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Am I in denial of the severity of my difficult child's problems?
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 554153" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>SuZir I can completely understand what you are saying. My difficult child#1 for eighteen years was an achiever with awesome potential..until he began drinking/pot etc. At eighteen he had a God awful fall, brain surgery and rehab. (by the way, the CD family was a HUGE help for me during my out of town stay when we didn't know if he'd survive and/or how he would be able to function!) It has been seven years. We applied for disability. We reapplied for disability. He was turned down and deep in my heart I thought "he really can get along if he just accepts that he no longer is who he used to be and adapts to a minimal job etc".</p><p></p><p>He was just approved on the final appeal. When the attorneys sent copies of their written presentation I cried. Each physicians report was documented and seven evaluated him...some I didn't even know about. The young man they evaluated is a disabled adult. I'm getting teary eyed just typing this...and I'm not the cry baby type, lol. MY kid is funny, loving, bright and impulsive. on the other hand they document he is impulsive, can't sustain thoughts/actions adequately and has severe short term memory problems.</p><p></p><p>Yes...I understand. Yes, it is difficult. I'm still a work in progress. What I hope is that the disability doesn't end up defining the person. The parts you love will not disappear. Hugs DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 554153, member: 35"] SuZir I can completely understand what you are saying. My difficult child#1 for eighteen years was an achiever with awesome potential..until he began drinking/pot etc. At eighteen he had a God awful fall, brain surgery and rehab. (by the way, the CD family was a HUGE help for me during my out of town stay when we didn't know if he'd survive and/or how he would be able to function!) It has been seven years. We applied for disability. We reapplied for disability. He was turned down and deep in my heart I thought "he really can get along if he just accepts that he no longer is who he used to be and adapts to a minimal job etc". He was just approved on the final appeal. When the attorneys sent copies of their written presentation I cried. Each physicians report was documented and seven evaluated him...some I didn't even know about. The young man they evaluated is a disabled adult. I'm getting teary eyed just typing this...and I'm not the cry baby type, lol. MY kid is funny, loving, bright and impulsive. on the other hand they document he is impulsive, can't sustain thoughts/actions adequately and has severe short term memory problems. Yes...I understand. Yes, it is difficult. I'm still a work in progress. What I hope is that the disability doesn't end up defining the person. The parts you love will not disappear. Hugs DDD [/QUOTE]
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