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Rant! My son has Mono!

April 10th, 2010 at 05:59 pm

Arghhhh! Final exams for my son in university start on Monday. Yesterday he was diagnosed with mono. He's in a lot of pain and sleeps continuously. Unfortunately the program he is in does not offer deferrals for exams. Exams are worth 60% - 70% of his grade. In one course in particular he failed the midterm (altho the average on the midterm was 1% less than his result so the whole class is failing). So this means he may lose this course and others if they base his grades on his term work. The long and short is that he might lose his term, and therefore his year. Without his year he can't take the 12 month co-op job he is supposed to start in September. While I am naturally concerned about his health first and foremost, I am also aware of the loss of $20,000 which is the cost of one year at school. And the loss of $39K the co-op placement would have paid him. The poor kid! I just want to pick him up from school and make the big bad world go away.

No one told me parenting was this hard!

In other news, the EF for the investment property has grown a little. Hard to make it build without a job. Hopefully I'll land something very soon.

5 Responses to “Rant! My son has Mono!”

  1. MonkeyMama Says:
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    Bummer!!!! Poor guy! Any way he can make it to exams? Work something out with his professors???

    I was sick with mono all through my first college exams. I didn't get diagnosed with mono until afterwards. I was pretty bed ridden for a month - thought I Was going to die. I felt lucky I was able to start the next semester in time, and certainly that I had made it through my exams - I felt terrible. But if exams had been a few days later there would have been no way. I don't think taking the exams later would have helped, either. My brain turned to mush being so sick for so long. I always felt very lucky, I can hardly imagine getting sick a different week in the year without it meaning an entire semester redo. I really hope you can work something out.

  2. Ima saver Says:
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    That is a shame, hope he gets better quickly!

  3. Miclason Says:
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    They won´t do a deferral even with a doctor certification that he IS sick? (and, with an infectious disease, to boot!)...

  4. crazyliblady Says:
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    I guess his school would rather everyone be sick with mono than to defer his exams for a month or so until he is feeling better?

  5. Jerry Says:
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    With a disease like mono, which can be clearly documented, the university needs to cut your kid some slack! (Or go share big sloppy kisses with him, so that they can get a first-hand feeling for the effects of mono, perhaps?) You might have the physician call the university health center, or someone there, to explain the situation... that probably wouldn't even cost you an insurance co-pay. Anyway, I hope he is feeling better soon and that this leads to some sort of just resolution!
    Jerry

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