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our day putting difficult child into hospital
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 381828" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>difficult child can call you whenever she wants? That is both good and can be hard for you to hear each moment's struggles. When I left my difficult child in the psychiatric hospital, I called the school to tell the teacher and ended up talking to the church secretary (I think teacher had left for the day). I cried all the way home (one hour) and most of the time to her. I had to go home and get overnight stuff for difficult child - the admission was a crisis moment so unplanned. It is so hard leaving your child with people you do not know. My only anger part was when a night staff told him to go back to bed instead of listening to him and helping him through an anxiety moment. I let the staff know my displeasure on that one. You would think that these types of hospital stays should be 24/7 care where staff can help the kids in choosing which tool they need to get through.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you can find time to catch up with your sleep and regain energy so you are ready for discharge (which I hope will not be tomorrow). </p><p> </p><p>I was able drive home every morning and work full days before returning for evening visiting hours and staying overnight in a nearby hotel so that difficult child knew I was close by overnight even though he would not be allowed to call me. My work helped me a lot. You need to figure out what you can do to strengthen you at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 381828, member: 5096"] difficult child can call you whenever she wants? That is both good and can be hard for you to hear each moment's struggles. When I left my difficult child in the psychiatric hospital, I called the school to tell the teacher and ended up talking to the church secretary (I think teacher had left for the day). I cried all the way home (one hour) and most of the time to her. I had to go home and get overnight stuff for difficult child - the admission was a crisis moment so unplanned. It is so hard leaving your child with people you do not know. My only anger part was when a night staff told him to go back to bed instead of listening to him and helping him through an anxiety moment. I let the staff know my displeasure on that one. You would think that these types of hospital stays should be 24/7 care where staff can help the kids in choosing which tool they need to get through. I hope you can find time to catch up with your sleep and regain energy so you are ready for discharge (which I hope will not be tomorrow). I was able drive home every morning and work full days before returning for evening visiting hours and staying overnight in a nearby hotel so that difficult child knew I was close by overnight even though he would not be allowed to call me. My work helped me a lot. You need to figure out what you can do to strengthen you at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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