can be perceived in the eyes of social services as a form of "abuse" so you'd need to tread carefully.

Right now, take the emotional part out of it, take back control and know that a couple of years from now you will (hopefully) look back at this time and you and your daughter will have a few laughs.  I remember when we hit that point and I just smiled silently thinking "I remember someone told ME back then I'd make it through this."  You CAN handle this!

I had some nice responses when I posted last week about having a really nasty UTI and being in excruciating pain.  I had a fever despite analgesics, pelvic pain and generalized agony.  They did a KUB and 2 CAT scans, with and without contrast.  I got the results yesterday.  I have at least one kidney stone.  They think I may have passed more.  I will NEVER go back to that NP again.  My PCP has a NP, PA and himself.  The PA is fantastic and my doc is wonderful.  I can't believe they made me wait all weekend for the results when I had a stone, and let me suffer in pain.  A few Vicodin may have helped.  Also, the NP had told me I'd be feeling better in a day.  I got progressively worse over 3 days.  Now, I am finally starting to feel back to normal but there is still a 2 mm (small) stone lodged in my kidney.  I just wonder if it is going to cause problems if and when it goes on the move.  I was afraid to go to the ER for 2 reasons:  1.  I didn't want them to think I was there for a wimpy reason.  2.  They have so many people who go in there seeking narcotics, even though I never have, I was afraid they'd treat me like I was one of those.

Again, thanks to all that cared!

i have typed radiology for about 6 years now.  i use to work inhouse, but about 2 years ago i decided to work from home, thinking i could make more money.  well, i was hired to type radiology, but naturally i did not start off doing that, they had me typing clinical notes.  then finally they put me on a radiology account, but that had very little work.  in the mean time, they were waiting for this new radiology account to get up and running and told me how great and easy it was and all that stuff!!! i ws sooo excited about this account, thinking YES!!! i can finally make some real money.  well, here it is a year later and this is one of the most difficult accounts and i am not sure what the problem is.  the doctors are not difficult to understand, i have macros and all of that good stuff, but i tell ya what....it is all i can do to get in 1000 lines, which is pretty pathetic being that i am use to getting in alot more lines than that.  i do not believe it is me, but rather this account. 

so i am not sure if i should look for a different job, and if so i really am not sure who i should look at.  but like i said i have only worked from my home for about 2 years, and 4 years in house and would appreciate any advise from all of the vets that are out there, or anyone else with some good advise.  i do not like being mislead, and being told an account is "CAKE", when actually the turn over of mt's on this account is great. 

I worked at a physical rehab center for 5 years.  As another poster stated, the amount of improvement depends on a lot of things.  However, I saw people leave or return for appts with no noticeable residual, others who still had deficits but were independent.  Those who were permanently impaired learned to adapt. There are some really cool gadgets out there! One thing I learned from working at the rehab center was determination really *can* pay off.  It was inspiring working there. 

IF your dad needs extensive therapy, the hardest part for YOU may be keeping him motivated.  So, best of luck to your dad, you and the family.  Let us know how things are going.

the pictures both of you sent are beautiful. The cat looks like one of my niece's. Lisa had a tonsillectomy Monday at age 45 and I am going over today on my day off to help her and to feed and care for the two cats!  What a day this will be. The red one comes up to me and stares at me with those big yellow eyes and actually puts his nose against mine! I try so hard not to laugh, but I lose every time.

Ok, I am going to try to make this a short story. Last night, my 7-year-old and another kid were playing. I was watching them, and they were playing tug-of-war, so to speak, with a shoe, but they were both laughing and playing. Well, the other child got hurt and when we tried to figure out what was wrong, we found that the girl had recently had surgery on this particular finger and it had gotten hurt while they were playing. Fast forward to this morning - the child's finger is fractured. I am in the process of getting the mother's phone number so that I can call her. The child was under the supervision of my sister-in-law at the time, a friend of her daughter's.

So, my question, would you offer to pay the copay for the emergency room visit?

Thanks!