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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 396681" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>We are finally home. Thank you everyone for the positive thoughts and prayers!</p><p></p><p>He was a REAL stinker tonight. Got out of the car when we parked and followed me to the imaging center, keeping about 4 feet behind me and glowering the whole way. Our 90 minute right to the hospital was silent except for the news radio I had on. :-/</p><p></p><p>He refused to put the wristband on at registration, but finally cooperated after I chastised him and the clerk gave him a WTH? look. But as soon as we got to the lobby to wait to be called in, he tore the wristband off. Then he proceeded to rant and vent on me for half an hour until they came for him. The escort gave me a puzzled look when difficult child 1 wouldn't get out of his seat and I explained that he wasn't happy to be there. You'd think I'd be used to this by now, but it's very hard when he gets like this.</p><p></p><p>We walked back to the CT room and they had him get on the table, then raised it up so it could slide through the doughnut. They covered him with a sheet and told him to pull his jeans down to his knees, then had me leave the room. It was all over after about 6 or 7 minutes.</p><p></p><p>He hit the restroom before we left, and by the time he came out he was clearly coming out of his episode and becoming more communicative. We decided to walk across the street to a shopping center (there used to be a theater there and he wanted to see a movie, but turns out it's closed down), and on the way he apologized for the way things had gone down tonight. He said he was angry and frustrated, and I reminded him that none of this was my fault and it wasn't fair to dump on me just because I was the only convenient person around. He apologized some more and I tried not to let him see the tears in my eyes. Like I asked husband this afternoon, some days I just don't understand why this has to be so. damn. hard.</p><p></p><p>I really hope we get the results by the end of the day tomorrow, but it's more likely we won't hear anything until Friday. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>MEANWHILE... my father in law convinced husband to take him to A CASINO tonight because mother in law, sister in law#1, sister in law#2, sister in law#3 and nieces #1 & #2 (both over 21) all planned a "girls' night out" at this casino tonight, and father in law didn't want to be stuck at sister in law#1's all by himself tonight. So difficult child 2 and easy child were alone for 3 hours, which I guess is not that bad in the grand scheme of things, but it just doesn't set very well with me that I'm the one left to deal with crap while the rest of the world -- okay, the majority of my inlaws and my husband -- parties. I'm feeling very much like an ant in the midst of a swarm of grasshoppers. Where's a giant chicken when you need one?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 396681, member: 3444"] We are finally home. Thank you everyone for the positive thoughts and prayers! He was a REAL stinker tonight. Got out of the car when we parked and followed me to the imaging center, keeping about 4 feet behind me and glowering the whole way. Our 90 minute right to the hospital was silent except for the news radio I had on. :-/ He refused to put the wristband on at registration, but finally cooperated after I chastised him and the clerk gave him a WTH? look. But as soon as we got to the lobby to wait to be called in, he tore the wristband off. Then he proceeded to rant and vent on me for half an hour until they came for him. The escort gave me a puzzled look when difficult child 1 wouldn't get out of his seat and I explained that he wasn't happy to be there. You'd think I'd be used to this by now, but it's very hard when he gets like this. We walked back to the CT room and they had him get on the table, then raised it up so it could slide through the doughnut. They covered him with a sheet and told him to pull his jeans down to his knees, then had me leave the room. It was all over after about 6 or 7 minutes. He hit the restroom before we left, and by the time he came out he was clearly coming out of his episode and becoming more communicative. We decided to walk across the street to a shopping center (there used to be a theater there and he wanted to see a movie, but turns out it's closed down), and on the way he apologized for the way things had gone down tonight. He said he was angry and frustrated, and I reminded him that none of this was my fault and it wasn't fair to dump on me just because I was the only convenient person around. He apologized some more and I tried not to let him see the tears in my eyes. Like I asked husband this afternoon, some days I just don't understand why this has to be so. damn. hard. I really hope we get the results by the end of the day tomorrow, but it's more likely we won't hear anything until Friday. :( MEANWHILE... my father in law convinced husband to take him to A CASINO tonight because mother in law, sister in law#1, sister in law#2, sister in law#3 and nieces #1 & #2 (both over 21) all planned a "girls' night out" at this casino tonight, and father in law didn't want to be stuck at sister in law#1's all by himself tonight. So difficult child 2 and easy child were alone for 3 hours, which I guess is not that bad in the grand scheme of things, but it just doesn't set very well with me that I'm the one left to deal with crap while the rest of the world -- okay, the majority of my inlaws and my husband -- parties. I'm feeling very much like an ant in the midst of a swarm of grasshoppers. Where's a giant chicken when you need one? [/QUOTE]
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