Lynn
Posted : 10/25/2006 12:47:03 PM
Angel,
I'm so sorry. Yes, your uncle could be right. Mold is a really nasty thing, and could be causing your children's illnesses. I will pray for you to find a safe place and quickly. When you get a moment, find a really good health store that's been around for years and ask advice on what to give to help your children build back up. I wouldn't get a ton of stuff, b/c too many things just get to be tooooo much to take at once. But, a multi once a day (good quality with the types of minerals that are absorbable, and dosed for a child so that they don't get too much), would be a good start. Also, giving a small amount of a multi B at a seperate meal will help their body with the stress and a C as well at this meal when you don't give the multi. I would definately add in some basics. Multi at breakfast and the C and B at dinner. Do buy a good brand.
As for your grandmother - she is getting older, and is probably easily upset more now. She can't really help you solve the problem, and she may have felt stressed out that you have a problem that she can't help with. And she might be scared that you will move farther away from her. Sometimes fear comes out as anger b/c we don't know how to address the fear. I'm sure she loves you, and her yelling at you was another thing you didn't need right now. But, try as best you can to keep it in perspective and remember that it is an isolated incident. Try and overlook her yelling and consider it her inability to process the information and frustration and fear. Again, I'm sure she is upset at what you are going thru and just is unable to show that in a proper way.
As for changing schools, I can completely understand why you feel the way that you do, especially with your background. But, that issue is not nearly as important as it was. If your house is making your kids sick, then the priority of staying in the same school has went down the ladder drastically. It is now a far less important issue than getting your kids into a safe, healthy home and working on letting their bodies regain health.
So, look around and find a good school, then start looking in that area to move to. I know this isn't your first choice. But, getting out of that house is now the priority, and that may mean changing schools for your kids. I know that's a tough pill to swallow - but it just has to be a secondary issue now.
Go ahead and contact a real estate person - they might have knowledge of a home that you can rent that will still be in your current school system. This is a tremedous amount of stress now. But you can do this - for your kids sake as well as yours.
You know what else? This same mold could be wrecking havoc on you and that might be causing you to feel so overwhelmed. Because your body may be staying busy and overloaded in dealing with this toxin, so here comes along another problem and your body just doesn't want to deal with anything else. So, it would make sense that you would feel overwhelmed. But you can do it!
If you go to church, now would be a good time to rally support. Not just in prayers, but in people helping you to look for a place, and helping with the actual move. And, of course, you've got us! We will definately be here for support as much as we can.
Take a deep breath and know that you can conquer this! Start making a list so that the things needing to be done are on paper. When you leave all those details in your head - it just gets too much to carry around. And when you list those things that need to be done, and they seem impossible to get to - just remember - you only have to do one thing at a time - and just move the important stuff up to the top and let the unimportant details just wait.
lynn