Oh, is it time to update again? Really?
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etumukutenyakAh, times flies like a banana.
Anyway! We last saw our Intrepid Heroine dealing with the site visit and a hospitalized Sonny. The site visit went well, no major errors and a visit team that seemed to think we are doing a good job.
The Sonny was an inpatient for 10 days, then released to the Ex -- he chose to stay with her this summer, after she suggested that he stay with one person instead of switching every week -- and started outpatient care on a daily basis at that hospital. After two days of outpatient therapy, he indicated that the voices hadn't left completely, despite the decreased dose of Concerta, and they readmitted him. They changed his medications -- dropped the Concerta and his antidepressant, and added a drug that covers both needs -- and his improvement was rapid. He was released yesterday; he's been goofy and free of voices ever since the med change. His ADHD is less tightly controlled, but that's not an issue during the summertime.
His summer school plans have been cancelled; he'll retake Geometry this fall -- at least he isn't falling behind, because he'd actually been taking Geometry earlier than "usual" after doing Algebra in the 8th grade. He has to retake his tech course, but he will take a different one, and he ended up passing English after all. All he has now are the summer reading book reports, and possibly some math review.
Eventually, we'll have some therapy sessions all together. It will be interesting. I forgot to post about Ex finding out that I'm dating, at the family meeting for his first release from the hospital; it was special. The Sonny exited the room to think about picking one of us for the summer; the therapist turned to us and said something about how the separation was still an issue for him, and especially since we seemed to be "moving on", and she jumped in with "Some of us more so than others!" and whipped her head around to glare at me.
Reader, I lol'd. Seriously! Not at her, but later on, when I could relax a bit. Who would have thought that after dumping me, refusing therapy, blaming me for our shortcomings, and letting more than a year go by, that she would mind me dating? I certainly wasn't going to get her permission to do so. It still makes me laugh.
It made the FG laugh too.
The FG and I are having lots of fun watching movies like "Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show" (1975! Holy cow!) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986), hanging out with her friends for the Fourth, and other fine activities.
In other news, there was a kitten who appeared at my feet on one of the nights Sonny did not come home (the one where he was "passed out"); this kitten was brought indoors for some kitten milk and I attempted to find his owners. After three weeks, I went ahead and neutered him. He's still primarily in the guest room, although this morning I woke to find him running around after Cleo and Brady, neither of whom really appreciated having a strange kitten chasing them. The Sonny named him Rico, and eventually he'll fit in with the gang. The dogs have already become less frightening to him, and they meet noses nicely.
Anyway! We last saw our Intrepid Heroine dealing with the site visit and a hospitalized Sonny. The site visit went well, no major errors and a visit team that seemed to think we are doing a good job.
The Sonny was an inpatient for 10 days, then released to the Ex -- he chose to stay with her this summer, after she suggested that he stay with one person instead of switching every week -- and started outpatient care on a daily basis at that hospital. After two days of outpatient therapy, he indicated that the voices hadn't left completely, despite the decreased dose of Concerta, and they readmitted him. They changed his medications -- dropped the Concerta and his antidepressant, and added a drug that covers both needs -- and his improvement was rapid. He was released yesterday; he's been goofy and free of voices ever since the med change. His ADHD is less tightly controlled, but that's not an issue during the summertime.
His summer school plans have been cancelled; he'll retake Geometry this fall -- at least he isn't falling behind, because he'd actually been taking Geometry earlier than "usual" after doing Algebra in the 8th grade. He has to retake his tech course, but he will take a different one, and he ended up passing English after all. All he has now are the summer reading book reports, and possibly some math review.
Eventually, we'll have some therapy sessions all together. It will be interesting. I forgot to post about Ex finding out that I'm dating, at the family meeting for his first release from the hospital; it was special. The Sonny exited the room to think about picking one of us for the summer; the therapist turned to us and said something about how the separation was still an issue for him, and especially since we seemed to be "moving on", and she jumped in with "Some of us more so than others!" and whipped her head around to glare at me.
Reader, I lol'd. Seriously! Not at her, but later on, when I could relax a bit. Who would have thought that after dumping me, refusing therapy, blaming me for our shortcomings, and letting more than a year go by, that she would mind me dating? I certainly wasn't going to get her permission to do so. It still makes me laugh.
It made the FG laugh too.
The FG and I are having lots of fun watching movies like "Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show" (1975! Holy cow!) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986), hanging out with her friends for the Fourth, and other fine activities.
In other news, there was a kitten who appeared at my feet on one of the nights Sonny did not come home (the one where he was "passed out"); this kitten was brought indoors for some kitten milk and I attempted to find his owners. After three weeks, I went ahead and neutered him. He's still primarily in the guest room, although this morning I woke to find him running around after Cleo and Brady, neither of whom really appreciated having a strange kitten chasing them. The Sonny named him Rico, and eventually he'll fit in with the gang. The dogs have already become less frightening to him, and they meet noses nicely.
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Date: 2011-07-06 07:51 pm (UTC)I've had (and am still having) my hands full with Daughterface, whose Magical Deliciously Flavor of Mental Illness is Bipolar Disorder, but she is metric shit tons better than she was when I got her from her dad. If you need to vent, scream, cry, or even just whine and moan, about any of this, feel free to grab me in AIM or something.
*hugs*
PS: I'm starting to wonder if your Ex is related to my Ex. :-p
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Date: 2011-07-06 09:13 pm (UTC)Yeah, bipolar is another Special Flavor; Sonny's first serious girlfriend suffers from that. Her dumping him brutally sent him into depression, which -- on top of his ADHD and assorted other stresses -- made him susceptible to the voices. I think the attempted change in meds a few months ago (from Concerta to Adderall) then triggered the psychosis.
Fun times for everyone. I had migraines every day for at least a week, and now my esophagus is giving me heartburn, for which the anti-acid meds work, but then I bloat severely overnight, and OW ENOUGH ALREADY.
Your Ex can have my Ex. They probably deserve each other. ;-)
*hugs*
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Date: 2011-07-06 10:57 pm (UTC)I hope things go well for you.
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Date: 2011-07-07 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-06 11:10 pm (UTC)eats the rest ofhands over the last of the PBRK he made Monday*Adderall didn't do the job for #1 Son, either. I wish I could remember what med he finally ended up on...however, after his 'juvenile incarceration', he's since been med-free. His counseling at the detention center (once he found he couldn't work the system to his advantage) gave him the coping skills he uses to this day to get past his anger. May you and your kid find similar resources. Minus the incarceration, naturally.
I had to laugh at the Ex-Glare--"How dare you find someone else better than me, and have the gall to be happy!!!" *snerk*
You have seen the BTiLC quiz I recently posted on my LJ, yes?
*oh, and hug, before I forget*
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Date: 2011-07-07 02:24 am (UTC)Oh, I just heard some hissing. Rico got out again this evening and is running around having a grand old time, and occasionally gets too close to Brady.
I know, LOL. Apparently, I was supposed to tell her..but no, we only agreed to not use the Sonny as our courier. I didn't agree to tell her when I found someone else. Oh, I apologized anyway, because it was meaningless to me, and a few hours later she was over it, or mostly over it.
Yes, I did see the quiz, and I lol'd. The FG didn't like it as much ("Too macho!) even though I pointed out it was not Kurt Russell's character as the Hero. She preferred Rocky Horror.
*hugs*
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Date: 2011-07-07 02:25 am (UTC)And speaking of kittens, Loki usually has his mouth partly open and his tongue right at the entrance, kind of in a U. Should I call my vet?
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