Left brain just standing there, waiting....
Backstory
Years of chaos, destruction,problems, bewilderment, anger, frustration, then a breakthrough and brief relief, the latter of which would soon fall to the floor like a lead balloon. I finally resigned myself to no good answers, no resolution in our quest for normal development and family life. Then a glimmer of hope. Special Pants did a 4 hour evaluation in a neurophysiology clinic. The results enlightened us all.It's no wonder this child struggles. Born to an addicted Mom, who used 3-5 street drugs of choice. She said she couldn't stop smoking and drinking either. She used multiple prescriptions for insomnia, cleptomania, mercurial mood swings, asthma, and depression and anxiety. In the first 8 weeks after birth with her, Special Pants had to withdraw from cocaine, was underweight, neglected and filthy dirty. It was the trip to the crack house with Birth Mom that had the police taking this baby to Social Services and looking for someone else to change the diapers and hopefully set up a regular feeding, loving, and bathing schedule. We took over and the problems immediately became evident. They have continued for years. Why was this smart, witty, beautiful child so hard; struggling and creating chaos, destruction? Very unfamiliar territory for this adoptive family.
Now, after the recent neuro-physiological assessment, we've discovered a huge missing piece to the puzzle! We now know that an extemely underdeveloped right brain pouts and won't talk to the almost mature left one causing impulsivity or problems to litter everyones path. Turns out we just might not be crazy afterall.
by skyrocketjones in Six-Word Memoirs on Jun 28, 2012 | 
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skyrocketjones says,
Thanks, RBW. It's becoming all too common from what we hear. May your mothers youth be renewed and peace ensue if she's still with you.oopsalittle says,
Sky - best wishes. A difficult and loving story.Kudos on feature too
JAD says,
Thank God for the breakthrough and recent assessment.canadafreeze says,
Love and understanding can do so much. You have a long road ahead of you, but it sounds as though you are getting the right tools to help you raise your beautiful child.NumbrOneAunt says,
sky - you and your family have both my deep admiration and my prayers for your child's future.DynamicDbytheC says,
Sky, you are a beautiful person to stepping up to the plate while most want to run. I worked with children and sometimes the drugs in their systems can cause real physical and neurological damage. Knowing what you have can help work to get to a new level with this little one. Keep us in the sixes on your journey. Beautiful memoir and backstory.KharisJo says,
Great story sky, it must be a relief to have some answers. I hope that with therapy your child will continue to develop and improve - the brain is remarkable at overcoming its problems sometimes.Best wishes to you all.skyrocketjones says,
It's much appreciated that you all took time to read a bit of our life in this memoir and backstory and to comment as well. It's been a journey for sure these 15 years and we keep going. Thank you all for the encouragement.L2L3 says,
Glad the mystery has begun to evaporate. Still, lots of hard work for all of you. Congrats on BOTW!BanjoDan says,
Thanks for sharing Sky and i wish you and your family the best.mzejay says,
Touching story. Best wishes for you and your family.scribbling_scribe says,
we need more loving, patient, committed people like you in this world sky!skyrocketjones says,
Everyone's heartbreak/revelation goes by different names or labels for sure. And patience (for us) has been built incident by incident. My humble thanks to all of you.ba_miracle says,
Tough, tough situation...I hope for you much peace or as much as you can get as often as you can get it.P.S. You might want to hold on to a little of that crazy to help you through the insanity.