Thursday, August 28, 2008

Journal Wednesday

First Day of fourth grade for the boy. I think we are more nervous about it than him. We got the letter from the principal saying that "your child in a classroom with a child that has severe allergies to nuts" so please don't pack nuts into your kid's snack. That makes us feel better but we usually have a meeting before the first day with the nurse and the teacher to work out who will stick him with the epi-pen if some protein sets his immune system into hyperdrive and his face and air swell up. The meeting is not until Friday and we find the new homeroom teacher has no idea yet of our kid's needs. We are helicopter parents but we have to be. I look forward to the day I can feel like the boy takes responsibility for his own allergy patrol. I guess we have to get through the teen years first where some allergy kids rebel and decide to eat that thing the've been denied and thinking themselves indestructable leave the epi-pen at home.

1 comment:

johngoldfine said...

I can't imagine the kind of day in and out stress and anxiety this must give you.