A new calling

So for a while now I've been trying to find my happy and find some rewarding work. I decided a few months ago that my happy is when I'm helping other families with special needs kids, other families like mine.

So I've taken on a part time job doing home visits and case management for kids with Virginia Medicaid. I've helped 5 kids so far and have a few new ones I'll meet with in the next few weeks. I'm planning on working one weeknight per week and then two weekends a month. I'm still working full time at AARP but this is turning out to be my passion.

I'm trying to get more involved in the community as well. 

*I sat in on a meeting a few weeks ago with some of the staff from our local Emergency Room and some other Moms to help make the hospital more receptive to special needs kids. The big issue is that the three times Cailyn went to that emergency room they put her in an ambulance and shipped her somewhere else. She hasn't needed to go to the ER for 2 years now (knock on wood) but if she had to go I would just drive her to the other ER a little further away to save the ambulance drive.

*I contacted a local woman who has a Foundation that helps Families with Special Needs kids and also loans equipment. We're going to a tea party for the Foundation next Saturday and we are going to check out the 2 loaner tricycles she has on site to see if one will fit Miss K. This woman will be a great contact for me and my future.

*Today I got an invite from a friend who is a nurse and professor at Shenandoah University. She is teaching a pediatrics class this summer and has asked me to come in and speak to her nursing students. I'm honored and very excited about this. I think I'll probably give a brief history on Cailyn, talk about how to treat special kids and their parents and answer any questions they have.