<p>BINGO letters and mom points. Have a safe trip, and the most positive possible outcome.</p>
<p>I would go also. She needs her mom now. Have a safe trip. Keep us posted.</p>
<p>This is actually part of the treatment. They’ll be able to drain some of the excess cerebrospinal fluid. They’ll also run tests on it which may help determine the cause, but they expect some instant relief from the headache she will have had for almost three weeks now. It will take a little time for the optic nerve to recover, but it should be improved some.</p>
<p>Glad you are going and I am sure she is too.</p>
<p>I assume your D has pseudotumor cerebri, Barnardmom. The LP (spinal tap) should help a lot, and might be assisted with radiology guidance, which will make it pretty failsafe. Good luck! </p>
<p>I’m another '12 mom who also has a '14 and just can’t get fired up about the second go 'round. Argh. I just want to sit on the couch and whine instead.</p>
<p>Good luck Barnardmom she will be fine. My daughter is almost done with their housing nightmare. They wanted a suite and all have different times to sign up, but you can’t save rooms so random people were joining, which means they had to keep trying again. It’s a strange system. They finally found a suite for six girls, and four got in so far. The other two are scheduled to do their housing today. Hopefully nobody else takes the two spots or they all start from scratch again. Meanwhile she is stressed about her work and has gotten three calls from younger friends and transfers asking if they can visit her this weekend because they are thinking of coming to the school next year. She does not want to spend her entire weekend entertaining. Starting the SAT/ACT process within the next few months with my HS sophomore. This is really another job!!</p>
<p>Barnardmom - I actually think you get BINGO with that one. It might be time to start a new round… I hope things go well and am glad you get to be with her. I suspect she’s glad too!</p>
<p>Eyemamom - my guy is ready for registration too. He’s also joined a dance troupe! That’s a big change from the guy who left home - but neat to see. They’ve already done one performance. He’s working on summer plans yet.</p>
<p>Barnardmom- I know you must be so glad to go see her and be with her during the spinal tap process, I hear they can be a little painful so I am sure your D will love having mom there. </p>
<p>Sounds like good things happening for most of our kiddos… I had a friend ask last night if D could show them around this Saturday, I felt bad because she had other commitments and can’t help them out. She will be doing Relay for Life Friday night into Saturday. And then some all day event with her sorority on Saturday. Spring is a crazy time. She did get in with her advisor yesterday. looking forward to hearing how that went.</p>
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Gotta admire your sense of humor at the moment. :)</p>
<p>Lots of good advice already: She’s trying to be a “big girl” and be independent, but she probably does need her mom. She’s 18 though, so make sure the paperwork’s done to avoid HIPAA issues. Best wishes.</p>
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Kind of a Freddie Mercury thing, maybe?</p>
<p>Hope the procedure goes well, BarnardMom!</p>
<p>Good luck to barnardmom’s D.</p>
<p>Safe travels to BarnardMom. Hope all goes well for your D.</p>
<p>If you can’t keep a sense of humor through some stuff, you’ll just go crazy. I choose humor 
I did decide that it would be a little much to stay in her dorm room. Barnard guests can only come and go with their sponsor present. I was thinking about how to get us food, etc. and how cramped it will be in her tiny dorm room with me, her and her roommate there. Plus, her appointment is for 830 am, Monday morning NYC rush hour and I have to drive her because she has to lay flat in the car on the way back. So, I got a hotel room for less than $300 a night (good rates for NYC) just a few blocks from the hospital. This will work out better.</p>
<p>2016BarnardMom, I haven’t been keeping up with this thread, so I missed the news of the distressing time you and your D have been going through. I feel for y’all! Glad to know that you’re on top of it. Prayers for a quick resolution and recovery.</p>
<p>Safe travels to BarnardMom and best wishes for an easy procedure and good resolution to her D. Good call on the hotel room.</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan 2016BarnardMom. Hope all goes well.</p>
<p>16Barnardmom: Sorry to hear that your DD is ill. Glad to hear that the school has been so helpful. Sending good thoughts for Monday.</p>
<p>I was wondering about staying in the dorm room with a roommate there as well. Good idea to stay right by the hospital for the test. Be sure to keep us posted.</p>
<p>Anyone’s child going to take a class over the summer at a different school? My son wanted to, but as I read the fine print he can’t take a class that applies to a “cluster” at another school, but can take other classes, I’m assuming major classes. I took a look at the community college and they didn’t have anything that would work. The math classes looked like high school level stuff.</p>
<p>We do have a “real” college nearby. Does anyone know if universities allow a student from another school to take a summer class? It would be a fraction of the price for us for him to take one class, and he feels like it would give him wiggle room to be able to manage a double major easier.</p>
<p>Yes eyemamom, most schools will take guest students for summer courses. My D is looking into this as well because she withdrew from a class that she knew she wouldn’t be able to continue with through all the headache issues. She just wants to ensure she will graduate in 4 years. Look at the school’s guest student policies/application on their web site.</p>
<p>You will have to check with UR eyemamom. My understanding, in general, is when you take a class at another college you get credit for it but no grade. A friend’s daughter is at UDel and did this. So if it is a class you don’t need a grade for eg elective, it may be fine but since clusters and classes required for majors at UR need a grade, it may not work.</p>
<p>Let us (me) know what you find out.</p>