The prompt I chose this week: Share some good news!
My good news for today is that McKayla finally made a decision about her future.
For two years now, she has been struggling with feeling comfortable and safe at school. She has anxiety and it is manifesting in physical symptoms. As a result, she's missed a lot of school and the more school she misses, the further behind she gets. The further behind she gets, the more anxious. It is a terrible cycle.
We have her in counseling and have been regularly seeing her doctor about medication and such. She was just going to school when she can, trying to do work from home, ect. Not very successfully.
Since both Jimmy and I could see that the traditional school setting isn't working for her, we have been discussing other "non-traditional" options for school. Finally yesterday she decided that she will be perusing her GED.
Today I purchased two of the workbooks that will help her get ready for the testing.
The decision was a big one, and one that I wanted her to come to on her own. She can take ownership of her life this way. While having her "drop out" of school isn't what I would have liked for her, this is the best decision for her.
This is all good news in my book!
Some more good news: Stephen has a new psychiatrist and we both love her! His previous psych went into another position, so he couldn't stay with him. The change was required, but not something he was happy about. After meeting with her twice now, he's happy with her. Since having a good relationship with your psychiatrist is so important, this is a win in my book!
Yet some more good news: Jinx is fitting into our household quite nicely. He's quickly learning words and how to best get attention. Three weeks home now and I couldn't be happier with our baby. <3
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A GED is a good solution for her, and good for her for pursuing it.
ReplyDeleteI assume Jinx is a pet of some sort...
You assume correctly, he is a Quaker Parrot
DeleteOh man, my daughter was in that same cycle in elementary school. She was getting so sick and we ended up pulling her out of school as a sixth grader. The medication we ultimately put her on has done wonderful things for her anxiety, but I definitely would have been open to her getting a GED if the school path didn't work out. School is where kids are supposed to thrive, if that's not happening than it's time for a plan B!
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