Ameri's life has been one of pain, abandonment and loss. She was scarred from birth and she went through a period of dicey choices in her late teen years.

Monday, March 06, 2006

Recovery and Road Trip

Ameri was released from the hospital on a shaky living plan. We were not involved in her pickup. The hospital sent her by cab to a rough motel in a nearby part of our metro area. She did call us but would not let on where she was. She has a new boyfriend. When she disappeared into the hospital she did not even call him. He called us. He turns out to be a nice guy. He is just a bit of a blemished angel, but Ameri responds to him when she gets into her hard headed state.

The new boyfriend is a pipe fitter and welder. He is a gypsy welder and so the crew that he is on can be going anywhere in the southeast. He has no transportation so we took him to an in-state job on Sunday (Mar. 5 2006) I was either that or Ameri taking off with him on the bus.

Ameri got a great deal of past due homework done this weekend, with the boy friend’s help and she went into school today to work there. She seems to be responding to the current combinations of medications that are prescribed.

The drive to the job and return was a bit of a haul. We felt good about doing that for him. He has been a steadying influence on Ameri.

It could be a whole lot worse.