Tag: Laura
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The eye of faith
Marsha wrote up the various ideas of how to ease Laura’s burden long-term – the things we discussed at the family meeting – and she went over it with Laura and me after work today. That prompted further discussion between Laura and I after she left which eventually figured on the idea of sending Alyssa…
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Day one
Laura is settling in to life on the issue. She was able to connect with a few people and get the tasks fine that she needed, like filling prescriptions and visiting the psychiatrist. Apparently she also spent a good deal of time talking to mom, including another recitation about how all our problems as a…
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Released
Everyone, including Laura, indicated that the family meeting today want what they had expected. Laura talked about the work she had done, the triggers she had identified, the supports she needed to make use of etc. but we had all anticipated more concrete plans of how she would keep herself safe. That difference made my…
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Ready to reunite
The sucursal worker called late this afternoon to tell me that they feel Laura is ready to return home and to schedule a family meeting. We will meet tomorrow at 11:30 add expect her to come home afterward. Now the real work begins to make changes.
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Family meetings
Today was marked by a series of family meetings. I had individual meetings with each of the four oldest kids to discuss solutions to problems that they identified. It went very smoothly with Savannah and Mariah (unsurprisingly) but not quite so smoothly with Isaac and Alyssa. Of I had guessed I would probably have guessed…
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Growing understanding
I finally got to visit Laura tonight. She seems happy and peaceful. I had been warned before going in by both Laura (strong hints on phone calls) and Becca (directly) that Laura would want to talk about sending Alyssa to live elsewhere and that she was very much stuck on that action. I braced myself…
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False alarm
With all my skepticism yesterday I was happy to have my fears assuaged today as Laura assured me that she feels good about her treatment and later as a social worker called me to give me a report on her progress and more importantly to listen to me and get my perspective on this episode…
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Move to psych ward
We had expected that Laura probably would, and later would certainly, spend time in the psych ward after the ICU. Today she finally made that transition. Before that took place (which was after 4pm) Marsha arrived and Laura got to see her, Becca, and (again) Emily as well as Alyssa (because she left school due…
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Laura is improving
Laura has improved greatly today and we have had tons of help from family members, ward members, and friends. First I would like to share the relevant parts of an email that Emily sent to her dad (and subsequently shared with me) which describe the day (she was with Laura for the bulk of her…