tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post289461827769964591..comments2024-03-21T07:04:24.033-04:00Comments on THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Am I An Abuser? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368028391616959419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-11509325965969378522013-01-26T23:56:40.728-05:002013-01-26T23:56:40.728-05:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Julie and Tat...Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Julie and Tatum. For Nicholas, it was coming into the parking lot of the hospital and eventually, it got to just the street that the hospital was on. Nick would start screaming when we got anywhere near the place. <br /><br />Julie, yes, it's about trust and I think Nick always trusted me to tell him the truth at least about what was happening. I never lied about that. And I always apologised again and again when Nick had a painful procedure. It's a hard subject to pick apart and one that the medical community doesn't talk about.The Caregivers' Living Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920119448415733545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-24790398540625917192013-01-26T23:06:29.359-05:002013-01-26T23:06:29.359-05:00Your post spoke to me because I also have a son wi...Your post spoke to me because I also have a son with a Nissen/Fondu. He spent a total of 230 days in his first year in the hospital and in that time my opinion evolved on procedures...and now, as he is turning from an infant to a toddler, it continues to evolve. I've gone from I can't be a part of this, to I need to be the one because I can hold him best to now just praying that he can stay out of the hospital so it doesn't have to happen. I've recently found it's not me, he doesn't trust. It's situations. The minute he sees an scale, he starts crying - it's the first part of any medical appointment. He's severely developmentally delayed, but he knows scales equal bad things. Thanks for sharing your post.Tatumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205782767133024782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-15817225657983974312013-01-24T13:11:44.760-05:002013-01-24T13:11:44.760-05:00Thank you for sharing this Donna.
You are a mom, ...Thank you for sharing this Donna.<br /><br />You are a mom, and a no mom should have to go through such things with their child. Special needs moms do this day in and day out. It is wrong in so many ways. And takes incredible strength and courage.<br /><br />I am told Kate will 'always forgive me'. She will, but I don't want her forgiveness, I want her trust. I'm also told that 'if we don't lie to them, they will continue to trust'. I'm holding onto that. Julienoreply@blogger.com