I’ve been silent for awhile, the extreme isolation, struggling to keep myself afloat and my child alive has literally broke me. My child recently turned 9. I’d like to say there was a celebration. Yet, it was just us at home struggling to get through the day.

There is no support system for chronically ill, disabled parents caring for disabled children who have chronic, complex medical conditions. We are either forced to tough it out while living in eternal isolation, or fear death by allowing caregivers in our home who couldn’t give a shit that their Covid exposure risk could literally kill us.

The ongoing abuse I’ve witnessed my child experience from structural ableism and medical providers. The weight of it all is crushing us, and there’s no one to hold unto, there’s no support network. It’s obvious abled folx and society would rather we just rot isolated indefinitely, ostracized, alone.
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Weird pandemic moment #5937: Kiddo lost another baby tooth, and this time it bled more than other times. Thankful that as far as we know, she's a novid, and this just might be further proof of that. No blood clots, micro or otherwise were in evidence today. Also grateful that this tooth came out, as we were slightly worried that its replacement might be coming in crooked and we'd have to see a dentist sooner rather than later, which of course is fraught with covid risk. Fingers crossed that the permanent tooth will straighten out now. #Covid #PandemicParenting

On this day, three years ago, my partner decided the best way to continue our kid's musical education was to buy everyone their own personal recorder.

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In boring #PandemicParenting news: Days BOTH kids have been at school over the last 2 weeks = 1 (yes, ONE day, singular). My partner has to bear the brunt of it during term time, I try to pick up the slack while I am home. And no, this is not sustainable.
Manifesting the power of herbal tea for 12yo. #PandemicParenting