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Anyone's kids shipping out Jan 7th,2009??

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At 3:39am on January 17, 2009, MIMI said…
OH Gina...please feel free to delete my post. I just wanted to give you the science, that's all.
At 3:38am on January 17, 2009, MIMI said…
gina and all. I was browsing and found your cry for help and thought I'd give some facts.
Fisrts, i have been a nurse for 20 yrs and have tested kids in the ER for drugs. False positive is a small small chanch. Don't even go there, he smokes pot. In this day and age, big deal. All the other things he could be doin' ...please! somebody needs to relax.
Heres the deal. the drug is stored in fat cells. So it can stay there up to about 3 months. Before this, he was out in the real world and there are many ways to mess with a drug test. esp. for Pot. you can take OTC pills everyday, you can drink a tea, there a few things, or you can have someone elses pee in a botle. They tape it to there inner thigh in a ziploc baggie, that way it stays warm, LOL. Oh these kids are nothing if not inventive...anyway. Your son probably hasn't smoked in a month or so, cleaning himself up and trying to go straight. The problem is, if he doesn't have much body fat, he isn't burning much either, so it has stayed in his fat cells, and is excreted a little at a time, and for the whole 3 months or so, he will be positive.
The military has a BIG drug problem, so, anybody doing drugs before hand, they want not much to do with as the temptation to go back to it will be a risk. and they have enough problem with it in the first place.
Can I say here, I am in No way judging you , or your son. and I think this is a shame , and I know you're upset. BUT, believe me, it could be so much worse, and I hope everything works out for you and your family.
( having said that, if it were my kid, I'd kill him, LOL. figuritivly, and when he got home, he would be in school, and paying for it himself or working full time and paying me rent. This could be just the lesson he needed???) sometimes they give a separation, and let them try again in 6 months or so ...but he will have to beg.
Call the lab at your local hospital and check my facts if you want. God luck.
At 12:02pm on January 16, 2009, Rose R said…
Gina, I posted links about FALSE POSITIVES in marajuana testing on your blog. Check them out. Share the info with your son if he thinks this is a mistake. Good luck.
At 10:35pm on January 15, 2009, Rose R said…

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At 7:57pm on November 12, 2008, Karen Lopez said…
Hi Gina-Welcome. Good luck to you and your son. Enjoy these next few months. My son was DEP and I know that I was glad to have those few months after he first swore in to spend time with him. I just got the form letter with his address today. It was a relief to get those few lines because I know now that he is doing well and he made the right decision. Stay in touch.
Karen
At 12:01pm on October 13, 2008, Alicia Texas mother of Chris/A blue candle mom said…
Been down that road of "not doing well" Our son there now went through his JR> year making only 2 credits.... tried everything...then...... now this year he is doing very well, I even tried to get him into CLHS middle of last year but they would take him because He had two many credits...then he thought he wanted to home school...then after two days of no contact he decided well back to SVHS. At the end of last year he knew if he did not go to summer school, get credit he would take his GED and not graduate surprsie surprise the teacher he hated most last year he is making an A in his class now...ENGLISH at that and he hates English. Josh did not want to give up Choir and I believe that is what is getting him through right now... I think the kids lost in the shuffle at SVHS and that if you don't play football you are not accepted, I think there are other issues the kids mention sometimes but not often.... and they found it hard to fit in. When they played football & basketball in jr. high was not a problem.. When they quit that and began to sing with the choir lost some of the friend base they had had. They made new friends but constantly heard from the boys and coaches.."You were good why did you quit" One coach called JW a quitter and he would quit the rest of his life like the "others". I told JW what did he mean by the "others". Well, long story short my son did have a rough Junior year and he went to school and did nothing every day for a year doing just what the old coaches thought he would do....then the middle of this summer he came back swinging and is not looking back. Ms. Ingraham told him after summer school...when he quit playing around with his education "Josh you will kick ass and take names"... surprisingly I believe that little faith from a teacher who would not give up on him has made a difference. Would I live last year with that child over again? I hope not. When we got these three younger children I asked my husband. Do we want to go through teenagers again in 10 years.... that was the big question and last year... JW reminded me why I asked that question 10 years ago everyday. This year I remember why I answered yes 10 years ago...... because it is work to raise teenagers, not everyone of them no matter how good of parenting you do have a easy growing up period. Challanging is sometimes the best answer for raising a teenager. Pulling him out was probably a good idea..JW would not transfer to memorial, or do home school so we had to trudge along and pray he would wake up before he dropped out. He will be 18 in Dec... if he had not made a change he would have had to GED. And by the end of last year I would have accepted that over drop out. We have 5 kids that have graduated and JW would have been the first "ged" or drop out...my older son said mom if he drops out 6 out of 7 is pretty good... I said.... I want 7 out of 7 that is the goal..I will not give up on him...

My daughter home shcools her children.. she has 5 and one is 17 now. Different kids need different things and there is no one pattern and to take yours out I am sure was a hard decision but it seems as parents we have to try any tool in our tool box to help our sons and daughters... Amen to you and I pray for his success
At 8:58pm on October 12, 2008, Alicia Texas mother of Chris/A blue candle mom said…
Gina,,,my son Josh who is a sophomore said he had class with Jordon his soph year in speech. Showed him the picture and he remembers him... how old your other son and is he at SVHS now.
Have a good week.
At 8:38pm on October 10, 2008, Alicia Texas mother of Chris/A blue candle mom said…
Will ask Chris and I still have another son at SVHS who is a senior. My daughter is a soph at CLHS now. I really like her being over there...She will be a junior before she attends school with Senior Boys..that sure has been a positive for her.. and peace of mind for me... ha ha
At 2:48pm on October 10, 2008, Alicia Texas mother of Chris/A blue candle mom said…
Well, it is a small world...we live just out of Sattler between dam and river. Chris graduated from Smithson Valley last year and was a member of the choir. Thanks for driving the school buses I know that is a hard and thankless job at times. Wow maybe we should do coffee sometime. Good to hear from you.
At 6:17am on October 9, 2008, Karen Gallagher said…
welcome aboard!

We are so glad you are here and look forward to hearing about your sailor This is is a great support group or all of you from boot camp to the fleet.

What is your sailor doing with the navy?


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