Drama concluded

[nwhyte]

On Friday last week we had a major moment of family drama - B, our eldest, who is severely disabled and lives in permanent residential care 30 km away from us, went down with serious food poisoning and had to go into hospital. Because she can't talk and can be rather difficult if people mess with her (eg, giving her medicine, or more specifically

Comments

[mylescorcoran]

I'm so glad that B is on the mend. It must have been hell for you all.

Single parents have my slack-jawed admiration, particularly if they're holding down a full-time job too. I sometimes think that raising kids is properly a job for at least a half-dozen adults.

[anonymous]

Glad everyone is on the mend. Echo your sentiments re single parents. Nice to hear you express your appreciation for your better half. ;)

[yiskah]

Poor B and poor all of you. Glad to hear she's doing better.

[niamh_sage]

I'm very glad to hear that B is getting better. I agree with you regarding single parents! I don't know how they do it.

[nmg]

Glad to hear that B is getting better. How did U cope with the drama?

Edited to add: and F, obviously (but I think you'd said that he was staying with friends)