Yes, yes, I know that I have have been missing in action for several days. I didn't mean for it to happen, but the lap top was totally dead when I tried to start blogging on Wednesday. We had a wonderful Wednesday. MAC, Hubby and I had a very nice time and had lots of laughs. The opening exercise was another word game, The Tragic (But True) Story of the Two Little Pigs. I had a hard time leaving any for the two of them...we learned about family meetings and had some discussions about behavior modification.
We were all excited that MAC would be going back to school on Thursday and she was dressed and ready to go, having eaten breakfast and taken her pills a full 15 minutes before we needed to leave. Our reinstatement meeting was scheduled for 8. She thought, great she'd even be able to make it to first period. There were 2 other students parents waiting for their meetings and our kept getting pushed back. We finally met with the Principal, Counselor, and Special Ed coordinator at 9am. She missed most of first period but was able to get the homework for the days that she had missed. I was able to make it in to work at 10. I receive the call from the school at noon. MAC had not made it through the morning classes. She had made a statement in 3rd period that the school felt warranted some intervention on the part of a therapist. By the time she was picked up this became a visit to an Emergency Room and within 10 minutes of leaving the school it became a visit to North Arundel's Emergency Room.
I have been to North Arundel several times and each time the wait time and the nursing staff got better each time. We arrived at the Emergency Room at 2pm. We were moved to a "conference room" about 2:40 and saw the pediatrician around 3:15. I have been to enough emergency rooms now that I have a bag ready, it has a few games, and all the chargers that I would need. We played Uno as a family for the next 30 minutes before we were moved to a room with a bed and TV. When she was finally settled Hubby went to find the cafeteria and brought us some snacks because we were hoping to be on our way home before midnight. She got a dinner around 6pm. Around 8 I asked the nurse if she had any idea on time because MAC was getting tired. She told me that she thought it wouldn't be until after midnight. The nursing staff at North Arundel was very helpful and seemed very nice. Unfortunately we were not seen until around 3:15am. When we left this morning at 4:30 I was thankful that it wasn't 5.
Today was the scheduled IEP-A meeting. This is where the school and I as the parent sat down and discussed MAC's issues. It had been scheduled for a week now and I have been pushing for one of these for years now. I was not about to miss this meeting! When I got home I grabbed a quick 3 hour nap and then got up and went to the school for the meeting. The school now has 60 calendar days to cognative test, and academic test MAC and send me a report. I left the meeting at noon and arrived home feeling better and was thinking about another quick nap when I received a call from MSA. They did not want MAC to attend the girls group tonight before she saw her therapist but she couldn't see her therapist until she had been re-evaluated by the Intensive Outpatient Patient (IOP) therapist to see if she needed to start the IOP again. I left a message to schedule that appointment and ate some lunch. Our appointment is next Tuesday.
Can we say FRUSTRATING!? I did not get a chance to get my nap before we ran to do some errands and get some dinner. I now realize that there was a reason those "all nighters" in college never worked! Lack of sleep makes for a very foggy brain!
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