Ameri Still in a Swirl

Since my last post Ameri has had a hospital stay, was released, came home, took a shower, order a pizza, called a cab and disappeared for five days. She called on occasion. She was not in good circumstances but she was not too concerned. She eventually called law enforcement and her circumstances and condition warranted returning to a hospital. She was in a hospital and sedated for two days before we knew where she was. She was transferred under sedation to a more distant hospital. She finally gave us a call to say where she was. The nursing and treatment staff are of course, outstanding. We have been in two very good family sessions but to no avail. Ameri's is willing to cooperate and seek outpatient treatment.

Two things have come together that make going forward more difficult than before. Ameri is now 19 and has not finished her high school work - one class. She is now by all circumstances no longer eligible for our family insurance plan. She knows that and does not seem to care. She knows that she can always make bloody scratches on her wrists and she can be committed law enforcement to a 72 hour hold in a hospital. Of course! None of this makes sense.

There are sixteen beds available in our metropolitan area for the treatment of conditions like Ameri's. We have a pro football team, a pro baseball team and a pro hockey team. The waiting list for those 16 beds is over 300 persons.

Remember. Ameri's condition originated before birth. She had a life threatening first three months. She was handed a around and abandoned by two families before she came to us.

The story continues.