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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Cough-eeeee

My kingdom for a horse
--Richard the III, Shakespeare. (For a better accounting of Richard III, read Sharon Kaye Pennman's The Sunne in Splendour, one of my all-time favorite books)

If you were startled awake by a loud, shouting cougher, it was probably me. My cough, which started as a little post-nasal-drip on Thanksgiving, has morphed into the stage of devlish-tickle-in-the-throat that makes you scream out your cough in an effort to excise/exorcise it from your gullet. Nyquil quenched the fire for most of the night, but took a good hour to really work and then wore off too early, so here I am. Upright and coffee-d up, I am now fine, so I will forget about this backhoe inside my neck until tonight.

Mo-in-lo coming tonight, just for dinner. Got to figure out what to cook (or dial, more likely. Ssh, don't tell her.)

That's all for now, no kinder awake yet. Today I must also go to the pediatrician and get her to write up the beginning of the clinical team report that sets in motion the guardianship process for Nat. I feel fine about it -- right now -- but stay tuned for the after shock.

More coffee, argh, the tickle is back, &%#!! Open the coughers! My kingdom, for I'm hoarse.
posted at 6:37 AM  # permalink

We went through the guardianship process this summer immediately after he turned 18. My husband and I felt we didn't need a lawyer since I do so much research online, at the library, etc. Also, quite a few friends are lawyers and gave some advice.

I'm not sure the process in your state. However, we had his clinical team fill out the "Decision Making Assessment Tool for Guardianship". We were then advised to get a background check at the attorney general's office since it was required by probate court. The meeting with the guardian ad-litem assigned by probate court to explain the process to my son went well.

We had clinical team members come to court in case the judge had questions. The guardian ad-litem came to court with his report. The judge signed the guardianship order that day.

One week after we received guardianship, my son had to have a medically-necessary procedure done at UMASS Children's Hospital. I asked the medical team what would have happened if we didn't have guardianship and he refused to have the procedure done. They stated that they would not have done the procedure.

Everything happens for a reason. I'm just glad that we were able to get guardianship so quickly and get it before he had the medical procedure done.

Good luck with the guardianship process. I hope you feel better.
— added by Blogger A Mother's Intuition at 8:04 AM, November 27, 2007  
ugh... we've had that same evil bug this past week. Feel better! I find Jaegermeister helps, but not at this hour. ;)
— added by Blogger Suzanne at 9:53 AM, November 27, 2007  

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