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my poor pitiful pearl whine for this week
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 553773" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>is he clear on where your husband is going and what he's doing? i know he's 10, but he probably needs factual information to process the whole thing....it sounds like anxiety has kicked into high gear.</p><p></p><p>will it be possible to visit your husband in the hospital? if that is possible it might be easier to focus on that date than 3 months. it would also probably help immensely for your difficult child to *see* your husband, the hospital room, what happens there, etc. obviously it would be best if there wasnt some tramatic-looking scenario going on...hospitals can look scarier than then they are, but if yours if a factual processer it might help for a nurse to explain that this monitor is for, this tube is for, etc...provided husband is not too sick. (i know from experience that often hospital stays have a lot of downtime...husband sitting up in bed watching football or something might go a long way!)</p><p></p><p>if thats not possible maybe husband could skype or oovoo or something so difficult child can see with his own eyes that he's ok.</p><p></p><p>sometimes its hard for even easy child's to understand a lengthy hospital stay and the stress <em>you</em> undoubtly have (no matter how well you think<em> you </em>are hiding it--most difficult child's have some serious radar!)....little minds can run wild (heck, big minds can too!)</p><p></p><p>i'd personally also notify the school guidance dept since its a pretty big life change....maybe they have some kind of group in school for kids with ill parents. if nothing else, perhaps they can just keep a very close eye on him.</p><p></p><p>sorry you all have to go through this!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 553773, member: 8831"] is he clear on where your husband is going and what he's doing? i know he's 10, but he probably needs factual information to process the whole thing....it sounds like anxiety has kicked into high gear. will it be possible to visit your husband in the hospital? if that is possible it might be easier to focus on that date than 3 months. it would also probably help immensely for your difficult child to *see* your husband, the hospital room, what happens there, etc. obviously it would be best if there wasnt some tramatic-looking scenario going on...hospitals can look scarier than then they are, but if yours if a factual processer it might help for a nurse to explain that this monitor is for, this tube is for, etc...provided husband is not too sick. (i know from experience that often hospital stays have a lot of downtime...husband sitting up in bed watching football or something might go a long way!) if thats not possible maybe husband could skype or oovoo or something so difficult child can see with his own eyes that he's ok. sometimes its hard for even easy child's to understand a lengthy hospital stay and the stress [I]you[/I] undoubtly have (no matter how well you think[I] you [/I]are hiding it--most difficult child's have some serious radar!)....little minds can run wild (heck, big minds can too!) i'd personally also notify the school guidance dept since its a pretty big life change....maybe they have some kind of group in school for kids with ill parents. if nothing else, perhaps they can just keep a very close eye on him. sorry you all have to go through this! [/QUOTE]
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