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bingo, we have a winner – update from the hospital

Well yesterday, we took our youngest to the hospital and admitted him to the psych unit.  

Today I got a call from the doctor in the ward.  He asked me why we had not been giving David his medicines.

When I explained that we had been giving them to him four times a day, and watching him take them, the doctor began to see things a little more clearly.  Evidently David has not been swallowing his medicine. The blood work doesn’t show any rittalin or zyprexa in his blood which means he hasn’t swallowed any for at least three days.

So now we are going to get him back on his medicines, and work on getting some compliance issues taken care of that will ensure that he takes his medicine like he is supposed to.

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have i failed as a father?

I feel like a failure.

My youngest son has hacked into his brother’s facebook account and threatened to kill someone.

And then he lied about doing it, even when confronted by the evidence.

How do I learn about this? The victim’s parents called the Sherrif.

I don’t blame them. I blame myself. I blame my son.

So tonight I am admitting my son to the mental health unit at the hospital. I don’t know what else to do.

How do I protect him while protecting the rest of the family? Or protecting others in our community?

I posted a note to the account, letting people know that it had been hacked.

Mental illness is not an excuse for this kind of behavior.

Tonight I had the opportunity to participate in a committee for our school district’s anti-bullying policy. And we talked about cyberbullying.
I would be a hipocrite to not do something about my son’s behavior.

More later.

just another manic monday

Well, David and I met with the respite care providers.  Nice family.  Mom and Dad seem to think a lot like us.  Neat this is that they have adopted a couple of kids as well.  So we are excited.  This should enhance David’s life by giving us a break from each other.  I made sure to let David know that he is still our son, but that this is just a place for him to take a break from our family.

The case worker told him to think of it as his vacation home.

We spent almost two hours in their home just talking. We talked about our challenges from the past year, about fighting the school district to ensure that David has access to an education in accordance with state and federal law.  The mom is studying for a degree in early childhood education.

On the way home, David talked about the rabbits.  (the respite home is in the country, which means lots of room for David to run) They have snowmobiles that they ride around on, and asked if he could do that.  Plus in the summer they go camping.  Because I am sensitive to light, that hasn’t been an option for us.  Maybe once we get a camper that will change, but have to wait and see.

For now though, things are looking up. 🙂

this isn’t a picture of the actual house, but I thought it was neat and shows the outdoors in a way that will remind David of the respite home.

English: Farm house.

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