First a bit of medical background. My son, affectionately know as the Turkey, Turkey Boy, Turkey Sandwich, Super Turkey, Turkey Skywalker, etc, was diagnosed when he was a little over a year old with IgAD – Immuno globulin A deficiency. This is an immune system deficiency, essentially. Since this particular Ig guards the mucous membranes, what happens is that any ookies that could get through to him that way will. What is more interesting is that this is hereditary, and it wasn’t until a few years after his diagnosis that I got mine of Rheumatoid Arthritis, one of the possible later complications of his disease (another would be Lupus).
I have in the past had his doctors send a note to his daycares to inform them that because of the immune system deficiency, he has not had the required immunizations. I don’t get a lot of flak usually, but today is the Turkey’s kindergarten roundup, which means a new school for me to present his exemption to. When I presented the dr’s note and a print out from the web on his condition to his current preschool, the director told me of the procedures for getting him into kindergarten this year. She said I would have to mail something to Austin, get something notarized, and more and more. But from my research, that’s only for exemptions of conscience, which is not quite the case here. For the record, my 13yo is vaccinated, and she and I have even discussed the Gardisil vaccine. According to what I’ve read, my doctor’s letter should be good enough for a lifetime exemption, since this is a lifetime condition.
So now, armed with my note on Brody’s doctor’s prescription pad, I get to face the schools this afternoon. And you guys know how I dread school officials. I even had an anxiety dream this morning about missing the first part of the “meeting” and being embarassed walking in late in front of all the other parents. Is it bad that I’m having embarassing school dreams, and it’s not even my school?
