This year started out unlike any other I’ve ever experienced as a mother. My children had an average of three to five doctors’ appointments a week starting in January, until March when the pandemic was upon us and stay at home orders were in place. Allison was hospitalized in January for special testing, John had surgery in February to have […]
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Quarantine Helped My Child’s OCD
During a time when everyone is struggling with the effects of the coronavirus, myself included, I have found a silver lining. My daughter’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms have drastically decreased. Most people I talk to are beginning to have mental health problems stemming from the isolation and uncertainty of our future. But she is thriving in this stable, predictable environment […]