Hospital & Transition Home

• He was admitted to Phoenix Children's late at night, on the 3rd
• 11 (or 12, depending on how you count it) days later he came home, the 14th of Jan.
• The emotions have been exhausting
• The guilt of leaving the other kids
• The guilt of not visiting him every day
• The peace of sleeping soundly at night
• The concern, watching his hands and head twitch with the tremors of Lithium
• The long drives back and forth
• And now, he's home . . .
• and so far, so good.
• Seems to be controlling himself pretty well.
• Still gets upset quickly, but will go take a "sit out" on his own, or at least the first time we ask.
• Goes to sleep fast, and stays asleep (that's a miracle!)
• Can't concentrate on schoolwork though.
• Still tremoring a lot. That's hard to watch, since he's the boy who was amazing at detailed activities like art and Legos.
• The meds. aren't right yet, we can tell.
• Watch and wait. Watch and wait. Here we go again.