We live on the great plains of our country. Northern Great Plains. we are about 550 miles from the residential facility where David lives. I wish we had train service between here and there. The nearest depot to his residence is like 5 hours. the last Amtrak went into Billings, MT in 1979. With the…
Tag: Conditions and Diseases
An update on David’s recent crisis
David is stable. He is still under the suicide watch and will continue to be for the next couple of days. Tomorrow he sees the psych team, and Tuesday we meet with the therapist. Because of the number of staff that need to work with David at any one point, they didn’t have enough in…
A threat of suicide and a prayer
This morning, I received a phone call from staff. David is in crisis. It is more than that. Yesterday two young men got into a fight or something, and David decided to get involved. As a result he lost all privileges. Has to spend 20 minutes of every half hour with staff. They usually start…