It's been a long couple of days...
As you know, difficult child has been running away when he becomes upset. We had the police involved a few times. I thought things were getting better until this happened. On Wednesday at 11:00 we went to his regular therapist appointment. There he became upset over something that should have been very minor (he was asked to put down a paper airplane he had made because he was ignoring the therapist. He wanted it back and was told he would have to wait until after the session) He starting throwing things, knocking over chairs and ran out of the office, out of the building, and up an embankment onto the interstate. He could have easily been killed because he was moving on pure adrenaline and not giving a thought to safety. Then we lost sight of him due to the high weeds and trees on the embankment. Finally he came out of the brush and came back down the hill. The therapist filled out a petition for psychological evaluation with a police officer. We were taken by ambulance to Frederick Hospital, the police officer followed and checked him in. Not that I was arguing because I know how unsafe he was being (although now he was calm), the evaluation was not optional. The officer left Nick in my care which meant I was not allowed to leave him alone (not that I would have). We waited 3 hours in the waiting area, Another 6 and 1/2 hours in a regular emergency room cubicle and then at 9:30 PM he was seen by the psychiatric nurse. I was calling husband and updating him during all this but told him not to come because all we were doing was waiting. In the ER area a nurse brought him a sandwich and some applesauce but that is all he had to eat since breakfast. He had also missed his evening medications because we were still waiting and I did not have them. So at this point difficult child was absolutely out of control, psychiatric nurse ordered his medications and seemed upset that the ER nurse hadn't already done it, she recommended having him treated inpatient and they started working on getting him admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Our insurance will not do admissions at night so he (and I) were required to spend the night at the hospital. After his medications and a plate of crackers, peanut butter, and a muffin that the nurse managed to find, difficult child settled and went to sleep. I slept in a lounge chair next to him. He slept well at this point, wish I could say the same-lol. The next moring he was taken by ambulance to psychiatric hospital. I had husband pack a bag and we followed the ambulance out there. The hope is that they will get him stabalized on his medicine while he's there. husband and I are not all that optimistic since we have been down this road before but this is a different place and doctor so maybe he will have new insights and at least he is in a safe place for the moment. I go today at 12:30 to meet with the social worker there and will visit with difficult child. I'll keep you updated.
Christy
As you know, difficult child has been running away when he becomes upset. We had the police involved a few times. I thought things were getting better until this happened. On Wednesday at 11:00 we went to his regular therapist appointment. There he became upset over something that should have been very minor (he was asked to put down a paper airplane he had made because he was ignoring the therapist. He wanted it back and was told he would have to wait until after the session) He starting throwing things, knocking over chairs and ran out of the office, out of the building, and up an embankment onto the interstate. He could have easily been killed because he was moving on pure adrenaline and not giving a thought to safety. Then we lost sight of him due to the high weeds and trees on the embankment. Finally he came out of the brush and came back down the hill. The therapist filled out a petition for psychological evaluation with a police officer. We were taken by ambulance to Frederick Hospital, the police officer followed and checked him in. Not that I was arguing because I know how unsafe he was being (although now he was calm), the evaluation was not optional. The officer left Nick in my care which meant I was not allowed to leave him alone (not that I would have). We waited 3 hours in the waiting area, Another 6 and 1/2 hours in a regular emergency room cubicle and then at 9:30 PM he was seen by the psychiatric nurse. I was calling husband and updating him during all this but told him not to come because all we were doing was waiting. In the ER area a nurse brought him a sandwich and some applesauce but that is all he had to eat since breakfast. He had also missed his evening medications because we were still waiting and I did not have them. So at this point difficult child was absolutely out of control, psychiatric nurse ordered his medications and seemed upset that the ER nurse hadn't already done it, she recommended having him treated inpatient and they started working on getting him admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Our insurance will not do admissions at night so he (and I) were required to spend the night at the hospital. After his medications and a plate of crackers, peanut butter, and a muffin that the nurse managed to find, difficult child settled and went to sleep. I slept in a lounge chair next to him. He slept well at this point, wish I could say the same-lol. The next moring he was taken by ambulance to psychiatric hospital. I had husband pack a bag and we followed the ambulance out there. The hope is that they will get him stabalized on his medicine while he's there. husband and I are not all that optimistic since we have been down this road before but this is a different place and doctor so maybe he will have new insights and at least he is in a safe place for the moment. I go today at 12:30 to meet with the social worker there and will visit with difficult child. I'll keep you updated.
Christy
