This week is going to be a rough week in this house. On Wednesday I will have my 4th knee surgery. It's the 3rd one on my right knee. I tore the cartilage in it. I have no idea how I did that. Not to mention that last week I slipped and fell on the stairs coming in the house and might have messed it up even more, but that's ok they are fixing it! I don't have a time yet, just the day.
Thomas will not understand what is going on. This will rock his little world. Sure I've had surgery, actually more than one since they've been born but not since we've known about the Autism. Not that that makes a difference but things now are more rigid, the schedule is more set and he has a routine every single day that really does not vary or change by much. On Wednesday I'm probably going to mess that up for several weeks. The house is going to turn upside down and then on top of that everyone is going to start back to school.
All of them are going to different schools and starting at different times. Thomas doesn't realize that he will not be with Sissy next year nor do I think that she really has grasped the concept that he will not be with her. My oldest will be a 4th grader and everyone goes and different times during the day. Not to mention that into the mix of that we are going to throw mom who just had knee surgery and needs to go to orientation, IEP meetings, get Thomas to OT, drop off and pick up, etc. Our typical day on a Monday after everyone has started will go like this: My oldest will have to be at his school by 8 so we will leave the house around 7:45 ish. Thomas then needs to go across town to his school and be in by 8:30 and finally Sissy needs to go a short distance from there and be in her preschool by 9. Mom can then come home and clean, relax, run errands, whatever until the pickup process begins which will be : Sissy is picked up at 1 and can come home because we don't pick Thomas up until around 2 and then we need to book it across town to get brother by 2:30-3. This will be the biggest issue because I can guarantee that Thomas will be hungry and thirsty so I will always need to be prepared with a snack and drink (Yoohoo) so that we can go get in line for brother because the line there gets long, quick and you don't want to wait in the very back of the line especially with Thomas who is ready to get him and GO!
I'm just praying that this week goes well for me, for them, for everyone! I hope and pray that everything with each of them and their schools goes well. I'm very worried for Thomas and Sissy being separated. I know it is going to be difficult for me, I will be very emotional. Due to my surgery I have had to cancel some appointments for him that we really needed to get to and I just could not get there. So if you are a praying person, send one up for Thomas because sometimes change is the hardest thing to accept.
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