Sherry I am in the same situation you are. I'm just found out about
your e-mail and I would like to know if you already got some
suggestions about your problem. I am a school teacher also and I am
thinking about enrolling my son soon here. Please let me know what
you found out. My situation is like yours. I am surprised.

Yacqueline

--- In sbaofnc@yahoogroups.com, "Sherry Thurman" <thurman@...> wrote:
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> Well the time is near my son John will be going to Kindergarten!
The good thing is I will be teaching at the same school that he will
be at. I need advice! He is not cathed and he wears diapers /
goodnites. I have been working on a bowel program and he has been
consistent on most days. Do you allow him to go to the restroom
with the class and manage on his own and if he needs to be changed
he can come and get me or do I just set a schedule for him to use
the private bathroom and I meet him there? What have others done
who have children that are not cathed yet? I don't want him to be
dependent on me, but I want him to feel comfortable as he starts
school. Background info: He walks with braces but has good balance
and can pull down clothes and pull them up etc. He had not been
telling be when he has to use the bathroom or when he has a bowel
movement. I get upset because I think he plays me because he may
not be able to feel it, but he should be able to smell! Has other
parents experienced this and if so when did your child tell you they
were wet or had a bowel movement? I feel so fortunate to be able to
be at the same school to ensure he is well taken care of but I don't
want to hold him back. I have never treated him differently! Also,
do any of you have a toileting plan or a medical plan in place for
your child? If so could you share?
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> Sherry
> Mom to John will be 5 on 7/28. Lesion S1, walking, running, not
cathed, shunt. Leann 9 bright and loves her brother, also mothers
him!
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