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When a difficult child doesn't feel well ....oh, the agony!
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 550871" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Wow, this thread has really made me feel "better" about the hypochondriac-ness of my difficult children. </p><p></p><p>Another common complaint I've learned to decipher: "throwing/coughing up blood" or "peeing blood." This means there was a tinge of pink in something. </p><p></p><p>One of the most difficult things for me with Oldest when she was younger was that she really *does* have a chronic illness which is quite painful at times. She milked it for all it was worth though. What I learned was that quieter = more pain and truly ill. The louder she was, the less likely it was something serious enough to require hospitalization or surgical intervention. But there were times we were in the ER monthly, because I couldn't take a chance. Often times they did hospitalize her for pain control, and once she did need emergency surgery. But the majority of the time we were just sent home after a few hours and the co-pays racked up. Trying to figure out the difference between "crying wolf" and real Crohn's flare ups/blockages, was a challenge, that's for sure. Luckily she seems to have grown out of a lot of that behavior (and her Crohn's doesn't flare as often), and now takes herself to the ER if she feels it necessary without involving me. She just calls me afterward.. which is great progress in my book. </p><p></p><p>Youngest, different story. Still blows everything out of proportion, and still thinks I'm "mean" when I don't rush to help her. If I try to reassure her that something probably isn't as bad as she thinks it is, she says I don't care. Can't win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 550871, member: 1157"] Wow, this thread has really made me feel "better" about the hypochondriac-ness of my difficult children. Another common complaint I've learned to decipher: "throwing/coughing up blood" or "peeing blood." This means there was a tinge of pink in something. One of the most difficult things for me with Oldest when she was younger was that she really *does* have a chronic illness which is quite painful at times. She milked it for all it was worth though. What I learned was that quieter = more pain and truly ill. The louder she was, the less likely it was something serious enough to require hospitalization or surgical intervention. But there were times we were in the ER monthly, because I couldn't take a chance. Often times they did hospitalize her for pain control, and once she did need emergency surgery. But the majority of the time we were just sent home after a few hours and the co-pays racked up. Trying to figure out the difference between "crying wolf" and real Crohn's flare ups/blockages, was a challenge, that's for sure. Luckily she seems to have grown out of a lot of that behavior (and her Crohn's doesn't flare as often), and now takes herself to the ER if she feels it necessary without involving me. She just calls me afterward.. which is great progress in my book. Youngest, different story. Still blows everything out of proportion, and still thinks I'm "mean" when I don't rush to help her. If I try to reassure her that something probably isn't as bad as she thinks it is, she says I don't care. Can't win. [/QUOTE]
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