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Hey everybody, I'm told my difficult child is safe and stable, home tomorrow?!?!?!
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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 382570" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Farmwife - sorry, but in my experience this is SOP. It's why I stopped counting hospital admissions at some point after 24. Stabilize, discharge, treat as outpatient. Lather, rinse, repeat, until the next time around when you get to.... lather rinse repeat again. I was so frustrated at about hospitalization #10, I actually asked thank you's psychiatrist (who was also the outpatient treating psychiatrist) if staff might perhaps make a demand of difficult child while he was in the hospital (say, ask him to brush his teeth or some other innocent request) so that they could see what we were actually dealing with. He literally patted my hand, said "Don't worry, we know", and then promptly discharged him. It was, pardon the pun, insane. </p><p></p><p>Hospitals are not equipped to deal with- any more than simple stabilization, period. They wouldn't know what to do with- your difficult child, especially since he's honeymooning. They look at such a very small part of the problem that, from their point of view, he *doesn't* need to be there.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to tell you. My only suggestion would be to get an iron clad safety plan in place. Carry a cell phone with- you at all times for easy 911 access. It's hard because your easy child is so young - my younger 2 were 4 and 1 when it really started hitting the fan around here, but the 4-year-old could be counted on to corral baby into my bedroom and lock door until I gave the all clear. I would roll oldest's wheelchair into kitchen since the fun and games usually took place in the living room. With it just being baby and you - I'd make sure you have a solid door to a room where you can stay until help arrives, should he flip out again. Lock up all sharps/weapons/poisons/cleaners/etc. I mean, keyed lock, unbreakable storage, and wear the key around your neck.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, have you checked out the link JJJ gave you? </p><p></p><p>I'm sorry - I know it makes no sense at all. I remember just screaming at a SW in the ER one time when she was declining to admit thank you because he'd "calmed down" by the time they got him to the ER. I ripped my shirt open, showed her the plate-size bruise on my chest from not ducking fast enough when he'd launched a shoe at me (I had the gall to ask him to wash his hands after using the bathroom), and asked her if a knife sticking out of my chest would be better proof of the level of violence we were dealing with. Even that didn't work. They only care about what is going on at that very minute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 382570, member: 8"] Farmwife - sorry, but in my experience this is SOP. It's why I stopped counting hospital admissions at some point after 24. Stabilize, discharge, treat as outpatient. Lather, rinse, repeat, until the next time around when you get to.... lather rinse repeat again. I was so frustrated at about hospitalization #10, I actually asked thank you's psychiatrist (who was also the outpatient treating psychiatrist) if staff might perhaps make a demand of difficult child while he was in the hospital (say, ask him to brush his teeth or some other innocent request) so that they could see what we were actually dealing with. He literally patted my hand, said "Don't worry, we know", and then promptly discharged him. It was, pardon the pun, insane. Hospitals are not equipped to deal with- any more than simple stabilization, period. They wouldn't know what to do with- your difficult child, especially since he's honeymooning. They look at such a very small part of the problem that, from their point of view, he *doesn't* need to be there. I don't know what to tell you. My only suggestion would be to get an iron clad safety plan in place. Carry a cell phone with- you at all times for easy 911 access. It's hard because your easy child is so young - my younger 2 were 4 and 1 when it really started hitting the fan around here, but the 4-year-old could be counted on to corral baby into my bedroom and lock door until I gave the all clear. I would roll oldest's wheelchair into kitchen since the fun and games usually took place in the living room. With it just being baby and you - I'd make sure you have a solid door to a room where you can stay until help arrives, should he flip out again. Lock up all sharps/weapons/poisons/cleaners/etc. I mean, keyed lock, unbreakable storage, and wear the key around your neck. In the meantime, have you checked out the link JJJ gave you? I'm sorry - I know it makes no sense at all. I remember just screaming at a SW in the ER one time when she was declining to admit thank you because he'd "calmed down" by the time they got him to the ER. I ripped my shirt open, showed her the plate-size bruise on my chest from not ducking fast enough when he'd launched a shoe at me (I had the gall to ask him to wash his hands after using the bathroom), and asked her if a knife sticking out of my chest would be better proof of the level of violence we were dealing with. Even that didn't work. They only care about what is going on at that very minute. [/QUOTE]
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