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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 89586" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Quick update, but not necessarily a good one. </p><p></p><p>wife and I talked it over, and I already had two facilities that said they could take him. She called him and got him to come home, where he promptly convinced wife that he was just PO'd when he wrote that note "a long time ago", and that he's not suicidal. He went on to say that he's been down for a few days because his girlfriend is out of town, and because another couple of guys want to beat him up because they think he's hitting on the girlfriend of one of them. While wife and I were trying to talk to him, he kept getting phone calls and text messages from these bozos trying to get him to come out and fight them.</p><p></p><p>Suffice it to say that he wasn't "in the mood" to discuss his note.</p><p></p><p>I tried for an hour to convince him to go in for an evaluation, to which I got a hearty "HE__ NO"!, followed up (in private) with wife saying that she believed him. Dancer even cornered him when we didn't know it and confronted him on it (we told her what was going on), and she didn't believe that McWeedy was anything other than mad when he wrote that note.</p><p></p><p>I may not be as worried (now), but I still think he needs to be seen ASAP. However, I find myself in the minority (again) on this. He has a followup with the docs from the study in about 10 days (the same docs who said he needed to be taken in last night), and his teachers at school are aware of the situation. I don't like it, but the only thing I can do that won't get ME kicked out of the house is to trust that wife and Dancer are better judges of McWeedy than I am, that his teachers will keep a close eye on him, and that the docs will give him a thorough going-over when he sees them again.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I could still try and force the issue, but according to the two hospitals we'd have to get a court order to hold him since he's over 18. If wife and I were on the same page, that would be easy. Since we're not, I could get him taken to the hospital, where he would promptly sign himself out - and I couldn't get the court to go along with holding him when wife doesn't support it. Also, if I force the issue and end up having to leave because I've PO'd my family - and if McWeedy <strong>is</strong> lying, then the only person who has any desire to see through the lies will be out of the house.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, not necessarily the best outcome, but the best I could manage. It's going to be a rough two weeks for me until he gets back to the docs for a follow-up.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the support, everyone. I appreciate it.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 89586, member: 3579"] Quick update, but not necessarily a good one. wife and I talked it over, and I already had two facilities that said they could take him. She called him and got him to come home, where he promptly convinced wife that he was just PO'd when he wrote that note "a long time ago", and that he's not suicidal. He went on to say that he's been down for a few days because his girlfriend is out of town, and because another couple of guys want to beat him up because they think he's hitting on the girlfriend of one of them. While wife and I were trying to talk to him, he kept getting phone calls and text messages from these bozos trying to get him to come out and fight them. Suffice it to say that he wasn't "in the mood" to discuss his note. I tried for an hour to convince him to go in for an evaluation, to which I got a hearty "HE__ NO"!, followed up (in private) with wife saying that she believed him. Dancer even cornered him when we didn't know it and confronted him on it (we told her what was going on), and she didn't believe that McWeedy was anything other than mad when he wrote that note. I may not be as worried (now), but I still think he needs to be seen ASAP. However, I find myself in the minority (again) on this. He has a followup with the docs from the study in about 10 days (the same docs who said he needed to be taken in last night), and his teachers at school are aware of the situation. I don't like it, but the only thing I can do that won't get ME kicked out of the house is to trust that wife and Dancer are better judges of McWeedy than I am, that his teachers will keep a close eye on him, and that the docs will give him a thorough going-over when he sees them again. Yes, I could still try and force the issue, but according to the two hospitals we'd have to get a court order to hold him since he's over 18. If wife and I were on the same page, that would be easy. Since we're not, I could get him taken to the hospital, where he would promptly sign himself out - and I couldn't get the court to go along with holding him when wife doesn't support it. Also, if I force the issue and end up having to leave because I've PO'd my family - and if McWeedy [b]is[/b] lying, then the only person who has any desire to see through the lies will be out of the house. Like I said, not necessarily the best outcome, but the best I could manage. It's going to be a rough two weeks for me until he gets back to the docs for a follow-up. Thanks for the support, everyone. I appreciate it. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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