best of luck to ya
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net> wrote:
From: Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net>
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure part 2
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:41 PM
I wanted to let hose of you who responded know I appreciate it. We are
oging into this very eyes wide open. My brother in law is a social
worker in another state, and my mother in law is a CASA (court appointed
special advocate). We are well aware of all fo the issues that
potentially come with kids in the foster care system and all the baggage
they drag with them.
My husband is amazing. Before my surgery I was having 10 severe complex
partials per day, some longer then 5 minutes, and typically 1-2 in the
night. I was bad--I wandered, I stood on things, I even tried grabbing
the steering wheel a few times while others were driving. When I was
first sick my son was only 5 and my husband and his family who lived
near us rallied around me to ensure he was taken care of. I have no
doubt how my husband would react to any situation that might come up,
including an increase in my seizures.
I know there will be challenges, whether I had epilepsy or not there
would be challenges to this. I simply cannot let EP stop me form doing
something I have wanted to do for years. One of the things my husband
even talked about is the fact that we would be great advocates for these
kids because we know what life is like when it isn't all sunshine and
roses. We also know you can come out of the other end of it stronger
then you were, and more aware of who you really are. One of the thing
these kids need is someone who won't judge them for the problems in
their life, and who better then someone who has had a truckload of her own!
Thank you for all the words of wisdom form everyone, it gives us more to
think about ahead of time.
Kelly P
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