[tri-med] Re: LVN nursing questions...

I guess we better count our blessings here in the "States"!

Ruth, wife to Rudy, mom to Brendon (19), Scott (16), Joshua (13), Matthew
Rudy
(Full T18, born 09/13/01, and Rudy Matthew (born 08/13/04)
http://members.cox.net/t18mom

Lord as I face each new day, grant me power, perseverance, patience and
peace.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karen
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:56 PM
> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: LVN nursing questions...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wright"
> > You're lucky you don't live in Illinois!
>
> Or Australia,
> I get zilch under any program for Alex and never have done. His
> intellectual
> disability is not severe enough and his medical problems "too
> severe" - so I
> have had to fight tooth and nail to get what I do get.
>
> Currently I get one night a week of a registered nurse, however I cannot
> leave the house. I also get one day every three months when he goes to a
> respite house. All the other kids go for the entire weekend but Alex can
> only go for the day AND I have to find a registered nurse to
> attend with him
> (and pay for it of course). Seems its safer (tongue in cheek) to
> catheterise
> 6 children 4 times a day, do tube feeds, lift and carry them than
> it is to
> MAYBE have to give Alex medication or respond to an anaphylactic crisis.
>
> "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing.
> It is not
> how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."
>  ~ ~ Mother Teresa ~ ~
>
> Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
>    _--_|\
>  /Karen \
>  \ _.--._ /
>           v Karen, Mum to Alex (10 years, T-18 Mosaic)
> http://members.optushome.com.au/karens
>
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