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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. So many comments. Thanks for the replies.

Not sure what to clarify at this point that I haven’t already said.

My hesitation in leaving him is primarily because it’s a long time to be away from him and I am unsure how I will do with it and how he will do with it. I worry  I worry 2 yo will really struggle without his brother. I could see it all being fine though-I’ll miss him for sure and feel guilty for sure. Those things go without saying. I don’t see them as reasons not to go.

DH and my mom have no reservations about this plan and we formulated it together.  DH is insisting on it. Any scenario in which anyone suffers lifelong emotional impact from this decision seems so remote that I am not concerned about it.

My sons condition is permanent and incurable. He has had seizures with our nanny. She was a nurse in her home country and has been with us at many of the medical appointments. We take seizure meds and have rescue meds for prolonged seizures, if he had to go to the hospital it would be better he be in our home city with the medical team we have here. He’s been seizure free for nearly 3 months though and it’s very unlikely that anything catastrophic will happen. [/quote]

Your risk assessment is on the likelihood. You need to examine it from likelihood and IMPACT. Low likelihood, but if it was a worst case scenario the IMPACT is enormous and life changing for everyone involved. Do you want to show up at the hospital and tell the medical staff, “sorry I’m late I was in the Caribbean” though I KNOW I have a medically fragile child.[/quote]

Op here. It wouldn’t be life changing. My arriving after the fact doesn’t mean he wouldn’t receive care. Our nanny would get him medical care, at a hospital that knows him, with a neurologist team who treats him now. I’ll be dialing in every step of the way. Of course I would always want to be there but he will receive care whether I am there or not.

Seizures in and of themselves are not harmful and we deal with them-they are not an emergency for a child like mine where we know and understand the cause and he’s receiving treatment.[/quote]

What if you get covid and have to quarantine abroad for weeks?[/quote]

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