Kelly,
Welcome to the foster care system. We have been doing it for the last
9yrs.I am the one who has epilepsy as well as fibromyalgia.I have also had 2
boys of my own which are now 28 and 29. My husband and I take in teen age boys
only.We use to take in girls also but to much drama and stress for me.We also
use to take in kids younger then 13 but again to much stress for me. we now have
a 14 yr old who has a.d.d. and a.d.h.d. he is a handful at times but is such a
blessing to us.we do specialized foster care and traditional as well as youth
service.youth service is a neat program that helps out a teen whether he/she is
a runaway or the parents locked them out of the house.we have had as many as 5
teen boys in our home. my husband helps out allot as he is a retired navy guy
so he is home at all times and he also drives them around for different
appointments as well as school. Not saying it is easy just saying it is worth
the stuff we go through to see them start again with a more stable
environment. So many of our kids keep in touch by phone and surprise visits. We
keep an open door policy just in case they need to talk or just chill out for a
few hours. we are licensed for 6 traditional kids or 3 special needs kids.
Sometimes I do have a seizure in front of them and they are cool with it
because we let them know that I do have epilepsy and what to do if I have one
with my husband gone. If you have any questions that you might have don't
hesitate to ask,we would love to help you all out.
Bless you for wanting to help the kids with no home or homelife.
Trish (jiminycricketblue)
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From: Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 31, 2010 5:01:55 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure
Hoping to hear form some of you who have raised more then one child
while you have epilepsy. My husband and I have talked extensively about
becoming foster parents and we completed our training last weekend. We
are now in the process of filling out a mound of paperwork.
My seizures are mostly under control. Over 2 years post surgical and I
have one minor partial complex or simple partial seizure a week on
average. None of them cause automations any more, which were horrid
before surgery. I am still on trileptal. I do have some other things
going on, like intermittent pain dependent upon how much I do
physically. I am on Lyrica for this and mostly I live with it and work
around it.
We have one 9 year old boy who is totally on board with this.
I have wanted to do this for years, and my husband is completely in
agreement. The one thing that concerns me is how it might effect my
health. I have thought and thought about this and can't really think of
any major down sides, only minor ones.
Any thoughts form any of you who have raised your kids since being
diagnosed?
Kelly P
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