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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 204123" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Thanks guys.</p><p>I am waiting for the dang phone call from the program that I have waited for for the last 24 hours now.........and they are late. So I am just sitting here, trying to figure out what to do, and what to say, and where to go from here.</p><p></p><p>There are so many challenges. </p><p>One is that getting him into a psychiatric hospital is not so easy anymore since he is 18.</p><p></p><p>Two is that it will not happen without me being present to make sure I am his advocate in the medical process. I have seen too many things go wrong, to just not be there for a hospitalization.</p><p></p><p>Three, the staff at this program are counselors not medical doctors. So their comment to me is "he is safe" just calm down. There is a red button for me!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> Let me see, if I said, I am going to drive a car over your foot every 45 minutes for days on end, but "you are safe", what would you say???</p><p></p><p>Why don't people understand that is what mental illness is? It is just as painful as someone driving over and over you ~ and yet not dying. Which is why he wants to die. It is like when you get the flu so bad, you want to die..........that is what it must feel like to a child/person that is cycling every 45 minutes all day long.</p><p></p><p>Fourth if I can get him in a hospital, how do I pick the right one in a city I know nothing of? How do I find a safe one? A qualified one?</p><p></p><p>Fifth if he is hospitialzied, than what? I guess from there he would just move right into a transitional living adult program. However, I worry about how I find the right long term place, when I have done so miserably with these 2.</p><p></p><p>God help me.</p><p>I will update you guys after the conference call. Thanks for your support.</p><p></p><p>Oh, one upside ~ out of the blue, 2 weeks ago, a dear employee told me that I had been on her mind (this was before all of this with Matt), and that if I ever needed to leave town to go find out what happened to H. she would be honored to dogsit. It touched me deeply. I called her last night, and said I am not ready to tackle H.'s case ~ but I may need to go help my son. She came over today, and is all ready to take care of the 3 dogs and cat as much as I need. </p><p>HUGE relief to me. HUGE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 204123, member: 3301"] Thanks guys. I am waiting for the dang phone call from the program that I have waited for for the last 24 hours now.........and they are late. So I am just sitting here, trying to figure out what to do, and what to say, and where to go from here. There are so many challenges. One is that getting him into a psychiatric hospital is not so easy anymore since he is 18. Two is that it will not happen without me being present to make sure I am his advocate in the medical process. I have seen too many things go wrong, to just not be there for a hospitalization. Three, the staff at this program are counselors not medical doctors. So their comment to me is "he is safe" just calm down. There is a red button for me!:angry: Let me see, if I said, I am going to drive a car over your foot every 45 minutes for days on end, but "you are safe", what would you say??? Why don't people understand that is what mental illness is? It is just as painful as someone driving over and over you ~ and yet not dying. Which is why he wants to die. It is like when you get the flu so bad, you want to die..........that is what it must feel like to a child/person that is cycling every 45 minutes all day long. Fourth if I can get him in a hospital, how do I pick the right one in a city I know nothing of? How do I find a safe one? A qualified one? Fifth if he is hospitialzied, than what? I guess from there he would just move right into a transitional living adult program. However, I worry about how I find the right long term place, when I have done so miserably with these 2. God help me. I will update you guys after the conference call. Thanks for your support. Oh, one upside ~ out of the blue, 2 weeks ago, a dear employee told me that I had been on her mind (this was before all of this with Matt), and that if I ever needed to leave town to go find out what happened to H. she would be honored to dogsit. It touched me deeply. I called her last night, and said I am not ready to tackle H.'s case ~ but I may need to go help my son. She came over today, and is all ready to take care of the 3 dogs and cat as much as I need. HUGE relief to me. HUGE. [/QUOTE]
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