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Working on a poster to present at a Canadian medical conference in October, what do I do for titles/designations both in the authorship and in the acknowledgement section?

I have my masters, and another author has her PhD, do I put our qualifications behind our names on the author line or not? And would it be just our degree qualifications or also our designations (RN, NP, etc)?

In the acknowledgment section we have a mix of medical doctors and PhD’s. Do I use Dr. First Lastname for everyone, or just the MD’s and use First Lastname PhD for those that it applies to?

I want to make sure I am being respectful while also following the rules!

My daughter is 8 years old and has had never had a dry night despite potty training her at 2, but then started having bladder leaks too when she started kindergarten. It has gotten worse despite many different toileting strategies and pelvic floor physio. She never complained of burning or weird fevers so a UTI never crossed my mind. Sent a sample off in May just because we had tried everything else and it was positive. Within three weeks she was positive again. We were recently referred to a pediatric nephrologist who specializes in bedwetting and bladder leaks. He thinks she’s had a uti for years based on her bladder wall and symptoms. She did a 10 day course of keflex and wants her to stay on a daily dose for 3 months at least (3 weeks into that so far).

Please help my mom guilt for letting this go for years without treating her. I feel absolutely terrible that if this had just been managed she could have been saved from so many complications and embarrassment. I’m a nurse so I feel like I should have known better. I also know that this will be an ongoing issue she is now going to need to manage for the rest of her life which is just super unfair and I feel devastated.

She’s also started having diarrhea from the antibiotics and since her pelvic floor is an absolute disaster this has led to bowel leaks too which she is deeply embarrassed by. I worry about her going to the pool or the splash park - she’s supposed to go to sleepaway camp in two weeks and I am so anxious about it. Just left a message with the doc to see if she needs a req for c-diff.

Anything you all can point me in the direction of to help support her, or any strategies you have to manage this would be greatly appreciated.

My parents want to give each of their grandchildren a sizeable chunk of money (100k) to help with post-secondary, or a down payment, etc. when they are older. They do not want to tell the kids that this money is coming as they don't want them living expecting this windfall when they turn 18, they want it to be a nice surprise and trust us as the parents to decide when is the right time to give them the money. Obviously it makes sense to invest the money between now and when they get it, as my kids are still in elementary school. They want to give us the money now as they are facing some health challenges and don't want it to be part of the will/estate.

From a tax perspective, what is the best way to do this? A formal trust seems expensive, and the cost of management may eat any investment returns. An informal trust account will pass over to the kids when they turn 18 from what I've read. I don't really want to be paying tax on this account as the money is not really for me, but that might need to be the best option to meet my parent's criteria? My TFSA's are currently maxed out. The kids already have healthy RESP's, but how does it work if I put the money there and they end up not needing it for school?

Any thoughts on the best way to go about this? Any other options I haven't thought of?

Making a poster for presentation at a conference later this summer in PowerPoint. If I want my finished poster to be the usual 36x48, and the smallest font about 22 on the finished poster, what does translate in font size according to PowerPoint? I know I could probably do the math but I’m an arts major doing qualitative research so forgive me 😆

My 12yo is starting dryland soon and this year they want them to have a GPS and HR watch. Any suggestions on what would fit a very skinny wrist and not cost me two arms and a leg?

Doing my annual P&P read through and was struck by how insightful Lady Catherine is when in the garden with Elizabeth.

“I have not been used to submit to any person's whims. I have not been in the habit of brooking disappointment.”

She is (likely unintentionally) very self-aware in this moment. The shock of someone not being immediately obsequious to her every demand has rattled a bit of truth out of her mouth.