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Hey Teresa,
I'm sorry you had to find this place but glad you did because there's years of experience here.
Your life will change no doubt but as long as your son keeps a positive attitude you'll be ok.
I'm really glad his friends are still around and I hope they have staying power, so many of us have the same story when it comes to friends and he'll soon find out who his real friends are and to my surprise it's usually the ones you least expect that step up to the plate.
As far as not embarrassing him that's not going to be easy I was embarrassed for 3 years after my accident but I wasn't at home either.
I would suggest just talking to his friends one on one and explain that there's things you have to do that he wouldn't want them to know and expect them to cooperate with his schedule and respect his privacy.
I hope things go his way and he makes plans to go to school.
It's very important to keep him in a normal setting and get out as much as possible.
Mark
-------Original Message-------
Date: Thursday, August 12, 2004 13:54:39
Subject: [QUAD-L] New to this
Hello all,
I would just like to introduce myself. My name is Teresa and I live in Fort Worth Texas. My son was injured on May 30, 2004, c4-c7 and t1 and t2. This has drastically changed all of our lives and I have been looking for support wherever I can find it. He just got out of TIRR a rehab in Houston, and will be returning in a couple aof months for his 2nd phase.
We have already had problems with him getting SSI and insurance is one big headache. Im so glad there are places like this and it has been interesting reading all the mail.
Any suggestions on getting acclamated to home? It hard sticking to a schedule and with his friends around all the time makes it more so, but we want to encourage them to come around not discourage it. How do we stay on top of things without embarrassing Stephen?
He is only 16.
Teresa
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