Waiting to Hear "Momma" (eBook)

A Mother's Memoir

Lucille Messina (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
316 Seiten
SpecialChild Press, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-7336662-1-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Lucille, the mother of a medically fragile child, is traveling an emotional rollercoaster caring for her special-needs child as she desperately searches for a diagnosis. What had happened to her daughter? What did she do wrong?

You are placed in her business world where bosses do not want a mother with this baggage. The mind-boggling callousness she observed from adults, professionals, and a waitress in a restaurant tells another tale. Amid trying to adapt to her life as a mother, she herself develops a life-threatening condition.

Can her husband Karl be strong enough to sustain her and their marriage?

With each unexpected trip to the emergency room, Lucille knows there is a chance she will arrive too late to say goodbye.

Who will help this broken mother survive and accept the future? The obsessive worry and stress take a tremendous toll. Will she decide her mental pain is too great?

Waiting to Hear “Momma”  takes you into the world of a family in crisis that can be dark with gut-wrenching moments often experienced by those who are at the end of their rope. Yet, a wish is granted in an extraordinary way. This candid memoir will open readers’ eyes and hearts.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments xi

Prologue xv

Sweeping the Clouds Away 1

Just Pray She Is Only Blind 9

EEG Results 15

Returning to Work 29

Baby Photos 39

Toy Store and Christmas Gifts 45

Group Counseling 49

Friend at Work 57

Dark Clouds Become Darker 61

Walk to the Park Swing 73

Depression and the Deep Hole 79

Escape Reality One Day; Slapped in the Face the Next 87

Counselor at Work 91

Therapist Calls at Home 95

Lake George Vacation 99

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau 105

Medicaid 115

AHRC Saturday Respite Program 121

Genetic Testing 127

Ferncliff Manor 137

Hip 149

The Phone Call 157

Hospital Release; Then the Harley 167

One Step Back 173

Scoliosis Brace 181

Every Child Should Fly 191

New York State and Medically Fragile Children 197

St. Mary’s 219

Another Child? 233

Pope John Paul II 243

October 251

Free 259

Black Dress 269

Momma 273

Assessment 277

Reflection 287

Afterword 289

Would you do the author a favor? 295

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.7.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Schlagworte: Age-appropriate Residential Facilities • Caregiver for Special Needs • Cerebral palsy • critical care • Depression • ethics • Faith • Home Care for Children with Special Needs • Inspirational • Medically Fragile • Mental Health • Parents of Children with Special Needs • Suicide
• ISBN-10: 1-7336662-1-4 / 1733666214
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7336662-1-3 / 9781733666213