My middle baby came home yesterday! Me and my Sister spent the majority of our daylight hours traveling to get her and getting her back home. I am very happy to have her home too. I wasn't exactly thrilled about her being in that place, especially since most of our conversations were over the sounds of some kid screaming at the top of his or her lungs. Which would start before we got on the phone and would end long after ... and all from their "quiet" room. I am telling you, if a child went in there with nothing wrong with them ... they wouldn't come out that way. Not with all that going on, for sure.
Anywho ... they released her AMA. Which is really funny. I got the call yesterday that since I didn't agree with them putting her on a medication that she had been on for three years with no success, that they were releasing her that day ... AMA ... and then they spent three more conversations asking me when my estimated time of arrival would be. When I would try to explain to them why I disagreed with them using that medication, it was like talking to a brick wall. I was told they were the experts and they didn't care that she had been on the medication before with no results. Then they would ask me when I was coming to get her.
So, I went and got her. They weren't even trying to treat her for the PTSD at all and their behavior was pretty unprofessional, in my opinion. I think she will be better served with our counselor at church and her counselor at the RCC. They are both excellent counselors and her counselor at the RCC is trained to treat patients with PTSD.
I would like to ask everyone to continue to pray for her though. She refuses to open up and talk about what happened to her and it is important that she does. She just keeps pushing it deep inside and it will just continue to fester there. I think her counselor over at the RCC will be able to do a lot with her, considering her training, but I still pray that God will place a healing hand on her. She really needs to understand that it doesn't matter how much man lets you down that we have a real Father, a Father who is always there, won't hurt us, and will never abandon us. Once she understands that she can lay all her burdens and pain at His feet, the better off she will truly be.
I'm praying for her sis, and I'm glad she's back home.
God will take care of her.
I'm glad to hear she came home. I also hope that she continues to heal with the help of decent professionals.
Unfortunately, the mental health industry is in a terrible state. Equally unfortunately, it sounds like the place your daughter was in until yesterday was a prime example of that. Hopefully, her other counselors will be wiser and better equipped to really help her.
They called to tell you they were releasing her but they were releasing her AMA? Isn't AMA against medical advice? How can they release her against medical advice unless you asked them to release her? They don't make any sense!
Jay, that is what I asked them, actually. I thought AMA was when I called and said I wanted her home, they said they didn't think that was a good idea, so I said I didn't care, and then they said okay but we are going to release her against medical advice. Instead, they released her because I contested the use of a medication (and I am allowed to contest one medication according to the paperwork they gave me) and I was told since I disagreed with them they were releasing her, I needed to come and get her, but it was all AMA. Totally stupid, in my opinion.
I hope so, Jarred!
Me too, Sis. :)
In other words, they're pulling stuff they're not technically allowed to do and trying to cover their butts in the process. If you wanted to pursue the matter, you should get the information for the ombudsman that handles patient complaints for that facility and file a report.
I realize you probably don't care a great deal, as your daughter is better off out of there. However, it sounds like this facility could do with a good investigation, all the same.
Rogue: i have read quite a few posts to catch up. I am sorry about all you and your family are going thru. lm? things do happen for a reason and HE will not give you any more than you can handle. i am praying for you and your girls.
Thanks, tinker. I appreciate it. :)