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It is okay to be tired.

I am so tired. I admit it. And you know what? It’s okay to be tired. Besides the struggle to take care of David and what he needs I also have pretty serious health concerns myself. None of which react well to stress. Caring for a child like David, well, caring for any child with needs is a huge undertaking. It can be rewarding, and believe me, we have had our share of rewards. But it is also so very draining. So from one parent of a special needs child to another. It is okay to be tired. It is okay to admit it. Tweet #fighting4answrs

the enemy within

David is his own worst enemy. With the increase in behaviors, our psych team has discussed changing one of his medicines. We aren’t doing a wholesale med wash like we used to do. Rather we are increasing one of the stabilizers. Hopefully we will see a change. When we met with the psych team, I commented – in front of David – that the last time he was discharged home from a residential placement, he lasted 8 months before we had to look for placement. We are in month 3, and a review of my posts from that time, shows that he is on track for another placement. I hate the idea of sending him to another facility, but if he can’t maintain behaviors that are acceptable to society, can’t stop lying, being vocally aggressive to staff and/or going into a rage because he has been caught doing something that

the degradation of a boy’s mental health

I post frequently about the things that David does, and the things that we deal with. You really need to know, I don’t post everything. It is sad to watch the gradual decline of a person’s mental health. His mental stability. For so long, everything was fairly smooth. It’s just in the last couple of weeks that things have really started to go downhill. With children, we have great hopes in their future. With David, we have great hopes for the future. Some days I dream that I am leaving a prison where I was visiting him. Having been to prisons to visit my step-brother, I know what the visiting areas are like, so it wasn’t like I was an inmate being released. My fear? My biggest fear is that one day, he will do something so drastic, so severe, that there will be no attempting to save him. I