I Should Win A Ribbon Too! This Race Is Brutal!!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS3kQB6aF6D_LIWCeQKt8P5ueB9RRrhU9I7M-5QiGBZUZWWbpmdLFXMkJ5uAXhEhwKsUXhI-hDXOK8RXdeWq5vD31UoJsriCJNZSRB4JiWmXOw10KYTUHVC3to5h3DuIDJ8QTAhBGLTE/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS3kQB6aF6D_LIWCeQKt8P5ueB9RRrhU9I7M-5QiGBZUZWWbpmdLFXMkJ5uAXhEhwKsUXhI-hDXOK8RXdeWq5vD31UoJsriCJNZSRB4JiWmXOw10KYTUHVC3to5h3DuIDJ8QTAhBGLTE/s1600/001.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong><u>**DISCLAIMER: Long Venting Rant ahead!  So if you're not in the Mood for a Difficult Read, just Enjoy the Pretty Uplifting Pictures!  Smiles***</u></strong></span></em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>I Miss our Old Insurance for the G-Kid Force... in over 13 Years I never had not one problem with them Approving or Covering anything the Children needed and was prescribed by a Physician or Specialist Caring for them.   Thank You Mercy Care for all you have done over the Years, it was Appreciated more than you'll ever know and we long to have you back!  So... I wasn't on Board at all when CPS forced the Old Insurance to be dropped and the G-Force to be covered by their Insurance.  One they Alleged to be Superior... but which, in Reality and Practice, has already shown itself to be Inferior by not looking out for the Welfare and Well Being of the Client, and which I'm currently in an ongoing battle with to Approve and Cover the other half of Princess T's Pain Management meds!  I should Win a Ribbon for the Endurance necessary to run this Race of Raging against The System so that we can cross the Finish Line intact and Healthy!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKMCRKtfVedFUPHPhKmAc3abQFtfsUhheKN74QXnUEMY8e7E_w0xS4enQRdO_v6TGa6dS_zPU6JquEAT_9thXYfkPoXVE6fGPv29O9iu13TI0RKnmGmrOd1O7TaXXtyb37At4nLoUtb8/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKMCRKtfVedFUPHPhKmAc3abQFtfsUhheKN74QXnUEMY8e7E_w0xS4enQRdO_v6TGa6dS_zPU6JquEAT_9thXYfkPoXVE6fGPv29O9iu13TI0RKnmGmrOd1O7TaXXtyb37At4nLoUtb8/s1600/002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I don't Enjoy doing the Dance with Insurance Companies that aren't up to the job of adequately providing for their Clients, IMO they shouldn't be in the Business.  This was the first time I'd had to utilize the New Medical Insurance and First Impressions are Lasting ones, they haven't instilled confidence and have aroused only contempt and anger at this point already.  After release from the Hospital with Rx for her Pain Management med in hand, a med that she needs to take every four hours so that swelling and pain is controlled... so that she doesn't have a rupture or be unable to swallow and can be properly hydrated and nourished, I didn't anticipate any looming battle on the Horizon.  So I wasn't doing the Dance... just yet... boy was I in for a Surprise... and not in a good way!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RzvOMBqyzjn9_gp8rSncGdmNVh_vUZ6eIVn7lXAKPSQtamvf4JGF9oHiR1ur7hrD_5tA1Yxr1VR2ubuZgLxpuUlRXxEocUEZQCs_pKO5PsM6S_pBH6IxdeyvnZ1EOyLKmNEzTE30WqM/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RzvOMBqyzjn9_gp8rSncGdmNVh_vUZ6eIVn7lXAKPSQtamvf4JGF9oHiR1ur7hrD_5tA1Yxr1VR2ubuZgLxpuUlRXxEocUEZQCs_pKO5PsM6S_pBH6IxdeyvnZ1EOyLKmNEzTE30WqM/s1600/042.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>My usual Pharmacist tells me he doesn't carry this particular Pediatric Painkiller anymore because it's now become Expensive and so some Insurances are balking at paying for it after the increase.  But being the great Guy that he is { I 'Heart' our usual Pharmacist}, he finds a Pharmacy for me that carries it and over I go.  Trying not to consider the Expensive part as a Bad Omen, even though in the back of my mind and not knowing what to expect from this New Insurance, I certainly had Red Flags going up already.   Sure enough, the other Pharmacist tells me that the Insurance won't Approve or Cover all of the prescription... only HALF OF IT!!!   WTF?  Is she only supposed to get halfway Recovered?  What about the serious risk factors involved if her pain isn't properly Managed?!   The Specialist's Office insists this is what they want her to be on, they don't want a substitution... I Trust their Judgment, they've been doing these kinds of Procedures a long time and I'm not Rationing Meds to make them try to last twice the time because I only have half as much as we should have!!!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Bd5X9B5ZF3D2N_PgE1DfmWxbGJmaEEtM3scRyzCbnwAwubZvX2oOPrev6bB_HYeO_rKZjyl1lenZ6Y4AIai8qsTmRcWbA6btVaYfHyZi9JK3cUTg8wPbqojfBJJaKY9E0a9ub0OnNvY/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Bd5X9B5ZF3D2N_PgE1DfmWxbGJmaEEtM3scRyzCbnwAwubZvX2oOPrev6bB_HYeO_rKZjyl1lenZ6Y4AIai8qsTmRcWbA6btVaYfHyZi9JK3cUTg8wPbqojfBJJaKY9E0a9ub0OnNvY/s1600/041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So... I leave Voice Mail for the CPS Caseworker... several times over the course of three days, they don't return my calls and are "Out" when I go in to the Office to try to see them in person.  In fact the surly CPS Receptionist tries to slough me off and put me in a long DES line "Over there", pointing to a long line snaking out the door, so she won't even have to deal with me.  Not a chance Sista... I tell her that this isn't one of these "Long line over there kinda Problems", I'm right in front of who I need to be because of the Problem with a Bum Insurance they forced upon us and I WILL get resolved because my Grandbaby's Welfare is at stake!   And under my breath... Lord Jesus, Help me to not blow my whole Christian Witness with this confrontational Woman who doesn't want to do her Job and is intent on doing the least amount possible for Clients!!!    Of coarse, being its CPS maybe that IS her Job, I dunno, that's probably part of the reason why they're in the midst of a Huge Investigation and have two separate subcontracted Agencies scrutinizing all their Work now!?!  In fact, both subcontracted Agency Caseworkers involved with our Case will be hearing from me too when I can finally get hold of them. *Winks*  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswINgpP19kri5YJZHxUZHqoItb0h7sFFtvj-XjAf_C2TqI7mu0bvoNebFhoMBnBHX7sWm0vw8qV8xMASXKURGCZo2U3IBfUYmGzJtT6CeH9PD6jVLY40XqCUjCc3SbUpU8CpYU_vs3xQ/s1600/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswINgpP19kri5YJZHxUZHqoItb0h7sFFtvj-XjAf_C2TqI7mu0bvoNebFhoMBnBHX7sWm0vw8qV8xMASXKURGCZo2U3IBfUYmGzJtT6CeH9PD6jVLY40XqCUjCc3SbUpU8CpYU_vs3xQ/s1600/044.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em> You see, at this juncture I cannot contact the Insurance directly because the Insurance Cards with Point of Contact Info that were supposed to arrive in a Week... well, a Month later we still don't have 'em... another Bad Omen?  Perhaps.  So back to the Pharmacy I go to check the Status, Hoping that something might have changed with the Doctor's Office trying to do an Override?  Nope.  Dear Pharmacist knows my plight and looks up the 'Top Secret' Point of Contact Info for the Foster Care System Insurance in her System so that I can call directly and address this before we run out of meds and reach Critical Mass.  This Recovery Period is Difficult and Painful enough for this Poor Child without un-necessary Drama and even more Obstacles pushing back a Healthy Outcome AGAIN!!!   Lord have Mercy, wasn't waiting over a YEAR to get the Surgery Approved and DONE enough already?!?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG12O6-k13869EMQjWxtfJEJsuCm1Zh_WiFV2c7jphDCoqoFnUhRx6gkmZbnaUVzvCnJlczyDC6j376LmtTsmsaxxipocGVrCovShrYQZq_6A9buA64V5HvdPlXDBWP56QDARvolWgRS0/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG12O6-k13869EMQjWxtfJEJsuCm1Zh_WiFV2c7jphDCoqoFnUhRx6gkmZbnaUVzvCnJlczyDC6j376LmtTsmsaxxipocGVrCovShrYQZq_6A9buA64V5HvdPlXDBWP56QDARvolWgRS0/s1600/001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Direct Call is received with mild shock... we never hear from actual Clients he says... you're not even supposed to have this Number, we usually deal with Doctor's Offices, Pharmacies and Agencies directly... oh, yeah, well not Today, 'cause we got a Big Problem here and I'm this Kid's Custodial Gramma and she's being Denied sufficient Post-Op Medications and that's not gonna Fly.  So... this needs to be Explained to me in great Detail so that when the Kiddos Attorney Ad litem shows up Tomorrow to meet with us, I'll have all the Pertinents to address with her since nobody else is Helping me to Resolve this here 'Issue'... and I don't want to wait til' my Grandbaby ends up back in the Hospital in an Emergency Status because meds have been with-held.  Hopefully the Kiddos Attorney can Intervene and rattle some cages or roll some heads... at this point I don't care what Casualties of War are on the other side, so long as there's none on ours!!!  If you're not part of the Solution then you're part of the Problem... and I am Tenacious and Relentless at getting rid of Problems that affect my Loved Ones Well-Being.  I don't fight fair, I fight to have Victory.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlULhXes2JnREAYfz4uhGWoblxOPR1wwkW_mDBoEJE9V6DnWgUafgOFiLFU3PtmfUu4I8Z6PCs7n-Ay6s_GYTf1EJfoGIP51TdLfCPlzTrIpcOcWkSXmduuGanGK2Dq_rcBMYsF8Yjgo/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlULhXes2JnREAYfz4uhGWoblxOPR1wwkW_mDBoEJE9V6DnWgUafgOFiLFU3PtmfUu4I8Z6PCs7n-Ay6s_GYTf1EJfoGIP51TdLfCPlzTrIpcOcWkSXmduuGanGK2Dq_rcBMYsF8Yjgo/s1600/004.JPG" width="470" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>The Insurance Company's Answer... after Consultation with a Supervisor and that whole rigamarole over the phone... we'll Approve and Cover the OTHER HALF NEXT MONTH!!!  WTF!?!??  She Hopefully won't need the Meds NEXT MONTH, well, unless her Recovery is hindered by this gross negligence and she ends up rushed back to Hospital if she cries too hard and ruptures something or can't swallow liquids or nourishment you Idiots... she NEEDS the Medication and Pain Management RIGHT NOW!!!   Okay, so now I'm clearly Raging and so the Guy says he can't talk to me anymore... to have the Pharmacist, her Surgeon, CPS... or anybody BUT ME Call them... they're standing firm and not budging on their decision!!!  Yeah, obviously you don't want to talk to me anymore because I'm asking all the difficult Questions you can't give anything but lame answers to.  This is all so Archaic to me, this Insurance System and it's Claims, like someone peddling Snake Oil, it's all so disingenuous.  Because the Guy ends the Call with the Claim that their only Objective is the Health, Wellness and Well-Being of their Clients!!   <strong>No you didn't!!!!!!!!!</strong>  REALLY, after the Conversation we just had, are you SERIOUS or just being facetious or reading off your Call Card buddy... or were you really even Present in your Head Space when we discussed ANY of it or merely Checked Out and thinking about something else the entire time, because I can't even Believe you just said that?!?!?  Clearly Customer Service is not their forte, which is why their Point of Contact Info is probably with-held from us Clients and such a closely Guarded Secret?!?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I don't even care anymore, she NEEDS it and that's all that anybody should be considering and NOT their bottom line.  I'm fairly certain the CPS Insurance Company has deeper pockets than we do and the Cost of the other half wouldn't break them... and that another Emergency Hospital Stay and Medical Intervention if things go Left because she's been Denied something she NEEDS for Recovery would Cost a whole lot more.  Not to mention any subsequent Lawsuits Heaven Forbid if things went really Left.  But... that would just make Sense... and lately nothing about The System and it's logic, or lack thereof, makes any Sense to me whatsoever. </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNyZG-WXvey8DGHcmco-7MjyJ1hb_wcjmbqg6mlXu3ofcWTUpUglZg9e5StsyDq5yw46fEHBboKmDwkaxcDYw1DTtEwIuYJCDOdPOKHP7CoFfS6yEsNH9Eu1EE4U_bp9mAOInetMYiKo/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNyZG-WXvey8DGHcmco-7MjyJ1hb_wcjmbqg6mlXu3ofcWTUpUglZg9e5StsyDq5yw46fEHBboKmDwkaxcDYw1DTtEwIuYJCDOdPOKHP7CoFfS6yEsNH9Eu1EE4U_bp9mAOInetMYiKo/s1600/028.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I really Feel like I've fallen very far down the Rabbit Hole this time and have a Red Queen Situation at hand!!!   Where IS Johnny Depp when I need him?  *Winks*  And so, when I get a Letter stating that at the end of this Month our Old Mental Health Coverage will be involuntarily dropped and converted to the New 'Superior' Mental Health Coverage CPS will provide for the Children... I called in every refill early that Prince R had pending!  Because if t</em><em>he CPS Mental Health Coverage is anything like their Medical Health Coverage, I better have some Rx backup in stock so that the Young Prince doesn't go off the rails if they start denying him his Psychotropic Meds and another battle ensues!?!???!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRorFq961p6Y0PJ273EYGvEaGOdwWXcMdoZ4ZtX7HScRiYCJU8FXGucMvGIZvZGp185s62UGc7NgyBJ9LtTbKrdl_olMhwE6-DU9LLcNJ71oX4gTmWGxnXhaU9uXMeii0oqdCyHmT8aAw/s1600/160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRorFq961p6Y0PJ273EYGvEaGOdwWXcMdoZ4ZtX7HScRiYCJU8FXGucMvGIZvZGp185s62UGc7NgyBJ9LtTbKrdl_olMhwE6-DU9LLcNJ71oX4gTmWGxnXhaU9uXMeii0oqdCyHmT8aAw/s1600/160.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... where Battles are Raging and I bought myself those Ribbons because I Deserve and Earned them dammit... and my Saintly Status and Halo are seriously slipping with this Test and I'm ready to go Straight Up Apache now! {She Winks}... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div></div>

I Should Win A Ribbon Too! This Race Is Brutal!!!

  **DISCLAIMER: Long Venting Rant ahead!  So if you're not in the Mood for a Difficult Read, just Enjoy the Pretty Uplifting Pictures!  ...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf5ZDD1FLsD2XZ4shCJxW9ZnbvXcfOZsSjl4UnWhXWTaej_5JD4BlWDKM6XwzVGC18WUo7a5rvlGMN_2EUlr0LFA6NByQqc_48Dj5X94jtWv-Zq8GVbPNrC6mtLHrJQAlG5AllizlzZI/s1600/113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvf5ZDD1FLsD2XZ4shCJxW9ZnbvXcfOZsSjl4UnWhXWTaej_5JD4BlWDKM6XwzVGC18WUo7a5rvlGMN_2EUlr0LFA6NByQqc_48Dj5X94jtWv-Zq8GVbPNrC6mtLHrJQAlG5AllizlzZI/s1600/113.JPG" width="608" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>At this Season of Life I rarely do anything Quickly anymore, but moving on from Frustration was something I had to do Quickly since it wasn't a good Place to be in my head space.  It was also seriously messing with my Diabetic levels, so I needed to find my place of Zen again regardless of Circumstances and Chill.   I am seeking Advocacy for our complex 'Situation' and I'll remain Confident that the right doors will Open eventually and continue to remain in God's Grace while that Manifests.  I'm Tenacious so that works in my Favor.  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLkd877BHd-CbVXlaU4xnE9QUlKo7XQNOYuQhYLSWe5vjoHoq05_Z7SuD_DMsppHE2TgqwHbuJH60OB1Ue_m1imdBuKOou47cm9evh3FBKd_l3kFtrm2pVeba4CtRKF2yNtgESYMySqA/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLkd877BHd-CbVXlaU4xnE9QUlKo7XQNOYuQhYLSWe5vjoHoq05_Z7SuD_DMsppHE2TgqwHbuJH60OB1Ue_m1imdBuKOou47cm9evh3FBKd_l3kFtrm2pVeba4CtRKF2yNtgESYMySqA/s1600/005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Last Night for Supper I had The G-Kid Force assist me in preparing Six Second Chicken Salad in our new Magic Bullet contraption... ahem, it does not work like the Infomercial... just sayin'... and close to half an hour later we settled on what it did do to mix up the ingredients into an unsightly, albiet delicious Chicken Salad!   Yes, it was the longest Six Seconds of our Life as The Young Prince proclaimed!!!  *LOL*  What can I say, I'm a Sucka for good Infomercials and I Wonder what Studio Magic they used while I Marveled at how the one on TV whipped everything up in a jiffy?!   In their half hour segment they prepared about a dozen meals... in our half our segment we got Chicken Salad that looked like Cat Food with chunks of Apples still poking out of it!  *Bwahaha!!!*</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEQ6eYL3heYkHJdOvYTI8OsKvG7h7Iq7QMCK4bloMf7vTybce4nMcT5R1ZnjyhKWjMSoxE12bjydAK43Jawx8tdRmX0-ZlQwUpmSMRxHdSufFhyphenhyphenkMMH8Vp0rSUb94qePvyIyVtqD5lX8/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEQ6eYL3heYkHJdOvYTI8OsKvG7h7Iq7QMCK4bloMf7vTybce4nMcT5R1ZnjyhKWjMSoxE12bjydAK43Jawx8tdRmX0-ZlQwUpmSMRxHdSufFhyphenhyphenkMMH8Vp0rSUb94qePvyIyVtqD5lX8/s1600/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Though sticking with the new Dietary restrictions has been effortless, and giving myself Injections and keeping all the other Meds straight has been Okay since I got into the Rhythm and Routine of it all... keeping my blood sugars stabilized hasn't been any more successful than while in the Hospital. Tho' I have gotten the stats lower than they were able to, so it's Progress I suppose.  When I get my Specialist Referral from the Base I Hope that Doc can figure it all out... and in the meantime, while I wait, I Plan to schedule a visit to my Eastern Medical Doc to enhance my Healing.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Zg9-0bn5GpVH6s0m89qLxdQExw3Cfhukv55YTfEKkBfffqTQXEqIJH5ymYmovzBmUjCpql_uN3AwLeBr6Bx6fgRO4cNl0Qetf_4dhg2H_1upBtfYPCfpWtoXq-iJvsZakReM7LQxKDw/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Zg9-0bn5GpVH6s0m89qLxdQExw3Cfhukv55YTfEKkBfffqTQXEqIJH5ymYmovzBmUjCpql_uN3AwLeBr6Bx6fgRO4cNl0Qetf_4dhg2H_1upBtfYPCfpWtoXq-iJvsZakReM7LQxKDw/s1600/027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's a Strange Place to be, not feeling Well all the time... when you've been used to feeling completely Well, so it's an Adjustment for me.  Especially the Slowing way down and just letting things slide because I don't have the Energy to do so much of it, so it gets left undone and I have to be Okay with that.  My OCD doesn't like that part of the new limitations, Training my OCD to let things slide will be very much the Process, I'll Work on that.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XBG3AyVgw4viCuo4jfgMPedMcxKzMlfFeXo8ROzAWM6niP25yXb0iDhOi8-_wZkTHRxR2rPO7JU08O3YPix8g-M0DFLVCEtRPQuScFVzJ1BBtyRGocu7D3hPiuixZCujiLp9PeJXjRQ/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XBG3AyVgw4viCuo4jfgMPedMcxKzMlfFeXo8ROzAWM6niP25yXb0iDhOi8-_wZkTHRxR2rPO7JU08O3YPix8g-M0DFLVCEtRPQuScFVzJ1BBtyRGocu7D3hPiuixZCujiLp9PeJXjRQ/s1600/030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Right now the larger Issues are getting Prince R Enrolled in High School, Hopefully this Morning with his Dad's Help... and then trying to spring The Man out of the VA Hospital High Flight Risk Psyche Ward, which is proving to be a more difficult Process than I anticipated.   It's not that I'm not Enjoying the Respite from the full time Care he requires, but he's regressing while there and going backwards in his Progress, which Concerns me.  I think he will do much better at Home, he's starting to behave like he did in the Acute Care Nursing Home and that's eradicating all the Progress we Worked so hard and tirelessly to achieve once he got Home.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxoQhKWvRRjBM6hnvtfiVM_VaABIWXWM9tMBOIzXejQh4IfgWNhH-fLFVFMYX-F2j5kbqaSKomG6xcGjUuQGQqNw58ISLDE5dt07M0I0mJ8ln9QDFr1CR1zHa9OiyCwG1vjfmgWz_Q_8/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxoQhKWvRRjBM6hnvtfiVM_VaABIWXWM9tMBOIzXejQh4IfgWNhH-fLFVFMYX-F2j5kbqaSKomG6xcGjUuQGQqNw58ISLDE5dt07M0I0mJ8ln9QDFr1CR1zHa9OiyCwG1vjfmgWz_Q_8/s1600/026.JPG" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Also, I've already had to have one Employee written up and told I don't want anywhere near my Husband because of Cruel Care.  Thankfully the VA dealt with the guy expediently after the Complaint of mistreatment before The Man flipped and harmed him... or pointed him out to me, because we would have tag teamed that Fool straight up!   Security would have had their hands full pulling me off the guy after how he treated my Beloved!!!   Anyone who cannot treat the Mentally Ill or Brain Damaged with Dignity, Compassion and proper Care does not belong in the Industry of Caring for them, period!  Abuse or Neglect of the most Vulnerable in our Society is something I have ZERO tolerance for, and especially if it's a Loved One of MINE!!! </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx5zlyFhEM7DsTd4wRT7ccF1_wy44wkIfI21303GOSDFgwVahPZ1REpsrY6w1lhYAwgc9kPH8Vu2f23kBem_U-80gumyMnktODvs96eYuKvK24dZzYni4k5oXkyjRQ7Mt3Xe50hAMKz8/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghx5zlyFhEM7DsTd4wRT7ccF1_wy44wkIfI21303GOSDFgwVahPZ1REpsrY6w1lhYAwgc9kPH8Vu2f23kBem_U-80gumyMnktODvs96eYuKvK24dZzYni4k5oXkyjRQ7Mt3Xe50hAMKz8/s1600/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> It's particularly Disgraceful for our Disabled Veterans to be treated like that at the VA when they've gone for Help and you've Entrusted your Spouse to them to Care for during a Health Crisis!!!   I'll come straight out of the bag for someone mistreating my Loved Ones and make it my Mission in Life to take them down and ensure they never work again with the Disabled, the Elderly, our Veterans or Children.  I wouldn't even leave my Cats in the Care of a Mean or Incompetent Person... I'm sure as Hell not leaving my Husband in the Care of one!   So I want The Man out of there and will be working with a VA Advocate and Caseworker towards that means.  The Man wanted to kill that jerk 'Sitter' Assigned to him and that guy is actually fortunate that in spite of the TBI, my Husband was able to muster sufficient restraint not to instinctively defend himself... or it would have been very bad and I don't want to get that kind of News.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSQWwAywNw2lHS72Dw8yO1PvG02QAjU2TnPOtjHLV7cQT_UelACTfrWav5tHE6m_88uJHNJZNBr9idVAGQKyd0Zg-o-Ff43ijzD34u7-YifEAwWpocNI-HyjNbIxutg8Odo-Hpmmzc84/s1600/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSQWwAywNw2lHS72Dw8yO1PvG02QAjU2TnPOtjHLV7cQT_UelACTfrWav5tHE6m_88uJHNJZNBr9idVAGQKyd0Zg-o-Ff43ijzD34u7-YifEAwWpocNI-HyjNbIxutg8Odo-Hpmmzc84/s1600/040.JPG" width="570" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>In spite of all this Drama tho' I'm trying to get to a Place where I can just Create Happy Posts again... the kind I initially Desired to Saturate my Blog with.  I like reading and Visiting Happy Posts and Blogs... and even tho' I still try to Saturate my Difficult Read Posts with Pretty Images, and the Dark or Rant Posts Serve their Purpose too... I'd much rather have Carefree Posts and Fluff to Write about and Cover!  *LOL*  I know, that might seem shallow in some respects, but I'm Keeping It Real and 100%... Fluff and Carefree Topics have helped me hang on to my Sanity and give the Illusion of Normalcy to Crazy Days, so don't discount their therapeutic Value!  *Smiles*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCyEtBC6YO_PQyVj5emiUCyJPxZ_0gatr6e2CZYspSPnJZOsMtnRZ9PFz-ZI_RliqHiT3QXc5rozNsY7UaY_Xx8N3td2ivvmq74BmnEF6pN9BruFigUhKJsch6zGl1tb4bDVKQCFR7aE/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCyEtBC6YO_PQyVj5emiUCyJPxZ_0gatr6e2CZYspSPnJZOsMtnRZ9PFz-ZI_RliqHiT3QXc5rozNsY7UaY_Xx8N3td2ivvmq74BmnEF6pN9BruFigUhKJsch6zGl1tb4bDVKQCFR7aE/s1600/006.JPG" width="626" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I've sometimes heard folks say that they don't understand why people preoccupy themselves with things that don't matter when there's so much to concentrate on that does matter in the World?  I'll tell you why... or at least my version of why I sometimes distract myself with the Fluff of Life.  Because the things that matter are Heavy... and Weighty things take up a lot of Energy and most of your Strength and Resources... so sometimes you need to conserve your finite Resources to make a difference... that's where the Fluff of Life comes in handy.  No, it doesn't really matter, that Fluff, it's not Important really in the grand scheme of things... but Beauty in and of itself is Powerful and brings something to the table that is Valuable, even Priceless.  I always try to Create Beauty in our Lives while we deal with what really matters, but we cannot concentrate on the Weighty Stuff all of the time, it wouldn't be Healthy and we'd likely cease to be Effective or Encouraged eventually... if there wasn't also some Fluff to land in or on.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdgbU5Cz8x24HXPjLZWBj5zvCtv2_3YErPlr3YCPNHC-mqTAB1sZoNPvOrQsks39AOVQKqeHXS17oydNinZO7V7t4aWghggVPlQlgU4pZf86bIqCjuKfBmFNJb9aIvZ6pLuHaRWizSpI/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdgbU5Cz8x24HXPjLZWBj5zvCtv2_3YErPlr3YCPNHC-mqTAB1sZoNPvOrQsks39AOVQKqeHXS17oydNinZO7V7t4aWghggVPlQlgU4pZf86bIqCjuKfBmFNJb9aIvZ6pLuHaRWizSpI/s1600/003.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>So here's to landing on or in some really Great Fluff... that helps us break our Free Fall and adds that layer of Protection when the Deep, Heavy things that matter can become dicey... and be more than we can deal with all of the time without a Break...  may you Immerse yourself in some Delightful Fluff every now and again, just to see how it Feels for you... I find it to be very Comfortable and Comforting... so you see, it does matter too.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexanVWlsdLr6-QbnGE22-I03t24U6CMAQY94LjcKsfgyVDRDEql-09_zUvNI9bor36Zg1VdOlItAUhqjVL0PrtfjQuGOv0H4R4rmfVZFM75PsklQ91mNlGcxQCIH_z8HBcEQCUJPSPpQ/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexanVWlsdLr6-QbnGE22-I03t24U6CMAQY94LjcKsfgyVDRDEql-09_zUvNI9bor36Zg1VdOlItAUhqjVL0PrtfjQuGOv0H4R4rmfVZFM75PsklQ91mNlGcxQCIH_z8HBcEQCUJPSPpQ/s1600/027.JPG" width="591" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Moving On... Quickly...

At this Season of Life I rarely do anything Quickly anymore, but moving on from Frustration was something I had to do Quickly since it wasn...

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Color Me Frustrated...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdFmROTSWUbAAFCkYgOS7XD2jhTx3q4-cfOJZtdq9Kjg4C2WIUMSZ_ptl3PXOdJFmSbV9zCSG4ojDgTNWFvrHsJVcs51M2eyRNetzWs0T2Tln3TVyDtOjS6ED2BR1KkOy0hzdqL_y8C4/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdFmROTSWUbAAFCkYgOS7XD2jhTx3q4-cfOJZtdq9Kjg4C2WIUMSZ_ptl3PXOdJFmSbV9zCSG4ojDgTNWFvrHsJVcs51M2eyRNetzWs0T2Tln3TVyDtOjS6ED2BR1KkOy0hzdqL_y8C4/s1600/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Color me Frustrated... whatever Color that happens to be... I just know I'm tired of juggling all the balls in the air, so I've laid them all down today... well, laid down is not exactly the correct terminology, I threw them at some people and dumped the whole juggling act in their laps... or at least Attempted to... let me explain.  Prince R needs to be Registered for High School for next year... and since I was Hospitalized we missed Freshman Night Orientation... so this Morning I went in to the High School Guidance Office to Enroll him, bringing all 'required' paperwork with me... sounds simple, huh?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oajL4WIIMs-jZJvayG9CKIGl52Hp-4VBEiy1XsqHyiUKBZrHGcXGbp0hzoCtq3avdMU4SnZ-uGh6Ub0h8MSMvoja4pQAi6v-MI_2J9Dy65i-vuJMYpKIetfp_PzGMjWl5LxmDlgWIa0/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oajL4WIIMs-jZJvayG9CKIGl52Hp-4VBEiy1XsqHyiUKBZrHGcXGbp0hzoCtq3avdMU4SnZ-uGh6Ub0h8MSMvoja4pQAi6v-MI_2J9Dy65i-vuJMYpKIetfp_PzGMjWl5LxmDlgWIa0/s1600/033.JPG" width="558" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Only Closed Doors lately will not Open... in fact, they keep getting slammed shut in my face and I'm completely fed up to death with it all, really I am, with these senseless battles and this needless additional Stress.  You see, new apparent 'Regulations' in Guardianship this Year have made it so that the Medical and Educational Communities will no longer accept the Guardianship we have for the G-Kid Force... an Arrangement that has been in place for over Thirteen and Eight years respectively with no Issues until now.   It's Expired they now say... you have to go thru Family Court AGAIN they now say... Child Protective Services and The Judge <u>shouldda</u> done all this Years ago they say, when they initially deemed Mom incompetent and Blessed Placement with you.   Well... they didn't!  Apparently they neglected to do their job correctly all those Years ago... no big Surprise there given how very Broken and Jacked Up The System is... so now what?!  It's not as if these Kiddos are going anywhere... we still gotta Raise them to Adulthood and Provide ALL their Needs!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBcku0NrZPu5YKtSnmDc_x8U0DjOwNy9ndpFFD1NEIdridl1QnkGggQQiOI2SPKP52eTdxoIMl1zcPRRhyOU5J4Eg0FXcKzBu59QHj7pFuNhv1IaU8vgfgx4e0Vx4X2zMi8xGYAgXiTY/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBcku0NrZPu5YKtSnmDc_x8U0DjOwNy9ndpFFD1NEIdridl1QnkGggQQiOI2SPKP52eTdxoIMl1zcPRRhyOU5J4Eg0FXcKzBu59QHj7pFuNhv1IaU8vgfgx4e0Vx4X2zMi8xGYAgXiTY/s1600/022.JPG" width="556" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> So in the meantime these kiddos are being denied Medical and Educational needs, I'm being refused Emergency Surgery for The Princess and refused enrollment in High School for The Young Prince... and if we're NOT their Guardians anymore, then WHO IS?!?!!   WHO!?!??!  I WANT and NEED to know... because then WHOEVER it <u>allegedly</u> is needs to be Stepping Up and Ponying Up... providing ALL of their needs and Support... and Raising them then!!!   'Cause frankly, I never wanted nor Expected to be Raising another Generation of Kiddos anyway, we were Forced into this Arrangement and tried to do the Right Thing by these Precious Ones, knowing that in The System, they were particularly vulnerable and difficult to place, given their ethnicity and Special Needs, not to mention the dismal track record of The System and Children in CPS and Foster Care.  We didn't want to put them at grave risk, so we Agreed to Uncontested Placement... and everyone was on Board Thirteen and Eight Years ago... so WHAT CHANGED?!?!!!! </em></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rCimq4QBIgbv8aj-_a16JdA-ApJAFuT7ZtVrSzRJmKHp55VSaU31nXhhp0dlFY-kn4aiaZoxXJXEIRaE0Zyj72M3Lla1rMiY8EAVodV14EleO5S7xBZj4Qt5DyaFhLBVO_JSidIGYzM/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rCimq4QBIgbv8aj-_a16JdA-ApJAFuT7ZtVrSzRJmKHp55VSaU31nXhhp0dlFY-kn4aiaZoxXJXEIRaE0Zyj72M3Lla1rMiY8EAVodV14EleO5S7xBZj4Qt5DyaFhLBVO_JSidIGYzM/s1600/010.JPG" width="544" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And while I was on my Rant there in the Guidance Office of the High School I intentionally hit a Raw Nerve by asking them just how many Illegal Aliens were having trouble getting their kids Enrolled in the School!?!  Yeah, the Silence was deafening for several minutes while they admitted that Truth!  Oh... you say NONE... well, that wouldn't be Right, Ethical or Politically Correct after all would it?!  I was unstoppable now and they could tell being PC is not something I care one iota about!  *LOL*   Apparently you can be in our Country Illegally and have no problem Enrolling your Children in the same Schools mine, who are American Citizens, are being denied Registration in... or receive Emergency Medical Care... simply because mine need to be Raised by Custodial Grandparents and Apparently don't have a Guardian anymore because we've 'Expired' so to speak Bureaucratically and Red Tape wise... what pathetic Irony!  And yes, I'm mad as Hell about it and Tired as Hell dealing with it as our Reality! </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheB_6ROGj64Q5ZTP2LgQC7t16dvcZpAng5Nu3doTdwPnZr4YLglhUuHpTmm3Izz0GM1MwEC4zAGQvR6we_XThv9k-ir6fhCvNoxggC_jCcWtb1BszzSEcXDtxYyCQiJoadpBSsCurqMbA/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheB_6ROGj64Q5ZTP2LgQC7t16dvcZpAng5Nu3doTdwPnZr4YLglhUuHpTmm3Izz0GM1MwEC4zAGQvR6we_XThv9k-ir6fhCvNoxggC_jCcWtb1BszzSEcXDtxYyCQiJoadpBSsCurqMbA/s1600/014.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Oh, they add that I MUST send him to School however, or that would constitute Negligence on my part from him receiving his Education and his Caseworker at CPS would be upset and get Involved!?!??   Oh, you mean the one that's never been Involved in all these Years and been conspicuous by their absence... that one?  And, um, how am I supposed to send him to School if you won't take him or allow me to Register him?  I'm TRYING to send him to School... that's the Point of me BEING HERE!!!  And BTW I haven't seen his Alleged Caseworker since the day they Blessed Placement over Thirteen Years ago, so I doubt this Ghost Worker ensuring his Well Being and all is gonna be upset about anything... seriously!  Okay, so turned away from the School until I can Re-Up Guardianship thru Family Courts some kinda way I stomp off... right over to the CPS Office.  Unlike the DES lines around the block, the CPS window has no lines and no wait time, you can just walk right up... because mostly and generally nobody ever does that Voluntarily!!!  So it kinda shocked the Woman at the Window and threw her completely off her Game!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4ky968IA7RRlxa-SnrHpjY5c0Td86fK5wAPNi0g0_TIGOhvDAqyT7_w4GacbH35S156PxRLFsPRKCXnuNmZn-I1w4DJK9SB9d00vyZT4Tt1G5wfJ78Y11qBVghriF-Ax15vnI0uStvQ/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4ky968IA7RRlxa-SnrHpjY5c0Td86fK5wAPNi0g0_TIGOhvDAqyT7_w4GacbH35S156PxRLFsPRKCXnuNmZn-I1w4DJK9SB9d00vyZT4Tt1G5wfJ78Y11qBVghriF-Ax15vnI0uStvQ/s1600/012.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>"Hey, you guys placed my Grandchildren with me beaucoup Years ago when you deemed my Daughter Unfit at their Birth... and now we got a Situation..."   I explain said Situation in detail... and instead of receiving any Help, got an even Crazier response than I Expected... and my Expectations were already REALLY low given the track record of this Agency.   Well, your Case is really Old they say and so it's not Open anymore.  So I ask them to Re-Open it then so I can get some Help resolving this Mess and get the Documents I've been asked to provide that the School tells me they should have given me Years ago at Initial Placement.  And to get the younger one's Emergency Surgery finally done too, which is 'kinda' important for her to thrive and continue to breathe... and you ARE<strong> <u>supposed</u></strong> to be lookiing out for their Well Being, No?!   I mean, I'm just trying to get these Kids Raised and Ensure they get necessary Medical Treatment and an Education, Help me do this okay!?!  {I'm being facetious on purpose, but it didn't Phase this Employee!}  Well, they can't... and ya wanna know why?  Because the Kiddos aren't being Abused or Neglected, that's why!!!  It's a Great Placement with no problems {well, unless you consider not being able to get Medical Care and Education a 'Problem' I guess!}  ... and the Kiddos are being well taken care of, so they can't do squat for me... except give me a laundry list of other numbers to call... which each then refer me somewhere else and Wish me Luck and say how Sorry they are... and so it goes, round and round in perpetual circles til I'm dizzy!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgecupvp4x5QaXAPIYokNq4njRrLxk-YHkV1wn4IQ7qIAXQ9XSXoX247YLUsZ7gp2rtAOkZ13klZRhvapPS7bgeVLjO-dmY-hsC0HFgJ_6eU5t6FTreRHyn3CPi56vNTsMBtkpeqxnXs/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgecupvp4x5QaXAPIYokNq4njRrLxk-YHkV1wn4IQ7qIAXQ9XSXoX247YLUsZ7gp2rtAOkZ13klZRhvapPS7bgeVLjO-dmY-hsC0HFgJ_6eU5t6FTreRHyn3CPi56vNTsMBtkpeqxnXs/s1600/013.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I tell the each Agency Rep that I just got out of the Hospital and this is just the kinda nonsense that has facilitated putting me into the Hospital and wrecking my Health... they don't really Care.  And they tell me that Family Court MIGHT agree to fast track the Cases, given the Circumstances and Urgency, and Approve Emergency Guardianship IF a Judge agrees to see me without it taking forever and a day to get a Hearing Date set up... they're known to be 'slow' and extremely backlogged... so it could take a very long time to even get the first Hearing... and I guess there's several Hearings along the way.   But it will Cost me even without an Attorney... and I'll have to request a Deferral and a Waiver if I can't pay the full amounts... which I can't right now.  Wonderful... I already have the hefty mound of paperwork I already had to pay the Courts for the last time I went.  The VA Attorney told me when I went to their Workshop last week seeking Help for Family Law to fill it all out but there would be Problems since two out of three Parents are MIA and out of the Country, so International 'Service' will be an Issue, especially with Homeless Parents with no permanent address... and it's only paperwork for one Child... I'll have to get another set for Child No. 2.  And each Case could be handled and scheduled separately... REALLY!!!!!!!???!???</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexywADbFv1IHyOgBfSrLJgDSz2etcrijK7vNIyE4xI-bEkeSK_-1tGRyamlDKDW-XK89ajL1DLCdXPau_CJwhp7tCnOp7UbFrIqQCmiRSIklQq2fxr9QexBQJo9XwEXzcl7FmDZz2vGg/s1600/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgexywADbFv1IHyOgBfSrLJgDSz2etcrijK7vNIyE4xI-bEkeSK_-1tGRyamlDKDW-XK89ajL1DLCdXPau_CJwhp7tCnOp7UbFrIqQCmiRSIklQq2fxr9QexBQJo9XwEXzcl7FmDZz2vGg/s1600/037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And so after I Exhausted all the Agency Numbers CPS had given me and gotten nowhere... I decide I will just call Prince R's Dad and have him meet me at the High School tomorrow Morning and we'll just double-team the Principal.  He Agreed, he's Tired of the BS too, our Arrangement is in the best interest of the Children, all Family Agree on this point.   Prince R's Dad has always cooperated in the Custodial Process and trying to deal with our Seriously Mentally Ill Daughter as best he could since they had a Child together.  That has not been easy since he knows his Son has Issues which preclude him being able to adequately Parent him either.   Though he had his own Issues Years ago when the Child was born, he's getting his Life together and he, his Family and his Girlfriend have helped us out with both Children whenever they could, even tho' The Princess isn't his Child.  Her Dad was deported back to Mexico well over seven Years ago when his Work Visa wasn't renewed and CPS grilled him at her birth about his Residency Status.  So he's been Transient following work in his Country... so he can't be much Help since they won't let him back into the Country.  These are the complexities of the 'Situation', which is why nobody in The System wants to Deal with it apparently.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin05mwoQ3tmbO_wkl_vglT0SNaDxKGNfibs3YLVjV3KVvIM0l9bG59FPsL63pEJZ7D9bwSaDW9TT-iPuzWRozJof8o5yQjuzinmoK8bVjmhJdb67hvE3XOQTorDj1SsFAzAO19Tx588dk/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin05mwoQ3tmbO_wkl_vglT0SNaDxKGNfibs3YLVjV3KVvIM0l9bG59FPsL63pEJZ7D9bwSaDW9TT-iPuzWRozJof8o5yQjuzinmoK8bVjmhJdb67hvE3XOQTorDj1SsFAzAO19Tx588dk/s1600/055.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I was only Encouraged by Prince R's Dad's Promise that we'd get him in School and find a way around The System because there's always Exceptions to the Rules.   He knows, when he was only Thirteen, the same tender Age Prince R is now... he was on his own since his Single Parent was Institutionalized and there was nobody to take him in... he was a Homeless Street Kid and had to Enroll himself in School every Year... because he had no Parents or Guardians.  He got thru School... and he's not going to stand by and watch his Son denied an Education because he knows how Brilliant Prince R is and that he could be all that his Daddy never could be... it Touched my Soul to hear that.   Prince R's Dad has always Appreciated that The Man and I have never Judged him even tho' we didn't Approve of Lifestyle or many Choices in his Youth... never having had a Father he's Attempted to be the best absentee Dad he could be without a Positive Role Model to emulate... considering what he's overcome in his Life without any Help he's done the best he could with what he had... I can't ask for any more than that.  I Appreciate his continued Involvement in his Son's Life, they Love each other and Accept each other Unconditionally, since each knows the other has considerable 'Issues' to work on overcoming.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_naN5gh381WaZsqnh6oY601rsePaDaw8HzGOGHTttt8dH1I1jn1KQyv39qckhGQLBp5hCHVhbWXjlIpK6zQeVKDXkQR-4ZsBUxNlWkFy_KBSGNomC-CSbLGB_AAInerOp8XYF8N0Xwm0/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_naN5gh381WaZsqnh6oY601rsePaDaw8HzGOGHTttt8dH1I1jn1KQyv39qckhGQLBp5hCHVhbWXjlIpK6zQeVKDXkQR-4ZsBUxNlWkFy_KBSGNomC-CSbLGB_AAInerOp8XYF8N0Xwm0/s1600/062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I have chosen to Share our very Personal, Private Story in Hopes that if there are other Custodial Relatives trying to get a Child(ren) Raised while everyone seems to be running interferance to hinder them or deny Help... or any Teen Parents or those with Infirmity that weren't up to the job and tried to do the Right Thing by their Child(ren) by Voluntary Placement with their Extended Family... that we Unite for the Cause of Changing the very Broken System as it presently stands.  Where Help seems only to be for those Involuntary Placements when nobody wanted to do the Right Thing and were Forced to do what was best for the Child(ren).  It's not Right... and tho' I'm Thankful that those Precious Ones Involuntarily Placed are receiving more Help and Resources than any of ours are, I just want Equal Concern and Resources for the rest, the Voluntary Placement Children... those who were Loved enough not to have Agencies and Judges Forcing Placement for their Welfare... that would only be Just... if in fact, The System really IS intent on Ensuring ALL Children's Welfare and Well Being?   Sometimes I am not sure...     </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFOESOSmgd4ES1LhCg5RkFenPj4U-WVYdDju83mF4puhk6v4blfXEMl4FsdGsnh_47IayWzUGYnxWgCms4lTYluN_XSK_u_oMQX4Fp_zJbHmOpKQAk56UM6fpPKIpoK2_fDfIX-hj9JM/s1600/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFOESOSmgd4ES1LhCg5RkFenPj4U-WVYdDju83mF4puhk6v4blfXEMl4FsdGsnh_47IayWzUGYnxWgCms4lTYluN_XSK_u_oMQX4Fp_zJbHmOpKQAk56UM6fpPKIpoK2_fDfIX-hj9JM/s1600/036.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em><strong><u><span style="color: #660000;">Blessing Footnote</span></u></strong>:  I do have to Share my Great News about The Young Prince too... and why Fighting for his Educational Rights and having no Interruption in them is SO Important... he recently Won a Scholarship from The Boys And Girl's Club towards his Quest for a Career in Scientific Fields, Open Source Technology and Inventing.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbISM_eZ2TUYO1zGVKCN20XPcHKTYWmLQO8DnAfwN5C6a_uSSemKUvSoqoYb7KIS1g_mxe70QA2UNzRXn0V5CkEMVPPB4rJyi7rvOkpv45IAHBrprjkEUN5rELCqOnvmp5QUzDpFqla4/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbISM_eZ2TUYO1zGVKCN20XPcHKTYWmLQO8DnAfwN5C6a_uSSemKUvSoqoYb7KIS1g_mxe70QA2UNzRXn0V5CkEMVPPB4rJyi7rvOkpv45IAHBrprjkEUN5rELCqOnvmp5QUzDpFqla4/s1600/013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> And he was Featered in Cronkite News as a Prodigy from his Work at the Mosaic Arts Center.  *Whoop Whoop... Okay, so Color me Proud too!!!*   So... don't give up on these Children... the Voluntary Placement ones... they deserve as much of a Chance as any other... and many of them will do Great Things... even against great odds... </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lrFkIuOl8wcldbqcqcI5O_XXV2tUx2jX1-N0z7br8xyYzZhkqLOqfzGSi0nFxIVZkh3jQD7D1cdZOfT_pRLiKCzzK3w9nVLo2EdqZUH29EjjsfR93zeVGiwp-GJzK1TITVBM9KhnTtg/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lrFkIuOl8wcldbqcqcI5O_XXV2tUx2jX1-N0z7br8xyYzZhkqLOqfzGSi0nFxIVZkh3jQD7D1cdZOfT_pRLiKCzzK3w9nVLo2EdqZUH29EjjsfR93zeVGiwp-GJzK1TITVBM9KhnTtg/s1600/012.JPG" width="548" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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Color Me Frustrated...

Color me Frustrated... whatever Color that happens to be... I just know I'm tired of juggling all the balls in the air, so I've laid...

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Sweetly Salvaging ~ For The Love Of Home ~ The Image-less Post

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">DISCLAIMER... LONG, RANTING VENT POST AHEAD WITH NO PRETTY PICTURES!!!  BUT ITS STILL CHEAPER THAN THERAPY!  So... I only expect the die-hard Storyline Supporters to wade thru this and it's more for ME than anyone else really!?  *Winks*</span></strong></em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Well, Blogger still isn't allowing me to load Images at all as I write this, so I'll just start with the Storyline of the Post and see what happens later as far as adding Beautiful Images from the Event?  Otherwise, this will be the first Image-less Post on my Blog!  *Gasp!!! Heaven Forbid, right!?!?!*  I now realize, I have way too much to say and Share so I'm going thru intense Blogger Withdrawal!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>  You see, I NEED to have some Blog Therapy right about now and I almost Titled this Post something entirely different, but when I thought about it, the Love of Home and Family IS what has been my Primary Life Focus, so it is an appropriate Title actually.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Keeping my Home and Family Together in spite of all the Madness and Medical Issues plaguing the members I'm Caregiving for has been a Tall Order though and I have no delusions about being overwhelmed and under resourced for doing it.  There are days when it would be easier to throw in the towel, if only I could FIND the towel... yeah, that's how out of order my housekeeping has become!  A Team of Merry Maids would be daunted by all the things that need to still be done!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Not that Resources haven't suddenly been made more available mind you, since my Breaking Point Episode back in October... but that too creates some Challenging dynamics and I'll tell you why.  I'm Grateful that they're finally sending Medical Staff to our Home to help with The Man's Medical Care and Needs so that I don't have to try to drag him around and transport him to a slew of Appointments almost daily.... BUT...    </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Part of the Solution can also become part of the Problem... in that it also means that on any given day there are one to four different Home Visits from an Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Physical Therapist, Home Nurse or Evaluation Team Member.  *Whew!* </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em> And that also makes me constantly Feel like my Caregiving and Housekeeping is under a Microscope and INTENSE Scrutiny with constant 'Constructive Criticism' by various Agency Reps.  There's always loads of  'Suggestions' for The Man's Needs, but only little ole' me to try to Implement them all some kinda way and still meet the rest of us at our Point of Need and make a House a Home for <u>all</u> of us, and AS IF I NEED even MORE to do!  *Ahem!* </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em> It's not AS IF they're willing to pony up the Fifteen Thousand Plus dollars a Month it would cost them to hire Paid Caregivers to replace me anyway... but I'd be willing to pass the baton if they think my Unpaid Caregiving isn't up to their Standards 'cause I'm Tired, completely Overwhelmed and could certainly use the Break anytime.  I can't recall the last time I had a full Night's uninterrupted Sleep at Home in over Thirty Years actually of caring for someone with Medical Issues or Special Needes... so I'm overdue, though I have found I need far less Sleep than the Average person now with all this Practice and Experience. </em><br /><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>It's a full time Job just fitting in all those Home Visits around Doctor and Therapist Appointments for not only him, but the G-Kid Force's Medical needs as well, and is frankly a Logistic's Nightmare and quite exhausting.  The Calendar is so packed with Medical Scheduling for them all... either for Home Visits, Consultations or Away Visits, that I often don't know if I'm coming or going!  And... um, WHO are we seeing Today, for WHOM and WHY?  I barely remember and it's all becoming a blur... even when I'm staring blankly at a Calendar so overloaded with their Medical and/or Agency Scheduling, that making Sense of it is like reading Ancient Hyrogliphics and keeping on Track is akin to Caregiver Olympics which is wearing and Stressing me out <u>again already</u>! </em><br /> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And Forget About the Alleged VA Respite Caregiver I'm supposed to receive and find Time to squeeze into the hectic Schedule for myself... because there are so many Conditions attached to that twelve hours a Month of Services that it has been virtually impossible to meet the Criteria for her Time here to Relieve me and Allegedly provide some Respite to this Madness.  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>You see, the G-Kid Force are a disqualifying factor... so if they're on School Breaks I can't Schedule my Respite Caregiver anyway... so for the two weeks they were on Winter Break recently... no can do.   If they happen to come down Sick, either physically or emotionally, which is often and unpredicatable, I have to Cancel Respite Care.  If they're Home at all I can't Schedule her actually.   She is allowed to Assist with some light Home duties to Relieve me of the burden of doing it all.  But it can't involve anything but what The Veteran and his Spouse needs, not the entire Family... nothing to do with the Kids.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>So... she COULD help me with some laundry... but only our laundry... and though I sort Colors, I don't sort by Family Member.  Maybe I should, but if I've got to go to the Laundromat anyway to do hours of their laundry, it just seems silly and redundant to leave our paltry pile of laundry behind for the Respite Caregiver to help with.  Because I'm not REALLY getting a Laundry Respite and I'll still have a sh--load of laundry to do regardless. </em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><em>She COULD help with light housekeeping... but most of the damage control having to be run around here is G-Kid Related and not Veteran Related... The Man really isn't messy and he really doesn't do much anymore to make a mess anyway like Children.  I could easily keep things in Order if it were just he and I... but it's NOT.  Training The G-Force to behave Normally and be semi-organized and task-oriented is still a Work In Progress with loads of Intensive Therapy and Meds behind it.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>She COULD help with some light meals for The Man and Assistance he really needs doing daily tasks... only the ONE TIME she was here, he wouldn't eat for her or even let her Assist him, too Stubborn, Ornery and Proud.  *Le Sigh*  In fact, the ONE TIME she was here, he stayed in bed almost the entire time and only made an Appearance just before I came Home, apparently so I'd Assume he was on board for this Service, and even though she was a very nice Young Woman quite willing and able to Help in the Realm of what she's Allowed and Hired to do for us.  So we could hardly fill out the required Government form of what she'd done for him, except maybe make sure he didn't die in his sleep on her watch.  *LOL* </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>And I'm not really certain, until I call for the Service again now that the Kiddos are back in School, if she can be a Stand In for me when the never ending Home Visits take place?  So that I can actually use the Respite Service again or even at all... and receive my mere twelve hours, regardless that just about every day mid-week has someone else coming for Home Care Visits... and that Weekends are off the table coz The G-Force would be Home? </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em> And it's That Season again... so the Kiddos have been Home Sick more than they've been in School lately, a steady and constant rotation of them catching something and 'Sharing' it... or having Mental Health Breaks that preclude being able to Educate them effectively.  Prince R had to be picked up This Morning from the School Nurse, so he lasted barely an Hour after the long Holiday was over.  </em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em>And Princess T has been having major Anxiety Attacks and Mood Swings for days now, due to Grandpa's declining and Fragile Health, which justifyably scares her and makes her Act Up and Act Out as her Coping Mechanism.  She's Terrified he'll have to go Live at the Hospital again... and so is he frankly, so he hesitates to be Truthful to his Home Care Team.. and sometimes even to me, knowing they have to Write Up any Concerns and I'm Obligated to tell them of any Issues I'm Aware of.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>I'm also working on finding another Surgeon that <u>will</u> perform Princess T's necessary Surgery without having Custodial Arrangement Issues that would force us thru the prohibitive expense and wasted time of going thru Family Court again?  With the help of her Regular Pediatrician and Pulmonology Specialist, who are requesting another Referral because they are in Agreement it's ridiculous not to Honor me as the legit uncontested Guardian, since we have Raised them both since Birth, made ALL Medical decisions for over 13 years now... and have Insurance to get it done. Not to mention that the delay is causing suffering and further Medical Crisis for the Child.  They can't even do the Pathology on the tumor until it's OUT... and what if prolonged delay is a Game Changer on Treatment and Well-Being?  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> Yeah, we haven't been able to put that 'Issue' to bed either with the Alleged 'Expired' uncontested and Voluntary Guardianship dog and pony show and it's making me a nervous wreck.  Not AS IF any Alleged Guardianship Expiration means anyone is gonna come pick these Kiddos up and Raise them instead while providing 100% of their Financial Support 'til they're 18 mind you, so it's all just Bureaucracy and Bullsh-- at it's best.  Custodial G-Parents really still get the Shaft for doing the Right Thing rather than the Easy Thing.  And Involuntary Placement is still more highly regarded than Voluntary Placement when Non-Custodial Parents do the RIGHT THING without being Forced to by a Court and Law Enforcement!  It's Crazier and more messed up than they Allege our Daughter is actually... she was able to make Saner decisions than The System for their Well-Being!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>  </em> <em>I'm Wondering however, just WHO I can get to provide Caregiving for The Man and The G-Son while I'm with her in the Hospital when that time finally comes?</em>   <em>Since I haven't been able to find a way to be two places at once yet... and The Son and his Girl can't take any more time off Work to fill in for me since they both have new jobs and live clear across the Valley anyway and have three Kids to juggle and Care for already.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>And speaking of the G-Son, I've had Good News and Bad News with him lately too.  Bad News first just to get it out of the way... he's on thin ice at the Boys And Girls Club because they're having difficulty dealing with his 'Issues', ie: Mental Health and Socialization being below par.   He will probably get kicked out by the Director eventually, the Awesome Teen Mentor, Bless his Heart, hasn't given up on him tho' and is the only reason he's still Welcome to go at all right now.   Well, it's not the first Youth Program he's been deep sixed from for being unwilling or unable to Conform, but we are running out of Respite Programs he Qualifies for, is Welcome being him at and Enjoys spending Time at because it Enriches him and gives me a break from him. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>The Good News is Awesome tho'... and answer to prolonged Prayer... God after all is right on Time!  I've been Praying for that Perfect Mentor and Program who Accepts The G-Son for who he is unconditonally and isn't trying to 'fix' him, because frankly, he isn't broken... he's just differently Gifted and Divinely Endowed in his own peculiar way.   There is this Art and Science Center Ministry within walking distance from our Home, Founded by two Brilliant Professors.   The Young Prince is really into Science and Art so he Loves going there and kept coming Home with almost unbelievable Stories about how Jazzed and Excited the Professors were with him.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Okay, so I Believe my Grandson is Brilliant and exceedingly Gifted, but most Educators have never been able to Reach, Stimulate or Educate him and I know a little bit of him can go a long way.  So, after a time most folks can't Cope and frankly don't want to either if they don't have to, even if they were Great out the Gate and had the best of Intentions.  So I was Guardedly Optomistic about his Stories, since I don't wanna get my Hopes up again only to have them dashed when a little bit of him goes a long way with some Mentor or Teacher and they finally Give Up, Give In or Give Out like all the others before them. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> I was just Happy he was Welcome there to do his 'Thing' with Art and Science so that he could be Academically fed and Stimulated in a Positive Way and feel Okay just being himself and have somewhere to go that he Enjoys... and meets him at his Point of Need beyond what I provide for him at Home.  Since I know the Kid is hungry and thirsty for knowledge beyond what I can provide, he just checks out in School and fails everything in spite of Testing at Genius level... go figure.  No, I don't have the Answers so I just Advocate for him blindly really based on Faith and Love that it will somehow be Okay in The End... and if it's not Okay, then it's not The End.   That Worked with The Son, so I already have a Strong Testimony in spite of naysayers of Kiddos with Extreme Special Needs turning out Okay and even being a Success Story Poster Child.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>So, anyway, this is where the Good News gets even Better.  The Professors ask for a Meeting... now normally that wouldn't be Good News for me since Meetings and my Grandchildren typically mean Bad News is coming and I'm being Reminded of how 'Special' they really are, and not in a good way.  *Smiles*   But The Young Prince tells me they want to validate everything he's been tellling me and talk about The Plan... Wow, we have a Plan, Excellent!!!  So I go to this Meeting, Guardedly Optomistic as usual... and these Professors tell me their background {VERY Impressive by the way} and verify everything Prince R has already told me that I thought was probably part Fantasy and Wishful Thinking on his part!!!   Good, I don't have to Patronize him, because he typically sees right thru that anyway.  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>They show me some of the things Prince R has already Invented... and some of the Computer Programs he's already designed and set up for them... and  how they've Challenged him even more because though entirely Self-Taught, they Believe him to be not only the Smartest Kid, but the smartest Human Being they've ever met!!!  *Blink Blink... yeah, they actually said that!  WOW!*   One of the Professors actually designed and helped build the Arizona Science Center and has an Impressive Resume' in Architecture, Inventing and Computer Programming... he's been doing it all for over Thirty Years and told me that my Grandson has surpassed some of his own knowledge, so it has blown him away that a Kid is this Smart and Naturally Gifted without being Coached by anyone!  And barely Encouraged or even Tolerated by most Educators up to now, that typically just end up viewing him as a Problem Child.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>They wanted me to be Okay with Prince R receiving a High Tech Computer Equipment for all that he has done and is doing on behalf of the Center as a Volunteer... because though he initially came as a Student, he has brought enough to the table to be considered a valuable Asset to the Center!  Prince R Loves to Mentor the other Children, Invent things for the Center and Build Programs for the Center to use.   The Professors want to help us Enroll him in High School for the Ace One Program during his Sophomore Year, which will provide Free College and earning of Degrees while he's also taking his High School Classes, if he Qualifies. *Fingers Crossed!*  </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I have been sweating High School Enrollment for the Young Prince only because Jr. High has been so dismal a failure for him and I'm sick to death of being told Bad News about him almost every day by Educators and Administrators.   I often Wonder if they also tell the Physically Handicapped Kid's Parents or Guardians that their Kid is <u>still</u> Physically Handicapped every day?  Or the Retarded Kid's Parents or Guardians that their Kid is <u>still</u> Retarded every day?   </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Of coarse they don't, I'm being facetious and just making my Point, but that's how I FEEL every time I'm reminded by an Educator or a School Panel that my Grandson is STILL Mentally Ill and behaves like he is.   Yeah, we know... he was Mentally Ill yesterday, today and probably tomorrow and beyond... we don't need Reminders thrown up in our Faces all the time, we Get It and Live It daily.  He's a Beautiful Mind... wrapped up in a Tormented Soul and Normal Looking Body... doing Life that way... it is how it is.   There is only Mainstream or Special Ed and he doesn't belong in either group really... but they have no group or Specially Funded Resources for the Brilliantly Gifted yet Mentally Ill Kids.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>I actually get Envious when I see the Resources the Special Ed Kids and their Families receive in Public Schools, only because I'd like at least that much designated for my Special Needs Kiddos.  But they don't Qualify because their Diagnosis and Disability Status is still that Gray Area, just like it was for their Mother and Uncle, some things remain the same and haven't had Positive Change. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> Maybe some day the Mentally Ill, and especially the High Functional folks with Mental Health Issues, will receive the same consideration as they're being Educated.  And more Social Compassion and Tolerance.   Just keeping it Real, it's very frustrating for Families and the Afflicted... we have no Magic Wands or Answers either... but the burden of the Bad News during the School Years keeps coming and threatens to bury you.  So it was refreshing to have Good News for a change and a Ray of Hope extended... I'll take that Hope and run with it!   Yes, I'm Sweetly Salvaging what we can for the Love of Home AND Family out of this Hot Mess that is Mi Vida Loca... and a Good Blog Rant always makes me Feel somewhat Better to just get it all off my chest and Released into the Universe where it can float around indefinitely for all I care, so long as its OFF ME!  *Winks*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div></div>

Sweetly Salvaging ~ For The Love Of Home ~ The Image-less Post

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