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80 percent.

"How are you monitoring his seizures when you're head is in that book?" I asked my husband mid-morning a few days ago... "Exactly the same way you do when you're Facebooking, online shopping and whatever else you do on your phone..." he snapped back, as if he was pulling his comeback out of his back pocket, almost relieved to have been able to finally use it. Things are getting stressful. Things are progressing faster than we imagined. Marriage is hard work. I know I've heard many people say that in the past, I've blown them of for using such a lame cliche over and over. But, marriage is HARD WORK. Staying married while having a child with severe and chronic health issues is nearly impossible work. I remember when Dermot had just turned one. About the time I started reading a ton of books on parenting kids with special needs, I read a frightening statistic. 80% of all couples with special needs children divorce . Holy shit. Those odds