Help, my sons counselor has called DSS

[forjpj]

Very impressive thinking on your feet...I am never good at that!! Someday we will all have a reunion meeting at that tropical resort!!

[Mary M]

Oh my I am so impressed with how you handled that. I would have been a blubbering idiot. The analogy of diabetes was pure genius. Thank you for how you have helped us all!

 

just wanted to post an update. the social worker come to the house last night. my son has been going down hill again. and we had another throat culture taken yesterday due to a red throat and white spots on tonsils. So he was in prime conditions when the ss worker came. I had my papers on PANDAS and tried to explain to her about OD, OCD and rage fits that can go along with PANDAS. told her he may have strep again etc etc. you can imagine the looks but she was very very kind and listened to our story. I thought all was good and she would drop the case until she mentioned that it seemed like my son was just being a difficult teen and needed to be placed outside the home for intensive therapy.

 

so in my mind i imagined myself flying off the couch and shaking the women but never the less i sat very still and in a calm way asked her if DSS would consider removing my 10 yr old nephew who has diabetes from his home when he starts crashing from low insulin. I told her how i have been with my nephew and he will get very angry, defient and moody til the point he will not let me check his blood levels and starts crying and screaming. I explained to her that PANDAS rages were kinda like that. That it is an illness and not just a moody teen. I think she started to understand but mostly decided it was time to leave when my youngest son let my 2 large siberian huskys in the house and they started licking her and getting hair all over her black dress. the kicker was when i told her not to let the dogs give her anymore kisses because one of them has tested positive for strep. I know she thinks i am a total nut case and at times over the last 7 years i have felt like i have lost my mind. She gave us her card and said she would follow up by phone.