I'm Here

I'm still here. I didn't realize how long it's been since I last posted. There are several reasons I haven't posted. I've been busy trying to keep up with everything I need to keep up with, and I haven't had much to say.

I've been dealing with a lot of stuff to do with Carson and his behavior at school. He gets in trouble a lot because he doesn't mind the teacher. I think, although he hasn't been diagnosed with it, that he has ADHD. I did talk to his doctor a little bit about it the last time he went to the doctor and she said he could be borderline, but since that time his behavior has gotten a lot worse. He gets frustrated really easy and he just doesn't pay attention to what people tell him. He cannot sit still for anything. He gets in trouble almost every day at school, and it's only getting worse. I don't feel like getting into too much of it right now because I'm tired, but there is a lot I want to say on the subject.

Today a kid was being mean to Carson, according to Carson, but I haven't talked to the teacher about it yet, and at recess the kid pushed Carson down and then jumped on him and broke Carson's collar bone. The reason I say "according to Carson" is because Carson and a certain group of boys have been playing very rough at recess. It got so bad they couldn't go out to recess for a couple of months. Instead they had to go to a class during recess to talk about what types of behaviors are acceptable. Carson finally earned his recesses back just last week and now this happened. The kid that hurt him wasn't involved in the past behaviors because he is a new kid. The teacher saw the incident happen today, so I need to talk to her to find out if it was just rough playing or if the kid really was being mean. For now, I am taking Carson's word for it.

A few days ago Carson asked me what a gangster is. I told him it's a person who does bad things. I asked him where he learned that term and he said, "Austin's dad used to be a gangster, but then he died. Now he has another dad." Austin is the kid who broke his collar bone. I guess the saying "like father like son" might apply here.

Carson is staying home from school for a day or two, until he's not in so much pain, and I've got to call the school and talk to his teacher to find out exactly what happened. I'm very annoyed at the whole situation. He's going to have to miss soccer, which he's been looking forward to all winter, and I'm not looking forward to seeing how much the emergency room visit is going to cost. We do have insurance, but we have a $1,000 deductible, so we'll end up paying for it out of our pockets.

I am going to get Carson settled in bed now, and I'm going to have him sleep with me in case he needs some pain medication or he needs to get up to go to the bathroom. Once he's laying down he can't get up by himself because it hurts too bad. I really hate the fact that my little boy is hurt, but he's actually taking it pretty good so that makes it a little easier.