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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things can't be fair and you can't keep score. You need to focus on the greater good of the family. [/quote]

Both parents need to do this.  IME, it is difficult for both parents to have fulltime bigtime careers and have typical healthy children with out major outside support.  Some people rely on family, some hire a higher level nanny, some end up sacrificing one of the careers for a more family freindly one or sah for a while.  When you add a child that has more needs than the average- it is even harder.

The options are for your DH to find a less stressful and time consuming job that is more family friendly, for you (OP) to pick up the slack, or for you (plural) to hire it out - or hire out other things so you can do the DRs visits.  Things you can hire out easily: lawncare, house cleaning, taking kids to after school activities/tutors/therapies, cooking, grocery shopping.  (If you get paid the big bucks, sometimes you need to spend the big bucks to get time with family)

Is your DC's condition likely to be this way for the foreseeable future or is it a temporary two to three year issue?  
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