tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post5832480487733176210..comments2023-12-26T03:00:35.586-07:00Comments on Run, Sickboy, Run - Cystic Fibrosis and Exercise: Cystic Fibrosis, Children and School - A Smooth Ride?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06849674714471543078noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-77696073049050517222009-10-07T11:47:29.489-07:002009-10-07T11:47:29.489-07:00My wife and I have four kids. Our third has CF. H...My wife and I have four kids. Our third has CF. He's four and a half. He started preschool at age two, like his older siblings did. The preschool has been great about handling his CF. <br /><br />The teachers keep the enzymes in the classroom and administer before snacks or lunch. Potty training was an issue, because last year, he could not start unless he was fully potty trained and he jdemotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916934493461002586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-69994901146645211052009-10-04T13:26:52.146-07:002009-10-04T13:26:52.146-07:00I was in public school and tried private and I was...I was in public school and tried private and I was never treated differently at either. My mom said that when I was little I had my friends wanting to take meds too. I think life is all what you make of it. I had a great time and no one noticed anything different about me. I think the only thing that is obvious about us cfers is our gas!!! That is way harder to hide than any pills :)Aftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977110738943833172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-67134836383268653852009-10-04T05:46:57.142-07:002009-10-04T05:46:57.142-07:00Interesting. I never even thought about school. I ...Interesting. I never even thought about school. I learn so much from you!!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202296893022308340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-53891933090772634282009-10-03T11:33:00.266-07:002009-10-03T11:33:00.266-07:00i definitly think kids should go to school. Qualit...i definitly think kids should go to school. Quality of life is just as important as our health. When i would take my enzymes in elementry school, i remeber one girl asking me "hattie are you baking a cake??" haha i was mixing up my enzymes into apple sauce, since i couldn't swallow them yet.HArmstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128305414669765747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-48364224460731916922009-10-03T11:24:42.965-07:002009-10-03T11:24:42.965-07:00oh, i just had my yearly conference with the teach...oh, i just had my yearly conference with the teachers and it went very well. the main thing i tell them is that i will have their neck if i catch them treating my child differently (bad OR good... especially preferential treatment). my guy wants to be like every other kid, so we make sure that happens, even if behind the scenes things are modified. he does not have an iep or 504... we just write Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896271627723253157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-46684777660888535102009-10-03T07:24:51.506-07:002009-10-03T07:24:51.506-07:00This topic interests me so much because I'm an...This topic interests me so much because I'm an elementary school teacher and I have an infant with CF. Unfortunately I do not have experience yet with a child in school with CF, but I can say that kids go in and out of the room all day long for all sorts of things (speech, extra reading, bilingual, inhalers at nurse, etc.) and the rest of the kids are used to it. They may ask questions at Kerry Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020284803668011247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8121963203914214070.post-62031278062167819452009-10-03T01:47:15.905-07:002009-10-03T01:47:15.905-07:00well our little boy was due to start school in sep...well our little boy was due to start school in september but we were advised to wait until after the swine flu vacine.hopefully that will be october and hes looking forward to going then,more for the company than anything else.kids with CF need to interact with other kids i think.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279167799229730573noreply@blogger.com