Misty,

I understand your passion and I’m right there with ya, girl!  It’s not that my in-laws ever thought it was unimportant to give our daughter her medicine, it’s just that they didn’t do it often enough to remember every time.  (They live in another state) At the risk of offending them and looking totally like an obsessed crazy mom, I would call them every time a dose was due to make sure they had given it to her.  It probably did offend them but they never said so if it did. 

In your case, my child would not be staying with that grandparent anymore until I sat down and had a serious heart to heart about CAH and the special care that is necessary.  It would definitely help if your husband was on board with this as it would make the conversation with grandma much easier!  As a side note, my daughter did have a crisis when she was 6 and missed ONE DOSE of medicine.  Who knows if it was because of the missed dose, but I’d rather not take any chances!

My swcah daughter is 14 now and doesn’t have to rely on anyone to give her the meds but when she goes to the grandparents’ for a week or two in the summer, I still have to make myself NOT call and check about meds.  I’ll probably always be an obsessed crazy mom!  I can’t help it....if I didn’t have something to worry about, I wouldn’t know what to do!!  :>) 

Monica