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Annual Christmas Letter and Appeal

Greetings friends and readers. It is with all the joy in my heart that I wish each of you a joyful holiday.  One filled with acceptance of the differences we see in others.  One where our children know how much love we feel in our hearts for them. It is tradition in our home to open gifts Christmas Eve at home, and then on Christmas Day with the cousins and Santa.  Tonight, I reflected on Christmas’s past. I remember a Christmas when we got K one of those play kitchens.  It took me most of the night to put the thing together, but the joy on her face when she saw it was worth every slip of the screwdriver. To when Teletubbies were the rage and we got C the purple one.  (After all this time, still not sure of the names on them even after 17 years.) To the

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I am homesick – he says

Is it ok for me to be tired of all of this? I’ll be more positive next week. They evidently think that David’s behaviors/anger has nothing to do with his bipolar. They moved him upstairs, he has himself convinced that it is because one of his peers was pounding on the wall. He claims that the cut on his knee was a result of an accident.  He broke the window, and then when they restrained him, he got cut.  This is what he is telling people. I don’t believe him.  If the cut was an accident, and it is possible that it was, given the history of him repeatedly threatening to do so, why did he put his fingers into the wound, after they took the glass away from him, and start pulling on it to make it bigger?  Who does something like that? He claims that he is homesick.

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Off Close Watch

David is off close watch. They moved him off the lower level of the residence, and to the main floor.  This allows them to keep a closer eye on him. I miss the little guy. I advised staff that we need to ensure that we are looking at his meds.  While not a cure, they do help him.  But they can only help if they are appropriately used, up to and including changing his prescriptions.  Other than minor adjustments, David hasn’t undergone a full scale med wash in almost a year.  Whereas before his current placement he underwent a med wash about every 6 to 8 weeks. I hope that they hear me. Tweet #fighting4answrs