Josh Moll

Hi everyone,

a fun pro TV watching story.

My son (18) has watched all the House (MD hospital Fox series, probably over 80
hours of watching) series the past months, probably triggered by me being in and
out of the hospital all the time. And when my eye-nerve infection came back he
said to me, what if it wasn't Lyme's disease, but what if it was two different
things at the same time? Lyme is gone but the eye nerve thing isn't? We asked my
doctor the same question, not telling it was Olaf's House watching, making us
question this.

They took a fresh look at everything, gathered new data and yesterday we got a
totally new diagnosis because of it. Lyme's disease is really gone and the nerve
infection is a rare symptom of a immune system illness, that can at least be
treated symptomatically.

We told him that his question made a huge difference, and got a good talk about
what made House so interesting to him (the logical puzzles) and he suddenly sees
himself working/studying as information analyzer.

So hurray for excessive TV watching!

Greetings, Josh

wtexans

===They took a fresh look at everything, gathered new data and yesterday we got a totally new diagnosis because of it. Lyme's disease is really gone and the nerve infection is a rare symptom of a immune system illness, that can at least be treated symptomatically.===

Wow, talk about connections!! Good news about the Lyme disease, and that the symptoms of the nerve infection can be treated.


===got a good talk about what made House so interesting to him (the logical puzzles)===

I love when my son gives me that kind of information about shows, books, games, and other things he enjoys! It gives me added insight to his interests, but it also gives me a whole new perspective about a show I might not have otherwise considered watching or a game that I might initially consider too gory for me based on the cover art.


===he suddenly sees himself working/studying as information analyzer.===

Medical problems can take a certain amount of control away. I know that when I am or a family member is dealing with medical problems, I like to get online and read at various medical websites -- I feel like I have a bit more control when I'm informed about options, pros and cons of medications, etc. Maybe that's how it feels for your son?

It reminds me of something Sandra posted on Unschooling Partnerships in a discussion about expectations: "Question everything. Think." Instead of expecting the doctors to think of all the possibilities and have all the answers, your son is gathering and analyzing information so that you all can, individually and as a team with your doctors, question and think. That's pretty cool.


Glenda

k

>>>I love when my son gives me that kind of information about shows, books, games, and other things he enjoys! It gives me added insight to his interests, but it also gives me a whole new perspective about a show I might not have otherwise considered watching or a game that I might initially consider too gory for me based on the cover art.<<<

I love when I think something my son is interested in watching so much
of is "just" a game he likes and is into a great deal. I had no idea
how many Mario games were produced-- it's not just a couple of them.
Gosh no! I haven't tried counting but it's a LOT. He keeps asking me
to look up more that I don't think could exist but they then there
they are when I look them up. Ha. They are stories built on stories,
and this leads to fanfic which I have spent tons of time reading to
Karl. Last night, he came and got me to watch a Bakugan episode with
him, in which a grown son went back in time to play Bakugan with his
mother when she was a very young child. I wish I could have heard all
that was said but even pictorially it was something to see the
character spending this time with his mom, and the game was a way to
understand even more someone who he missed. It was more than just a
game. It was more than neat that Karl especially asked me to watch
that with him.

I have watched House only like one episode worth and I found myself
wondering if the things that were happening could really happen in
real life, and yes they do. Those x-rays of spinal injuries in 1st
vertebrae (Atlas it's called) were not exaggerations, as I thought
they might be. People can actually survive extensive injuries and
disease processes. I was so skeptical of this when watching ER years
ago. It's possible. \\

So glad to hear the Lyme disease is gone! :D I didn't know that it
could be over with. That's fantastic. I was under the impression that
it wasn't really gone.

~Katherine

Sandra Dodd

Josh, I added that here. It's wonderful, and I hope they're able to
get your eye problem all cleared up.

Unexpected Learning: Unschoolers and TV
http://sandradodd.com/t/learning

Sandra

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Pam Sorooshian

On 7/20/2010 1:26 AM, Josh Moll wrote:
>
> We told him that his question made a huge difference, and got a good
> talk about
> what made House so interesting to him (the logical puzzles) and he
> suddenly sees
> himself working/studying as information analyzer.

Go HOUSE!!! And your son.

And Hugh Laurie speaking in an American accent! (But, why??? One just
wonders.)

Just told Rosie your story - love it. We're also big House fans and,
yes, it is for the logic puzzle aspect of the show (and Hugh Laurie).

-pam