I believe like others have said, that sometimes people wait for a last visitor or until a loved one is gone. And sometimes they just need someone to tell them it is okay to let go and stop the pain. Hugs.

A Swallow study is non invasive, so I would probably start with that and a Speech Language Pathologist. If you felt like you were choking, you would have anxiety too! So maybe the choking sensation is causing or exacerbating the anxiety, but it is also possible the anxiety is causing the choking sensation. Other people have given good advice- check out medical AND psychological/ neurological causes.

OTs are not allowed to diagnose. We pick treatment diagnoses based on our evaluation and treatment focus, but do not give medical diagnoses. However, I have never practiced pediatrics, so I may not be the best person to answer your second question.

I had a heart breaking message on my answering machine about how she was sorry that she had lost touch with her dad and would he please call her. Talked about forgiving him for whatever it was. She didn't leave a number and it was before the days of caller ID, so I didn't have a way to tell her she had the wrong number.

You should be able to buy a NOAA weather radio and set it to your county. That should wake you up if it is in the middle of the night. Do you have storm sirens where you are? Make sure everyone knows the difference between a watch and a warning. I have the weather channel app. When. Y son was worried, I showed him the path the storm was taking and that we weren't in danger. The good news is that there is usually a little warning with a tornado!

I don't think I called my boyfriend's mom anything, the entire three years we dated. A simple "please call me Mary" or something would have helped.

Can you contact them and tell them you had technical issues? Maybe they would give you another download. I download, then click at top "open in iBooks". I then email it to myself so I have a copy for my computer.

Yes, getting the same message. Is anyone else having problems downloading ( when site was working?). I kept getting an error message.

Verbose Homonymous Hemianopsia (I know it is really two words, but they are used together) dysdiadochokinesis

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. As far as state requirements, all I need to do is inform the school that he will no longer be attending and keep attendance. I am not under the delusion that he will be completely independent. :) But he can do homework fairly well by himself, so hopefully he can do some math and LA worksheets. My FIL is a retired elementary teacher, so if we can get him on board, we will be in good shape. MIL is pretty against homeschooling, though. Of course, she always said she didn't want to babysit her grand kids, but changed her mind once DS was born. My mother and sister are supportive and able to help though. We are considering homeschooling because he is begging us too. He doesn't have any friends at school, partially because of him and partially because of the other kids. He just doesn't fit in and he has convinced himself no one there wants to be his friend. We plan on enrolling him in a co-op and extracurriculars. I don't think he has dysgraphia, just laziness and minor FMC delays. I can work on FMC, just haven't really felt the need to. His writing improved significantly in the past couple weeks just from me pointing out the difference between his neat and sloppy writing and enforcing neatness.

I have been lurking for a while and posted a couple things, but figured it was time I introduce myself. My son is currently in third grade at public school but I plan to homeschool for fourth grade. I have done a lot of reading and research, but it is confusing. My sister homeschooled and she plans to go with me to our local HS convention next weekend. DS: he is very bright and reading at least 2-3 years above grade level. He picks things up quickly and has a good memory. However, his handwriting is TERRIBLE. I have started introducing him to cursive st home (slowly so I don't make him hate it) and erased anything that was too messy and made him rewrite, and it is getting better. He also hates to be corrected and can be very stubborn about things, yet he loves to read and is very curious. Our situation: I am currently working "as needed" but may end up working full time. There is family to watch him, but the more he can do independently, the better. I don't know how long we will homeschool: it depends on how he reacts and job situation. I was looking at HOD Preparing, and while I am sure it is a good program, I think DS might do better with a looser schedule- at least this year while we are transitioning. I am currently looking at Math Mammoth, state history, Story of the World, and Rod and Staff English 4. I plan to supplement with additional reading. I will also do some type of biology. He hates art, but I plan to incorporate it into our activities. What about spelling? He does well on his spelling tests but misspells words in his writing. What about writing? Does he need a separate writing curriculum? I see Brave Writer is on sale at homeschool co- op. Do I need to add anything else, or is this enough to get us started? Thanks, and sorry this is so long.

New Orleans has a National Historic Park ( or memorial or one of those) for jazz music. Probably enough for about an hour? It's been almost ten years since we went. The WW II museum is definitely worth seeing- and plan for a long visit. We only had a couple hours and felt rushed. ETA: we didn't have any kids on our trip, so I'm not sure if there are parts of the museum that sensitive kids should avoid.

Can I ask what her behaviors were? I know my son has some type of allergies, but they haven't seemed bad enough that I wanted to put him through testing. I have recently started him on a daily allergy pill though to see if there is improvement.