[blparent] nightmares

[trishs]

V..  That brought tears to my eyes.  Poor Gab!  Thank God she has 
you for an understanding mom.  Way to go!

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net
>To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:31:19 -0700
>Subject: [blparent] nightmares

>On Monday gab got an invitation to her best friend's birthday 
party.  the plan was to go to the movie Coreena, a movie much 
like the nightmare before christmas and then they would go back 
to Claire's for cake and ice cream.  sounds harmless enough.
>Monday night gab started having these really weird nightmares.  I 
thought it was because she was getting sick and by thursday, she 
had a super sore throat and a runny nose and not much of a voice.  
Every night she would whine and cry and refuse to sleep for more 
than a few minutes at a time.  I slept with her one night and she 
slept with us another.  I finally told her she had to sleep in 
her own bed and she had to stay there/ no whining.  i couldn't 
imagine what it was- an attention getter or what.
>So finally last night I was completely exhausted and so was she I 
went into her room and sat on the bed and she kept saying her 
chest hurt, her stomach achedf and she wanted to cry but could 
not.
>I thought and thought and finally put 2 and 2 together.  I 
thought about what happened Monday and then remembered that 
invitation.  I said, Gab, you don't have to go to that movie if 
you don't want to."  She burst into tears and said she was afraid 
of it and didn't want to go.  I told her no one could force her  
to do anything except her mom and dad and maybe her teachers, but 
not her friends.
>She whimpered a little more and slept like a very tired baby and 
so did we.  Let me tell you, sometimes it's hard being a mom and 
i thought it was hard when she was tiny and couldn't tell me the 
problem.  It even happens now at age 9.  V

>Smile and have a fantabulous day! Veronica
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