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” …
Category: PRTF
progress of sorts
David has been home for most of 10 days. Has it been perfect? No. Do I expect perfection? No. I am proud of the changes that I am seeing in him. Does he still have mental health issues? Yes. He is not cured. Not by any means. For now, I will take it. We are…
God, Grant Me Strength
So, evidently, a majority of David’s team at the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) thinks that he is ready to come home. Never mind the self-harming and manic episodes from last month. Never mind the negative behaviours or need for him to have a highly structured environment. So while his Mother and I don’t think…