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Against Medical Advice

Against Medical Advice. It’s been two years since this happened. Two years ago he was discharged against medical advice, David was discharged from the facility in another state because the insurance people who create the Certificate of Need decided that he wasn’t making any progress and needed to go home. This week, he will be discharged from a different facility. Not because of the Certificate of Need. But because the facility says he doesn’t need support and should be sent home. How can David continue to see the successes he has seen in care if he comes home to no support? Even David recognizes that he needs support. I don’t understand how so few can over power the recommendations of so many doctors. Bad Parent I am a bad parent. It’s a title my wife and I wear with honor. What makes us bad parents? We are fighting for the

Destroying Success – please pray that we aren’t

I title this post “Destroying Success” for a simple fact. David has been in facility based care before. He has been discharged from such a care to home three times out of the 5 placements he has had. Each time home has resulted in behaviors so volatile that he experiences frequent trips to the mental health unit at the hospital in the city, frequent visits by law enforcement and many trips to safe bed. By volatile, I mean violent aggressive behaviors, not to mention stealing, forging and other activities like trying to kill pets. So he transitioned to his current placement in late June of this year. He is successful. He is always successful in placement. Sure he has rough periods, but what teen doesn’t? Heck, I would wonder what was wrong if he didn’t have rough periods. So why would you destroy the safe world that he is in

Playing with fire

I feel like we are playing with fire here. Admittedly, David also likes to play with fire. David admitted to that too. We had blamed another child for the small fires. David claims that it was him that did the deed. We have not had any of the fires during any of the periods when David has been in facility based care. What methods can we employ do we deal with that? Sure we can keep all matches, lighters, knives, candles, and other things that could be used to hurt the family, but at what point does it become too much? In what reality is it fair for everyone in the house to live in an environment like this? Why should the other kids feel like they too are being punished for David’s deeds? Safety and Security Sure we can fill the house with fire extinguishers, we have smoke detectors