starsweeper

He got arrested for domestic violence.

It sounds like you've basically deprogrammed yourself. Good for you. That's an unbelievable feat after 27 years.

My daughter is going through treatment for a brain tumor and her bill is creeping up on 2 million dollars. Thankfully(?) we have very little money and she's very young so she qualified for full coverage with Medicaid. The only thing we got a bill for was the ambulance that took us to the hospital the week before she was diagnosed. Not everyone has that option, but I thought I'd offer up some personal experience relevant to your question.

Would having personal experience help? I had a daughter who had a brain tumor that ended up making it necessary for her to have a trach, gtube, and ventilator. She had episodes of respiratory failure when she got upset and needed to be bagged by whoever was with her which was almost always me, on top of the regular trach care and tube feeding and whatnot. I was basically her nurse for 3 years without actually going to school. Now the next logical thing seems to be nursing school since I already have so much experience. I know that experience will help me in school because she was such a complex patient but I've wondered if it'll matter when I need to find a job once I'm done.

Thank you so much!