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If you know me, see me out, talk to me you may not understand why I am writing a post. About why I am struggling. But today I am speaking out for myself and many other parents out there. As many of you will already know, I have a child with a chronic illness. This illness has robbed her of an important part of her life. She is 15 years old now and been ill since she was 12, so has never experienced the teenage years. Why I Am Struggling Every day I get up and wait for C to…
As you will know my Daughter C has a chronic illness. At 11.45pm on 31st December this marked her 4 year anniversary of living with ME 4 years on. How it all began For those who have only recently started to follow C was 11 years old when she became ill. She had been away with my parents and returned home with what we thought was a virus. Looking back now she never recovered from this and later on we learnt that she had in fact had Glandular Fever, a common trigger. She started Secondary school in the September and…
As parents we have all been there, with a child who is unwell. We have sat up at nights with them when they can not sleep, we have cleared away the sick. Changed beds at times we never knew existed during the night. Even bathing them some nights. We have nursed coughs and colds, sickness bugs, viruses, nursed their temperatures, soothed them. What do you do When your child is ill and you have no idea what is wrong. An ill child When your child has been ill for nearly a month. She has had tests that have thankfully all…
