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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 179544" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Thanks Everyone!</p><p></p><p>Suz, I appreciate your offer to look up the info. on refusing to pick up a child. Hopefully it will not come to that but I do want to be sure he's safe.</p><p></p><p>I had an 8 hour off ground visit with difficult child yesterday. It went very well <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It was the most mellow I've seen him in awhile. Because the psychiatric hospital is far from home, I took him to a mall for lunch and a haircut and a movie. The mall has always been a very overstimulating place for difficult child with a lot of "I want that!". He was easygoing and accepted the word no with little fuss so I am hopeful this was more than a fluke. He wanted me to tell the doctor immediately how well he did on the vist so he could be discharged! Two days before, he seemed pretty hopeless and said he thought he would be there for a long time. I worried that he was too accepting of this fact and not motivated or able to work on his goals. So I was really happy to see him so proud of himself and wanting to go home!</p><p></p><p>As I suspect discharge will be soon, since insurance is now wanting day to day approval, I told the staff that I wanted to withdraw my written permission to give PRN's and asked them to call on a time by time basis so that I would know when they were administered. Nurse was annoyed by this and said that they only give them as a last resort. I said that I understood but if it takes a PRN to calm difficult child when he's upset, I don't feel he is stable enough to come home and I want to be able to get the full picture of how he is doing. </p><p></p><p>I am waiting for a call back to see what the plan for the day will be. At the least, I suspect it will be an extended visit again.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for your support,</p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 179544, member: 225"] Thanks Everyone! Suz, I appreciate your offer to look up the info. on refusing to pick up a child. Hopefully it will not come to that but I do want to be sure he's safe. I had an 8 hour off ground visit with difficult child yesterday. It went very well :) It was the most mellow I've seen him in awhile. Because the psychiatric hospital is far from home, I took him to a mall for lunch and a haircut and a movie. The mall has always been a very overstimulating place for difficult child with a lot of "I want that!". He was easygoing and accepted the word no with little fuss so I am hopeful this was more than a fluke. He wanted me to tell the doctor immediately how well he did on the vist so he could be discharged! Two days before, he seemed pretty hopeless and said he thought he would be there for a long time. I worried that he was too accepting of this fact and not motivated or able to work on his goals. So I was really happy to see him so proud of himself and wanting to go home! As I suspect discharge will be soon, since insurance is now wanting day to day approval, I told the staff that I wanted to withdraw my written permission to give PRN's and asked them to call on a time by time basis so that I would know when they were administered. Nurse was annoyed by this and said that they only give them as a last resort. I said that I understood but if it takes a PRN to calm difficult child when he's upset, I don't feel he is stable enough to come home and I want to be able to get the full picture of how he is doing. I am waiting for a call back to see what the plan for the day will be. At the least, I suspect it will be an extended visit again. Thanks again for your support, Christy [/QUOTE]
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