<p>Came here to vent: Got a call from S- He is supposed to take a cab to his dentist where I will meet him after work. He had 60 dollars with him to pay for the cab etc…He calls in to say that his money has been stolen at gym!! He had to bike back home so he can get more money for the cab! He is in a panic mode.
This is the first time things like this happend to him. He usually do not carry much money with him. Should I mention this to his school? He says there is no way he can/no one can find out who did this.</p>
<p>MDM I am rooting for your S! That just stinks. I hate it when coaches let the kids down. Hope he does exactly what Walker’s D did!
Annie, your news makes my day! Justice in the world after all! I’m sure that is a great relief.
Thanks for the insurance encouragement. Hopefully this afternoon’s phone calls will help. I hate dealing with hospital bills and insurance though. They don’t all come at once and I have a hard time keeping up with what’s been processed, what has not, what they are playing games with, etc.</p>
<p>Yea, annie!</p>
<p>Ds texted. He’s student government president!</p>
<p>And Megpmom and Mommaof5- the very best asthma thing we have is a little pulse oxymeter. It has been a source of relief and an indispensable monitoring tool, and I recommend it highly if you don’t have one. You just put your child’s finger in it and it gives you his oxygen saturation level. We’re told if it drops under 94 its time to worry. Its been down to 87 (which led to hospital stay #2). We got it after Hospital Stay #1. When his asthma flares, I just check him from time to time and it gives me something to gauge things by. I’d say its worth having- especially for S13, Megp, because it would be a handy thing for him to have at college when you’re not there to keep an eye on the asthma. I can’t always trust S17 but I trust that little thing to help me know where he is with his breathing…Amazon has them for sale.</p>
<p>YDS- Yippee!!
I’m off to drive the soccer carpool. Clearly I’ve spent too much time here today already judging by the number of posts I’ve put up.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son Perazziman!</p>
<p>reeinaz, so funny about PITA! S12 asked a lot of questions when he was little, he only stopped when he realized that H and I no longer had all the answers! I think it’s always good to question! Who knows where Yugioh will lead (can he really be as bad as Sheldon Cooper ?).</p>
<p>laurendog, it’s been raining here, too and is threatening some more. We’re hoping it will go elsewhere as we have more tennis to play! Maybe we could send it your way, dadotwoboys!</p>
<p>HSClass2013, the number of LOR’s vary with the college that you’re applying to. You should check the college’s site to see how many they require/will accept. You usually need your GC but the teachers that you choose may reflect courses that you did well in, teachers that really like you and those for courses that may be important to your major in college. Some colleges, like MIT, require a science/math teacher and a humanities teacher, it just depends on the university. The common app will let you upload the max for that college. The brag sheet was a rather expanded resume for S12. He didn’t elaborate too much about classes as the teachers and GC generally remembered how well he did, he just tried to explain what he did outside of class/school, what his ambitions/interests were, the awards he had won, etc. </p>
<p>mommaof5, congratulations on your S’13 getting accepted to Boys State and being sponsored by the Legion! Great about the strength training and Conditioning! A well rounded guy! I’m glad your S’16 is better and back to school.</p>
<p>MDMom, how frustrating about the race! I hope that Jr knocks the socks off his coach at UCLA! Let us know how he does!</p>
<p>Longhaul, wow! Sounds like you will be very busy – when does school end for you?</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay, sorry about your DS, hope he’s okay. Wow, student government president, great news! </p>
<p>89wahoo, I agree with dadotwoboys, it was an emergency situation – how can they expect prior authorization? </p>
<p>Walker1194, I’ve always wanted a time turner! It is heartening when the kids work things out for themselves, I’m not so worried about sending them off to university. Good for DDb13!</p>
<p>anniezz, great news about the extended time for the ACT. I’m glad that they backed down!</p>
<p>DONIVRIAN, I think that you should definitely tell the school. It does seem unlikely that they will find the culprit but they should be aware of the incident. I hope that your S is feeling better when you pick him up from the dentist.</p>
<p>momma - just a quick note re: inhaler
Make sure (or ask about it) your S has a “spacer” to use with his inhaler. Our D’13 has exercise induced asthma, and she was told to use a spacer with her inhaler. You rarely see kids use a spacer - looks goofy, in my D’s opinion, but if not used the medicine may not all reach your child’s lungs. A spacer “collects” the medicine and then they inhale it to their lungs. From a web site (see below). Basically, if the child is not very careful, some of the medicine will ‘spray’ into his/her cheek, and not get to the lungs. She dislikes using a spacer, but it is much more effective.</p>
<p>Also, I posted this before reading to the end of posts for the day thus far, so others may have posted this info as well. Glad he is back to school and doing okay…asthma can be VERY scary :(</p>
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<p>Spacer and Valved Holding Chamber Description</p>
<p>A spacer is a 4 - 8 inch tube that fits on the end of the Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI). Use of an MDI may be only one part your treatment. These items are typically by prescription only, so, contact your primary care provider to get one today.</p>
<p>BENEFITS TO USING A SPACER:
■Helps you to breathe at your own pace. </p>
<p>■Allows more medicine to reach your lungs. </p>
<p>■Prevents medicine from escaping into the air. </p>
<p>■To be used with all age groups (spacers with masks for young children are available).</p>
<p>Some spacers are called Valved Holding Chambers. A Valved Holding Chamber has a one-way valve inside that prevents the medicine from escaping once you have pressed down on the MDI cannister. Both types of systems, either spacer or valved holding chamber, are used with an MDI to increase the amount of medicine reaching deep into your lungs.</p>
<p>YDS- Gallbladder? !!! Yikes. So sorry. Keep a close eye on that.</p>
<p>RE: LORs. My D asked several teachers, as I had asked her to do, today. One of the teachers asked her why she was asking now… most kids ask next year. So now she is kind of annoyed with me, while I in turn am annoyed with the teacher. Back me up, throw me a freaking bone here, will you? Sheesh!!</p>
<p>MDMom1314- What a freaking @55wipe that coach is. Good on your S for turning to motivation. And good on you for not losing your Mom Cool. Oh, and I really love the W…T… etc. EXACTLY what I would have been thinking too.</p>
<p>89Wahoo- Okay, WHUT? That is insane. INSANE. I would be having a fit.</p>
<p>Anniezz- YAY!! We needed some good news and here you are. So very glad about that. Great news!</p>
<p>Walker- Love that story about your D and the coach apologizing to her. That’s the key, IMO. If you make a mistake, own up to it. That’s the way to earn respect. And I was LOLing at the image of beating the coach with an ACT wrapped bat! 
(how are you all getting your cute little emoticons in a quick reply?)</p>
<p>DONI- that is really annoying. I would have him report it to the school. Even though he should have protected it some how, the school still needs to know that things like that are happening.</p>
<p>YDS- Congrats on Std. Gov’t Prez!! :-)</p>
<p>89wahoo–insurance companies get touchy about the line between dental and medical insurance and who covers what. Most likely since this was an injury your medical insurance company should cover this. Coding could be the issue but most likely you will need to file the appeal paperwork. Call the company and get that started. I spent the better part of last year fighting with our insurance coverage over medical claims that they said the dental coverage should cover–even though right in the denial form they listed her exact condition as one exception that they DO cover…in the end they ended up paying for all of it.</p>
<p>vandygrad, wierd! You would think that the teachers would like to have the extra time! Here, we don’t generally do LOR’s so I will wait until the fall. The only people asking teachers are those kids planning on going to college in the USA (and usually just the organized ones!). For S12, each of the teachers that he asked had prepared one or two in the past but they didn’t expect to be overwhelmed with requests (he asked as soon as school started in September, anyway).</p>
<p>Today DS tected me and asked whas his 9/10th grade gpa was. I asked him why he needed to know that. Turns out a girl in his class is very concerned that my son may beat her out for class Salutatorian 
I told my DS it would be great if he won…he was excited until he found out he’d have to make a speech! He hates public speaking!</p>
<p>The culture at my son’s high school makes talking about grades taboo. I sometimes wonder if he’d care more about his grades if it were different. He feels like he’s one of the smarter students in most of his classes based on class discussions and such but has no idea where his grades place him. </p>
<p>Vandygrad - my son would never listen to another suggestion from me if that happened to him…lol I’ve been bugging him to start approaching his teachers but of course he hasn’t followed through. Maybe I won’t push this one :)</p>
<p>Re Spacers…I saw a little girl sitting on the curb getting her treatment. Hers had designs on it. I don’t know if she/someone decorated it or if they can be bought that way. She had the kind that fit over her mouth and nose. My former foster son just had the flexible tube that he put in his mouth.</p>
<p>And yes my son really is as bad as Sheldon Cooper. When he was telling me about the young lady, he wondered “What kind of battle did she think she could win with only three cards. They weren’t even powerful cards. I hope she didn’t make a trade for them.”</p>
<p>I just think it’s funny that someone is so concerned already about who’s going to make salutatorian. I know my DS isn’t the top gpa in his class. He could be either 2, 3, or 4…and he could care less. I tell him continue getting the grades and don’t worry about the title–plenty of vals/saluts get rejected from collegee, too. I actually think he;d panic if he had to give the speech—that’s one reason he didn’t do well in speech/debate.</p>
<p>We have like 10 or more Vals/Sals every year. I have no idea how they decide. We are not allowed to know class rank per district policy. We only know if the school thinks they are in the top 10 percent or not. I say “thinks” because our mathematically challenged administration seems to think 10 percent of the class changes from freshman to senior year. That would be true if there was a fluctuation in class size, correct? According to the Vice Principal at our school, the top 10 percent is really a set number each year. We were told at awards day, 30 kids in the jr class of 250 are in the top ten percent, senior year the number would be 21. I ain’t all that great at math but W…T…F?</p>
<p>Thanks dadotwoboys.</p>
<p>Walker, that is too funny!</p>
<p>ETA: I love that we’re such a salty-mouthed group!</p>
<p>reeinaz, vandy, fredricksdottir: Thanks</p>
<p>yds, gallbladder attacks are extremely painful. They make it difficult to breathe and almost impossible to sleep. The pain is usually in the upper right side of the abdomen. They will probably need to do an ultrasound to see if there are stones. Did they put him on a no fat diet for a couple of weeks? I have a gallbladder problem and permanently stay on a no-fat diet. Although, I am thinking about getting surgery.</p>
<p>perazzi, I’ve had my gallbladder removed so I know how painful it is. I’ve put him on a low-fat diet until we learn what the issue is. Ds is pretty young for stones; the doctor thinks he might have an infection.</p>
<p>Oh, I missed the post about gallbladders. So his stomachache wasn’t food poisoning? YDS, I hope whatever is wrong is something short lived and easily treated.</p>
<p>Diet is really important for GB issues. Good Luck. Hope it’s not serious</p>