Hi navywife30. Thanks for the update. Perhaps Emma is stressed from being in a new school, new place to live etc. It may take awhile for her to adjust again. Glad you are busy working since you are enjoying it so much.
Jon is doing well being homeschooled. We have yet to have a doctor say they will treat Jon here (we are very very close, however). Had to speak with two neighbors about our children not getting along and causing hurt feelings. That went well, I hope.
Stay well and you will be back to the states before you know it!
Well I haven't been on here for awhile and really missed all of you. It has been so crazy in our house for the last couple of months. First of all we decided to move from out in town to base housing that is like 30 minutes from our base. This means that our daughter had to switch schools yet again. But on the upside she has friends out here and can actually go out and play. She has even taken up skateboarding (since most of her friends are boys and that's what they do and there's a skate park here). On top of that I decided it was time to go back to work. So, I got a job at the Navy Exchange Cash Cage. It pays like a 1/4 that my old job did but at least it gets me out of the house for a little while every day. It's only part time too which is great. And I've also taken over as the Cat Program Manager for the Base Animal Rescue. It's a strictly volunteer organization that places animals that people can't take back to the states with them or have abandoned (Japan euthanizes all strays, they don't have a pound system here). So, needless to say I have been VERY busy!!
So, an update on Emma (that's what she decided she wants to be called now). She's doing ok. I think her meds need upped again but I'm trying to hold off to see if it's just the beginning of the school year stuff or if they really need to be upped. The doctors want to up them but I really don't want to have to do that if we don't have to. She is struggling with staying focused and says that when people talk around her she gets distracted and frustrated.
She has already been to the nurses office 3 times with fake illnesses trying to come home. The first time she went in and said that her ears hurt really bad and she was having problems hearing. She even failed a hearing test. I made her stay at school because I thought she was making it up. That night she was outside playing but then came in and said her ears still hurt and her throat was hurting really bad too. The next morning she said she felt really sick so I let her stay home with her dad and made her a doctor's appointment for that afternoon. The doctor said there was nothing wrong with her ears or throat so more than likely she's making it up.
The following Monday she went to the nurse complaining of her stomach. After talking with the nurse we decided it was probably her medicine and it would pass so she stayed at school. She then went to the nurse the following day with the same thing. I finally had to sit her down and have a talk with her about it.
I've spoken to her teacher and he says that she gets along great with everyone in her class and he hasn't seen anyone picking on her (which was my first thought). She's seems to be doing great in school so we can't figure it out. But since I talked to her (and her teacher did to) she hasn't been back to the nurse. I don't know what her deal is. She's always been the kid that will try to go to school even if she's really sick so this is really unlike her to try to come home every day.
How is everyone else doing??
Glad to see you are keeping busy with something good.
It has been hectic here with surgery's, chemo, and Jake thinking the world revolves around him.
Jakes behaivior is that like a rebound but it isn't. He is addicted to video games and gets up before 5am to play them(I get up @5:30). We have been having fits again because of the video games he doesn't want to do anything else. We have cut WAY back to only weekends but boy this weekend was horrible. Attitude Galore. He ended up losing them for a day because of it.
In school things are ok I guess as I have not heard from the teacher except s couple of e-mails I started Re homework. He just has too much. So she did cut back some we will see. As you I have not been around much taking care of my house and family. Again, good to hear things are well.
nayvwife30.based your your post, the does of emdication your dd is taking is clearly not too effective if she is struggling to stay focused and is distracted by the voices of people around her.
What may be happening is that your dd is trying to compensate for her limitations on her own as the meds arent really working and when children do this they start to suffer extreme anxiety. Life for these children is just too hard without effective treatment so a school environment is the last place they want to be. Add the recent family changes into the mix and that just compounds the problems. There may not be any obvious problems in school but the problems for your dd are inward. Talking with her probably comforted her to a degree but I would reconsider the doctors advice. Good luck and please keep u posted.