I don't even know where to start. I received a call at school from husband that he had gotten home from school to find difficult child unresponsive on the couch. Luckily, it was the day that our housekeeper was there and she heard the commotion and ran downstairs to help. She called 911 and they told her to start compressions immediately. She and husband took turns giving the compressions until the EMT's got there.
The EMT's took over the compressions and administered Narcon. husband said it was amazing how fast difficult child came around. I told my best friend at school what happened and she went to tell the administration and I left. I live close to the school so I was home before the ambulance left.
difficult child asked me to ride with her to the hospital so I did. On the way, I asked why we were going to a different hospital than normal and the ambulance driver told me that they wanted to get her to the closest hospital in case the Narcon wore off and her heart stopped again. They also needed to check to see if any damage had been done to her heart.
Once there, she asked me to leave the room when she was telling the doctor what she had taken. When she was first coming around, husband heard her tell the EMT that she had taken two percosets on top of her xanax. I don't know if she was telling the truth to them but they told husband that could have caused a sudden drop in blood pressure which led to her heart stopping. They told husband that if he had come home a couple of minutes later or if they had not started the compressions immediately, she would have died.
I called her DBT therapist and psychiatrist from the hospital. The p-doctor called me back and told me to give her name and number to the ER doctor. I told the p-doctor that the last time I had talked to the therapist, she had mentioned involuntary commitment. I was left with the impression that was what the p-doctor was going to suggest.
The ER doctor came in and said that he thought she should spend the night so they could watch her. I mentioned again (I had already told the nurse) that her p-doctor wanted to talk to him. He said that he had gotten the message.
difficult child kept talking about having to be at work in the morning. They told her she could talk to the doctor "upstairs" about whether she had to spend the night. When we finally got a room and the nurse came in, she told difficult child that the doctor would not be back until tomorrow morning.
At that point, difficult child said she was leaving and the nurse said they couldn't keep her against her will. So she signed the papers and we came home.
She seems fine but I know this will happen again. Today it was a fight with Peter Pan that triggered it. She cannot handle anything that rocks her boat. I think it is time for a residential long term inpatient hospital but she is saying she won't go. It also means we will have to use a large portion of our retirement money.
What else can we do?
~Kathy
The EMT's took over the compressions and administered Narcon. husband said it was amazing how fast difficult child came around. I told my best friend at school what happened and she went to tell the administration and I left. I live close to the school so I was home before the ambulance left.
difficult child asked me to ride with her to the hospital so I did. On the way, I asked why we were going to a different hospital than normal and the ambulance driver told me that they wanted to get her to the closest hospital in case the Narcon wore off and her heart stopped again. They also needed to check to see if any damage had been done to her heart.
Once there, she asked me to leave the room when she was telling the doctor what she had taken. When she was first coming around, husband heard her tell the EMT that she had taken two percosets on top of her xanax. I don't know if she was telling the truth to them but they told husband that could have caused a sudden drop in blood pressure which led to her heart stopping. They told husband that if he had come home a couple of minutes later or if they had not started the compressions immediately, she would have died.
I called her DBT therapist and psychiatrist from the hospital. The p-doctor called me back and told me to give her name and number to the ER doctor. I told the p-doctor that the last time I had talked to the therapist, she had mentioned involuntary commitment. I was left with the impression that was what the p-doctor was going to suggest.
The ER doctor came in and said that he thought she should spend the night so they could watch her. I mentioned again (I had already told the nurse) that her p-doctor wanted to talk to him. He said that he had gotten the message.
difficult child kept talking about having to be at work in the morning. They told her she could talk to the doctor "upstairs" about whether she had to spend the night. When we finally got a room and the nurse came in, she told difficult child that the doctor would not be back until tomorrow morning.
At that point, difficult child said she was leaving and the nurse said they couldn't keep her against her will. So she signed the papers and we came home.
She seems fine but I know this will happen again. Today it was a fight with Peter Pan that triggered it. She cannot handle anything that rocks her boat. I think it is time for a residential long term inpatient hospital but she is saying she won't go. It also means we will have to use a large portion of our retirement money.
What else can we do?
~Kathy
