Wow, lots has happened since last month when I wrote.  My husband moved out, my extension from work went through until tomorrow, and I find out today if it gets extended again to June or July, and my daughter is back in the hospital.  Unfortunately she didn’t respond well to the Prozac so she was prescribed Paxil, which led her to hear a voice telling her to hurt other people (especially her little 5 year old brother).  I took her to therapy on Wednesday this week and after a few minutes the therapist called me in to have my daughter tell me what she’d been hearing and seeing in her mind.  The therapist recommended we go to the hospital for an assessment, which we did, and which led to her being admitted again.

At visiting time last night the psychiatrist pulled us into her office and gave us the rundown on what medications Deanna might try next.  We’re going to go with a combination of Wellbutrin and Abilify and see if that helps.  Until the voice stops being so insistent, they want to keep her at the hospital.  Otherwise, she may get to go there as a partial or outpatient person, showing up everyday during the week from 8-4 and on weekends 9-1.  She’d really prefer that, but we will do what the hospital recommends in any case.

Today I have a meeting with Deanna and a counselor for some family therapy.  Her homebound situation with school has been working out remarkably well and her grades have improved.  It really has been a joy to spend so much time with her, as I haven’t let her out of my sight for very long periods of time.  We even published her many poems in a book of poetry through Lulu.com! 

So, I’m adjusting to life as a single mother, although my husband calls me several times a day and insists on showing up whenever he likes.  We have family therapy twice a month with the same therapist Deanna sees weekly, and next week it will just be my husband and me so we can discuss such boundary issues.