A bit of Deja Vu

It's been another roller coaster of a week. My parents are in FL and my dad went into the hospital on Thursday afternoon. They think he has a problem with a hernia, not entirely sure. But it took them 3 days for a surgeon who just came today, to establish that by tommorrow, he will hopefully be okay enough to travel back home to Toronto where he will most likely need surgery. I hate having him far away when he's sick and not be able to do anything. Not that I'd be able to do much if her were here, but I could at least visit. And then there's the whole matter of getting sick in the US and having to deal with insurance. Ugh. My poor mom was in this exact situation last March and it was so hard on her. She was the one who had to deal with all the insurance BS while also worrying about my dad. Once again I feel lucky that we live here in Canada...though I have to say....the hours of waiting and waiting to see the surgeon make me a bit angry. I mean, if you're paying for your health care, at least you would think the service would be better than here where taxes pay for it? But it appears...not so much.

In any case...we are crossing my fingers that my dad is ok to travel and gets back here safely within the next few days. And then after that, we'll be hoping and praying that if he does need surgery, that it isn't major. I just don't know how much my dad can take. He has been through so much in the last few years, not to mention he has had several of his closest friends pass away. I just hope he has the strength, both emotionally and physically, for whatever is in store for him in the near future.

I guess there is some good news, though it scares me to even say it. CW has been....actually pretty well behaved lately. He actually seems to be absorbing some of what they are teaching in his therapy groups....how I don't know because he never seems to be paying attention. Maybe I've also gotten some good tips from the parenting classes I've been going to. But here's hoping that he is on an upswing. He got a stellar report card and we are really proud of that, although, he seems to have been able to pull it off without really trying....which is great, but not sure how long he'll be able to keep that up!

AK on the other hand, the "easy" child, the one we thought we didn't have to worry about as much? Her report card was not so great. We were a bit concerned, but after talking it over, we remembered having a similar experience when CW was in grade one....the first report was pretty dismal, but it went up from there. And the thing is....AK has the social skills that we are desperately trying to teach CW. We've had a few conversations about how it seems that the social skills are really what make you go places in life, and not so much the brains! It's true....the people who play well with others tend to go a lot further, and AK definitely does that!

So that's where we are now...hopefully with better news about my dad later this week. We are going to Great Wolf Lodge for CW's birthday this Thursday. He opted for that rather than a big party!