My son’s graduation
Eddie graduated June 12, 2009. He hates it when I talk about him so I’ll try to be brief. Eddie was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 6. I used to think he was just “spirited” … Over the years we had good teachers and not so good teachers. We changed his meds I cannot tell you how many times. In 9th grade he flunked two classes and was just an emotional mess – we had to send him to Utah to a boy’s camp for 6 months. Those were some hard times…
When he came back from Utah we saw a definite improvement and he had caught up with school. Then in December 2007 he was diagnosed with lymphoma. He underwent surgery and chemotherapy - you can read my other CaringBridge blog for that story. He spent half his junior year in the hospital and wanted to be taken off his ADHD meds. More hard times…
This past year was challenging. He had to catch up on school work, regain strength, and worry about life after high school. Oh and my husband was in Afghanistan for 7 months, having left right after Eddie went into remission in April ‘08.
So you may be wondering what the big deal is about my son graduating – it’s a very big deal! We don’t call him Special Ed for nothing :)
