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August 06, 2007

i'm so ober it today

Ok, so my keyboard is still on the fritz. So I still type like I have a terrible cold. To get around this problem I am now typing blog entries in Word then pasting them into Moveable Type.
I’m so ready to just crawl into bed and go to sleep. This is the rundown.
Last year when we moved here the neighborhood school preschool class was full so we had to bus Little Bear to a different school. Back in April I filled out a form to keep him at that school so he wouldn't have to change schools again. He liked his teachers and therapists and they were finally used to having a kid in a wheelchair.
In June, I was told that I would have to provide his transportation this year because I chose to keep him at that school instead of sending him to the school a few blocks away. I made the choice at that time to switch him to our neighborhood school for the sake of "convenience" (HA!) and because his neighborhood friends all go there. The School District lady promised to make it so. I even went up to his new school to fill out the transfer forms in person. So for weeks we have been all set. School starts Wednesday and tonight is meet the teacher night.
Quick backtrack. My mom has been in town since last Tuesday. On Thursday morning when I took Little Bear to be fitted for new leg braces, I noticed he had a bug bite on his ankle that looked like a pretty bad mosquito bite. By the end of the day his entire foot and calf were puffed up to twice their normal size and were red and hot. I called the Dr. and the on-call Dr. said it was no big deal. (HA!) By Friday morning it was out of control. I had to take him to the Dr. first thing. It turned out that he had four ant bites on his ankle. He had to take Benadryl, an antibiotic, and a steroid for several days.
Today we spent the entire day at Children's hospital because Little Bear had Botox injections in his legs and a Baclofen injection into his spine. They had to put him under for the procedure so we had to make sure he didn't have any bad reactions to the drugs.
We walked in the door about 3:45 from an exhausting day and first thing my mom says is that the bus driver called to say that she is scheduled to pick up Little Bear on Wednesday. WTF?
I called his new school – the recording says they are already closed for the day. I called his old school and they told me his is still on their roster. She said it was probably just a glitch and she took him out of their system. Next I called the transportation dept. and I was told that he isn't registered at his new school either. So now he isn't registered anywhere. Then I called the School District lady and of course they are also already closed for today. So, I don't know what the hell is going on now. I have to go to meet the teacher night tonight and see if I can make any headway.
It's all FUBAR!
Now I can't figure out a whole lotta shit like - why is he still on the roster at school A. and not school B.? Why didn't the school District lady make it so like she promised? And why after I filled out the transfer paperwork at school B., did no one call me when they saw that he's not registered at their school? Why is the bus coming to get him after I was told they would not provide transportation? Why is that even though I am seriously anal retentive and on the details like flies on shit, this shit still happens?

Ok, I have one hour until meet the meet the teacher night soirée. I hope I can cool out enough to not be a complete and raving psycho whore. I doubt it, but I can hope.
Aside from the inconvenience to me, the thing that really irks me to the core is that the School District has now seriously screwed Little Bear over in this situation. He has to have therapists and a personal helper in his class. That shit takes planning and follow through. He is the one that will end up losing out. I am one pissed mama bear.

Posted by bugg at August 6, 2007 04:32 PM

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Posted by: Chas at August 7, 2007 04:57 AM

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