Updates All Around....

So this is an update about several things. First, Kian is still not back home in my care. It should be soon since I am doing everything that DHS wants. We are currently on our third caseworker and so far this one seems like the most straight forward and best one yet. Kian had the appointment with the CDRC on Friday. It made for a VERY long day for the little guy. They do believe he is possibly ADHD but they also said they think he is mentally retarded. No one that actually knows Kian agrees with that. Developmentally delayed yes....mentally retarded no. Kian's too smart and is starting to learn more rapidly. It is very hard to be able to get a firm diagnoses off one visit. Kian has always been kind of non-talkative with new people. So hopefully we can get a better idea after a few visits. He currently weighs 36 pounds 9 ounces and is 41 and a half inches tall. So that is pretty much what is currently going on. Now I am able to have visitations done here at the apartment. The cats aren't too sure about him yet since he has gotten bigger and did smell like dog which sent his cat Minx into a tizzy.....LOL. Other than that he's doing great!!!

DHS, Polk County & Drama....

Okay, so I have to deal with DHS for the moment. They took Kian on May 15th. All over a messy house. I WILL be getting him back and then I WILL be moving back to McMinnville where my family and support system is. Polk County and their corrupt politics can go to fucking hell. Kian is doing well as far as I have seen. He wants to come home. It's hard not having him here and not being able to see him every day. I have a wonderful attorney and hopefully this will be done and wrapped up within the next month. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. This has been hard all the way around. And they originally came to "talk" to me about Daniel and the founded for sex abuse. Supposedly anyway. The police report and everything is nothing but falsifications and accusations of extreme proportions and is completely untrue. Please don't let DHS into your home. That was my first mistake. They are NOT law enforcement. They will take ANYTHING you say and turn it around to use against you even if their statements aren't even remotely correct. Do NOT talk to them!!! And if you are brought under investigation for anything....hire yourself a PRIVATE attorney. The court appointed attorney works for them!!! Don't let yourself fall victim to their corruption. And most importantly get a power of attorney in place for your children so they can NOT remove them from the home and have to turn them over to your family instead of foster care!!! I am trying to let people know how to avoid this crap. And please if you don't listen to me then look it up online. Google has SOOOOOO many cases of situations like mine and others where DHS has overstepped their legal bounds and have torn families apart. One thing is they WILL NOT keep my son from me. And they have screwed up on my case that it's already going in my favor. But make sure if you face ANYTHING like this you find a way to hire a private attorney. That will be your saving grace. One you pay for is one who will fight FOR you not against you!!!

Updates....

Well, Kian is now 5 years old. No seizures since the February 15th occurrence. He had a check-up with his Dr. on the 11th which was Thursday. He weighs 36.4 pounds and is 40 and a half inches tall. So far the only thing I have noticed with the Keppra for the seizures is that it makes him more aggressive and angry. He gets really pissed off at times on it. And that I am told is one of the side effects. He has started the head butting and stuff again more since being on it. I am still working on getting the insurance changed over and may just need to go for an open-ended referral so we can actually get him to neurology. Anyway, the other is DHS is back. This time they have to talk to me about Daniel. Apparently they did not do a "threat to harm assessment" when he was arrested for sex abuse on his step-sisters or half-sisters about 15 years ago. Why they need to go through our place is beyond me since Daniel hasn't seen Kian since August 22nd of 2012 and before that it was February. He never wished him a Merry Christmas or a Happy Birthday or anything and he hasn't paid ANY child support since November 2012. BUT....here's the kicker he got engaged to the latest girlfriend. So, the DHS worker that was here advised me to work on having visitation and/or his rights terminated. Personally I would rather have his rights terminated so he can't keep popping in randomly and stirring Kian up. Kian actually doesn't even know him now anyway. So anyway, I have an appointment with the caseworker on the 16th in a few days. I hope that this can just be closed down and done with because I really am tired of dealing with them.

Just A Little Update....

So I awakened on the morning of Friday, February 15th to Kian crying and screaming and that is not his usual method of waking me up. Well he was in the midst of a small seizure. This one was different from the grand mal seizures he had had before though. Pretty much he was somewhat responsive and able to walk to the living room, he did grind his teeth and his eyes were rolling back and forth periodically and he would cry and fuss intermittently and his head would jerk a little but it was nothing compared to the full blown grand mal seizures he had in October and in January. SO, I gave him his meds after it was over and he napped most of the day and I kept and eye on him and called his doctor after the weekend was indeed over since it was a holiday weekend. We still have yet to get the whole OHP/CCO/Doctor changing crap straightened out but I REFUSE to relent to them telling me I cannot file an appeal since a woman from Molalla which is a lot farther away can be changed to flipping CareOregon to be able to KEEP her Doctor at PMC then DAMMIT I will file Discrimination since SHE doesn't have the medical needs that Kian and I do. You have to do what you have to do to protect your child/children and yourself and if it means going head to head with the state and local government and causing a shit storm....DO IT PEOPLE!!!! DO NOT let the government tell you what doctors you can see!!!!!

New Year's Start

Okay, well this year has already started with a bang. Kian had his first grand mal seizure on October 26, 2012. That time he was kept overnight in Salem Hospital for observation. I thought we were out of the woods. This time he had a seizure this morning. He's fine now for the most part and the ER Doctor started him on a seizure med he has to take every day twice a day. So tomorrow I need to get him in with Dr. Koenig and hopefully get the prior authorization for the sedated EEG going. The ER Doctor said now that he has had a second grand mal seizure he needs to have the EEG done. In more news, we are currently fighting with the state insurance to keep his primary care Doctor. I have filed the appeal and I am just waiting to hear from them. When the Oregon Health Plan went to the CCO's they basically took it upon themselves to tell anyone on OHP which Doctors they can and can not see. A zip code is all that stands between us from keeping our Doctors that we know and trust. Our caseworker at the Dallas DHS Branch royally screwed us over by not getting back to me the entire month of October for the paperwork I needed to be filed. We DID get the "Continuity of Care" letters from our Doctors and did put in the request but by the time our caseworker gave us the paperwork that needed to be filed it was too late to switch CCO's. SO....now I am appealing everything and praying it goes through for us. I REFUSE TO CHANGE DOCTORS!!!