PART II: Mr N

Last I blogged in 2016, Mr N was in high school and doing very well academically, socially and health wise. After grade 7, we decided to move him not to a public high-school, but a private one. It's a very unique school that tutors in our home-language, but offered the Cambridge exams. He enjoyed high school a lot, did very very well, had so much fun and made life-long friends.

Unfortunately, around age 15-16, he started to notice absent seizures during class. It was confirmed as such via an EEG (later on only, at first not), and since then he has been back on his medication. So it was just a nice 4-year break for him, before having to go back on the meds. Still, we cannot complain. The medication controls it well, and he functions well on it. And relatively speaking, he's on low doses comparing to others with his particular type of epilepsy. (Unfortunately we had to up his doses to more medium-levels. It has worked well to contain breakthrough seizures, and maybe we can get him free enough to be able to get a driver's license and still be a safe driver.)

He completed his IGCSE exams age 16, and thereafter also his A- and AS-level exams through Cambridge (UK) when he was 18. We were so proud of him.

After school he entered into an on-the-job training program based on his excellent A-level Computer Science knowledge. Once he completed the year, they offered him full-time employment as a programmer (IT software developer). Only those living in our country would know how exceptionally rare it is to get a job directly out of matric. Let alone precisely what you want, and at a good salary. It was a true gift from God.

He has started his degree part time at a private university as well. So not only has he a full-time job in exactly what he always wanted to do, he is also completing his degree in it, via online classes on weekends, and so far it's going very well. Very good marks and he's enjoying it, and coping well with a full-time job and studying. As he is saving his money for studies, he still lodges with us.

I'll continue with Boeboe's update here.