Yesterday (Wednesday) was down day for the servers that host my blog. I am now able to make this new post.
All along, we have had one request of any hospital in which Ameri has been a patient. That is that she be on a stable dose of medication and that she be referred to a day treatment program or intensive out patient care. We have insurance resources to cover particular programs. To date, in dealing now with the sixth hospital, we have not had that happen.
This morning we got another cheerful call from hospital social services letting us know that Ameri was going to be released today and asked if we would pick her up.
I had to make a bold move. I sent a fax to the chief of hospital staff and his deputy for psychiatry indicating our frustration with the utter confusion and lack of coordination between all the departments of the hospital who have some say in what happens to our daughter. I requested that a due diligence assessment be made and that we meet with responsible staff in a formal meeting.
I also sent a fax to the public defender's office lauding the fine work being done by an attorney in that office to effect the release of our daughter back to the streets without any requirement for further treatment.
I have found that one must poke the hive to stir up the hornets. I have poked two hives today. I may poke some media hives and some state government hives overnight. It is all that I have. I will continue to poke as is necessary.
