Monthly Archives: May 2015

The magic number – 1259 miles

What is the magic number?  1259 miles.  Virgin, UT. That is the distance from our community to the facility that a social worker at the hospital said we should consider for David. Oh, and now, in addition to his other official diagnoses, he also has a mood disorder (not sure what that means) and “Officially”  Reactive Attachment Disorder. I have known about the Reactive Attachment Disorder for a while. Now the facility in question, Liahona Academy, may be phenomenal.  And David might benefit from going there.  But… We want to maintain and enhance family contact.  This would be a little difficult across 1259 miles.  This is one way distance, if we go out there, we have to drive home, so the number, of course, doubles. Especially with other kids still in school. Now.  I plan to take issue with the bureaucrats who don’t like to listen to the recommendations of

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96 hours is enough

So in their infinite wisdom, insurance has decided that 96 hours is enough time in the mental health unit. So I am going to bring David home today. They said “if you feel he is a danger to himself or others, you can bring him back.” Heck, that is why he is there now, plus his complete disregard for any rules. Just trying to keep him and the rest of the family safe. The “team” at the unit didn’t even bother asking Medicaid for a couple of days because they “didn’t think that would help.” So, with a prayer, we will see how things progress from here.   Tweet #fighting4answrs

calls from staff in mental health unit

Just got off the phone with a social worker from the unit. She explained that they will work with us as much as they can to get him into a residential treatment center (rtc). Limitation on his stay where he is at while we get this sorted is Medicaid. Medicaid could decide at any time that he has stayed there long enough. Sucks when bureaucracy can make life decisions on your behalf. Some one watching their computer screen could see his case pop up on their screen, and decide that it has been 48, 72 or 96 hours and that he needs to come home.  Because there “is no therapeutic need for him to be there”. Never mind that he is there while we work placement arrangements. So I said, “if they decide that, we will pull him out, put ourselves up in a hotel and then check him back

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