Lucky

I was thinking in awe yesterday when I got a message from Max's therapist.  He is so very lucky to have gotten such luck with a SOOO supportive team.  His therapist is on board with giving his letter for surgery and also willing to help us if we start a Transforming families chapter.  I can't say enough about the HUGE support his Endo Dr has given us.  With this support and guidance our appointment is made for the consultation for top surgery!  I won't leave out the HUGE support he has from his mentors and friends we have met on this journey.  Now if we can just get this same support from school, then maybe he can just be a happy kid!!

Currently, I'm fighting with an ONLINE school about changing his letter from F to M!  Really, what does it matter who is sitting at the other side of the computer.  I'm getting the "we will get back to you" again, like I did when we signed him up.  I even explained that it is beyond just a letter to us.  Our biggest safety issue with it revolves around going to testing.  Max has to go to a live testing site with the other kids to take state tests.  They have to prove who they are for this, to avoid people taking tests for them.  I get this.  However, we show ID and my son looks like a boy.  The paperwork says "female".  Then  I have to explain the reason for this in front of other parents and kids he doesn't know, this out's him to everyone.  Not only creating a safety issue for him, but also anxiety in him, making test taking difficult.  They didn't seem to care about that, just that his letter match his "documentation" (birth cert).  I explained that in a few weeks I will be able to have documentation (passport and state ID) that states M.  This is when I got the "we will get back to you".  UGH

Speaking of....Friday is the day, Jim and I (both have to be present) are going to the passport office, armed with our "letter" from the Dr, and ordering Max's passport.