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The ugly part......

How do you console your six year old when he tells you he's sad because his brother is going to the hospital again? What do you say when he asks if they're going to hurt him? How do you answer him when he asks if his brother is going to be ok? It's so completely unfair for both of them to go through so much - they're just kids.

To be celiac or not to be.....

Although Jacques' serology tests (blood tests) all came back negative, his gene test for celiac disease came back positive. Therefore there still is a chance he could have celiac disease. The only way to confirm the diagnosis of celiac disease is to do a small bowel biopsy. I have mixed feelings about the possibility of him having this disease. On the one hand (the positive side) celiac disease is very treatable, remove all gluten from his diet for the rest of his life, it is also less serious than some of the other diseases and illnesses the doctors suspect at this stage. On the other hand (the less positive side) removing all gluten will mean a huge adjustment and lifestyle change.  Not only for Jacques, but our whole family. Seeing as even trace amounts of gluten can be poisonous to people with celiac disease, our whole family will have to go gluten free. Now for those who don't know, gluten is found in wheat, barley and rye, thus about everything! I think I'll

Ruben - Grade 0 concert

Tonight was Ruben's Grade 0 concert and my heart just about burst with pride.  My little boy is growing up so fast! This is the third school concert he has been in in his life, the first one was a complete disaster.  He didn't want to be a part of the concert at all, he cried the whole time. The second concert went much better, but in this one, he was a star. You could really see he was enjoying himself. His brother enjoyed it as much as he did, I worried a bit about how Jacques would react but he loved it from the moment it started. I always get a bit emotional at these concerts, thinking how those parents who have only one child - with special needs, will probably never know what it's like to watch their son/daughter perform on stage, the tremendous amount of pride and awe at seeing that little person become self confident and self reliant. But then I think about the small victories Jacques (and every special needs child) achieves and how there are no small victor