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My twins, my husband and myself just got back from the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland middle of last week. We flew there to participate in a twin/sib discordant study that Dr. Lisa Rider is doing for Juvenile Dermatamyostitis patients. Shelby's symptoms had improved so much since starting the prednisone back in March. As we started weaning him off though the symptoms began to come back with a vengeance. The day before yesterday I noticed his hands had turned blue again. He's back in a… Continue

Have you ever hear the expression mother lion or mother bear? Have you ever been called that? I have. I don't want to be a helicopter parent hovering over my kids all of the time. I want them to be capable, competent happy people. There are times when the anger is so huge that it overwhelms me. I had to go back to THE doctors office today. The same doctors office where they basically said there was nothing wrong with my little boy, that he was making up his symptoms. I digress. Anyway I walked… Continue

Apparently there are snails roaming the vast tundra of my home. Who knew? They came in with the help of the twins but unfortunately didn't exit. In regard to your post Jennifer both boys were suspended. I'm all for homeschooling actually. If I'd had the chance back when they started I would have but I was a single parent and couldn't do it. So if you have some support I'd say go for it. Home schooled kids test scores are higher, they are more successful… Continue

My middle son was suspended from school today. Now I find this ironic because the child who he was fighting with him today, has been picking on him for weeks. School staff have been aware of the situation and little if anything has happened. Now the principal calls me today and tells me she is suspending my fifth grader for two of the remaining five days of school for defending himself against this bully. Now I know what my child is capable of . I'm not a… Continue