I made a last-minute reservation on JetBlue a couple of weeks ago. Called to get seats and they couldn't make them at the time because all they had left were extra leg room seats. She said she'd make a note that it was a small child (6) travelling with parent that they needed to be together for when they assigned them at the airport. Turns out, I was able to get them assigned together due to disability - Emma's diabetes - and that she couldn't sit separate from me. Honestly, if they want to separate me from her, I'd make sure she had every loud electronic toy she could, and make sure she drank lots of water before she got on the flight so she needed to get up often to go to the bathroom - that'll teach someone to separate a child from a parent. But that said, I've never been in a situation, even with a completely full flight, of having kids not with an adult. We are a family of 5 - sometimes its 3 seats in one place and 2 in another, but never a solo.

I agree - I would separate treating a low from the ongoing snacks he needs. If he's only get 2 shots a day, he's on a regimen when he has to eat at certain times to feed the insulin. That's one challenge that needs to be addressed. But, when he's got an immediate low, you want fast acting, no fat, as pure sugar as possible. Emma uses fruit snacks - a pack is 21 carbs and we can just give her 1 or 2 for a mild low or more for a more severe low. Glucose tabs are also good - we have the big 4g carb ones and the small glucose bits that are 1g a piece. For emergencies, its not a bad idea to have a tube of cake gel, obviously as long as its dairy free. Cut the tip off and have it in the emergency kit. It can be rubbed on the gums if he's not 100% responsive but merely out of it but it also can be squirted into his mouth. These are good quick go-tos for low. On the regimen he's on, he should always follow up a pure sugar to treat the low with a "sustainer" 15-20 minutes later. This is where the peanut butter crackers, granola bars, etc, come up. Get the blood sugar up first with the quick sugar, and then give him some higher fat items with carbs to keep it up. Good luck

I suffer migraines. During each of my pregnancies, I would have one doozy of a migraine and then not another one for the rest of the pregnancy. I would just take a percocet or something that I was authorized to take. It doesn't treat the migraine - it knocks me out and lets me sleep through it - hubby has to be home though because I'm out with a percocet

Do you have a mantle? If so, what kind. We've had a painting over our mantle for about 8 years and use the fireplace a lot - we used to have a wooden (ugly) mantle and now we have a stone one and the painting is still in great shape.

My husband doesn't know what I'm teaching the kids unless I specifically ask him to help or participate (when we did Astronomy a couple of years ago, he took them out with the telescope a number of times). This year, we were getting ready to start Classical Conversations and he thought it was about classic literature - so I had to give him the cliff-notes version of a classical education model

that is not how public schools are structured. They don't look to challenge them. They have standards for her grade that they have to meet with all students and that is their goal and not to challenge your child because she has already met that level. If that's what you are looking for out of school, I'm afraid you will be disappointed.

Without taking this into a political poll, and knowing that this is an extremely complicated proposition, but I think when local communities have control over schools, they do a better job of educating the kids. I know it sounds utopian and yes, I do believe, that without being forced, schools would still work with those that have special learning challenges. And that doesn't address the impoverished socio-economic areas, but I do believe that is a community was more in control of educating their children, half of these problems would go away. The multiple layers of buerarcracy that bog down a system and stifle teachers and students ability is incredible. I think that's why many choose to homeschool - because they, for their small community "their family" are making sure to educate their community (their family) the way they know they need to be educated. Simpler times, simpler solutions.

If its someone peddling "faith", they don't get in the door and my answer is "I'm happy with my faith choices right now, thank you". If they are asking for donations, "We've made our donation decisions for this year, thank you". If they are selling something, "We have what we need right now, thank you" and then close the door And tell the kids to stop answering it!

Just call the HOA and ask if it meets the covenants and that you are concerned about safety so close to the fence. That's all you can do. If they are within the convenents, you have to suck it up.

If she fasted for a while, her body would have been burning body fat instead of calories for energy and that could cause excessive thirst. I'd be surprised that it would still be going on, though When you got the 82, when was it in relation to a meal? Was it first thing in the morning or within 2 hours of eating. The best number to see if something is amiss with her blood sugar is within 2 hours of eating, when the pancreas has to work the hardest to process carbs.

I absolutely agree with the OP - but I don't think she's even scratched the surface of what they have to deal with. I have a child who is diabetic. Take the allergy thread and blow it up tenfold and that's the MamaBear you get from the mother of a diabetic who wants the teacher to recognize signs of high/low blood sugar, monitor insulin dosages (if not giving them), etc. don't forget about the mainstreamed special education / autistic / spectrum kids. Its not just a varying academic enironment - but varying learning environment. One may have issues with sounds, other with visual issues, another can't sit still, another didn't take his ADHD meds, or he did take his meds. This may be completely politically incorrect but I think that special education has a place in the schools and kids belong in it for a reason - I think if a child has something that affects their learning, they need an environment suited to them, not put into an environment not suited for them and then try to make people work around them and make it suited for them. In the end, that hurts the education of all of the kids, but mostly the bright ones, because so much time is spent trying to accomodate the mainstreamed ones who, in many cases, would be better off in a unique environment for them anyway. Personally, I'd like to see someone advocate for the educational needs of the gifted in schools in the same way they do for the academically challenged - their needs are being neglected in some cases moreso than the academically challenged, because their education is "protected". Again, most of that is probably not politically correct. I have a son I homeschooled for five years because the classroom environment wasn't the best one for him at the time. He's back in school and thriving. I homeschool my youngest now because I don't want the teachers to have to be her nurses about her diabetes and celiac (shoot, I don't want to either, but I don't have a choice, she's my child). I don't think its fair to put that burden on the teachers and since I can homeschool, I do. But, when I do send her back, I guarantee I won't be all Mamabear because she isn't specifically catered to every minute of the day - I will work to get a workable solution for everyone. Probably the downfall of our public education system is the amount of time spent on testing instead of teaching, accomodating 25 different special needs in a class of 25, and teachers that are always new because the system itself drives the good ones away in 3-4 years.

I have some kind of pain 3-4 days a week - that's average because some weeks it might be 7 days and others just 1. I used to have headaches of some sort so often that I really thought having some kind of pain was normal. I have tried to explain to hubby that he just doesn't understand whats is like to live with a constant dull pain of some sort all the time. Its not unusual to go through a phase where I wake up with a headache every day for 2 weeks. I woke up today feeling pretty ok after a couple of days of feeling really crappy all day, so today is probably not a good day to answer - I woke up feeling better than I had in probably a week or so.

To those mentioning IEPs, I think you're thinking the wrong thing. What you need to look into is a 504 plan - that allows for accomodations due to a "disability". Like someone else said, not breathing is a disability. Type 1 diabetics are allowed 504 accomodations due to their disease. A 504 would allow you to say things like "epi pen carried by adult accompanying student at all times", "student in peanut free classroom", "epi pen administered by closest adult immediately upon notification of exposure", "parent called after epi pen administered", etc. 504 is a federal protection document and the best way to cover your bases - although, as others have said, I think fighting for "no exposure" is a losing battle - the 504 will allow you to have teeth behind the treatment plan.

I read most of the questions of "no access" meaning not having the ability to get. I thought they were impoverished without food and basic medical care (not insurance, care), but I didn't think they were without cars, washer/dryer, internet, cell phone, etc. I WISH I could live a simplier life without some of those things that, in my opinion, complicate our lives.

I participated but there were a few that I had trouble answering. I didn't think that being without a microwave was impoverished, but I did think without a refrigerator is - and they were in the same question.