Tag Archives: NDBlogger

My pain today

My pain tonight comes not from my body, road weary and tired of travel.  DSCF2182_v1

It doesn’t come from the connective tissue illness with which I have long lived.

It comes from saying good bye to David.

From leaving him behind in a far off place to be cared for by others.

My heart knows that he is in a safe place.  In honesty, he is doing very well.  Not yet consistent enough to come home.

On the other side, there is a sense of joy.  Of Gladness.  Tomorrow I will be at home with my family.  One more night of travel.

monthly staffing report – Good Stuff

Today we had our monthly update conference call for David.

When he left his previous placement he was struggling with some subjects.  Not sure if the standards are different in the new facility, but they report that he has a C average in all of his classes. He is not doing remedial work.  He is doing the work as assigned.

Part of this may have to do with the fact that his classroom is right in the residence hall.  He doesn’t go to any outside schools.  He is out of the equine therapy program until his 13th birthday.  Which is in 5 months.

He is already developing a birthday wish list.  he asked for a 12 string guitar.  Not sure where he would even seen one, but that is what he wants.

We discussed the visit last week that I had with David.  I mentioned that while I wouldn’t be happy, if David’s behavior necessitated the need to cancel the visit, then that is what would happen.  Even if I was already in Billings.  Sure, it would suck to get that far and not be able to see him, but he needs to understand that his actions have consequences.

It is hard to think that David didn’t understand consequences at his last residential placement.   All reports are that he is doing fairly well in the new placement.

As much as we miss having him close, his long term stability and behavior control is what is important.

Related articles
Enhanced by Zemanta

An update on David’s recent crisis

David is stable.  He is still under the suicide watch and will continue to be for the next couple of days.  Tomorrow he sees the psych team, and Tuesday we meet with the therapist.

Because of the number of staff that need to work with David at any one point, they didn’t have enough in the residence hall that he was in, so they moved him to a new lodge for the night and through today.

Thank you everyone for your prayers.

Carl

Related articles
Enhanced by Zemanta