Wife coming home from hospital early - feeling anxious

Hi @Former-Member @Shaz51

How are you both and your hubbies today? Trust all is well.

Didn't get my assignment finished yesterday 😞 still trying to get it done by Fridays due date but unlikely.
Met with the lecturer yesterday and he was happy with my progress and has grated me a 2 week extension. He is very understanding of my situation as he has seen the worst of what MI has to offer within his own family.

Yesterday morning my darling was (of her own accord) thinking about delaying her hospital admission by 1 week to take some pressure off me but by the afternoon she was so anxious about how she would cope having to wait that long I told her it was not an option. She goes in tomorrow after lunch.

Will be thinking of you and your family @Determined

Hello @Determined, thinking of you and your darling today , hope you are ok xx

Hi @Former-Member @Shaz51

S2 ok tonight. Spent the day with me at work. Wanted to see his teachers this afternoon to say sorry for yesterday so took him to school this afternoon.

Meeting with the principal on Monday.

I am just really disappointed and hurt that the teacher that caused all of the problems is someone who I had confided in re our situation and thought i could count on to look out for him. Turns out I was wrong. Bitch!!, (can I say that here?) Also supposed to be a friend of my darlings... some friend.

Darling ok I think, hard to say.

Hi @Determined (and @Former-Member). I've been keeping my head out of a lot of the discussions lately because I've felt like there's too much in my own little corner, but spotted last night's chat in Hot Chocolate, so backtracked to find out what's being going on with you.

We've been through some similar stuff with our daughter, so I can relate to a lot of it. She had a three-plus week admission in a private clinic about a two hour trip away, but cut it short at about two weeks. Presently, she's trying to find somewhere that will admit her to trial an antidepressant medication, but the clinic from last time won't accept her. Not sure why. She reacted badly to the medication last time ( a few years ago), so none of us (including her) want her at home when she tries it again. She'll need 24/7 supervision. She shares a house with her older brother, but he can't provide that kind of constant oversight. As is, he's pushing dangerously close to his coping threshold.

On top of that, I've had stretches when I've needed to be away to sort out my parent's home and visit them, and they're a four hour trip away. It's been hard sometimes when my family's been stressed out over a recent crisis situation with our daughter, then on top of that I've been absent. Hubby's good at supporting the family, and ours are a bit older than yours. We've been able to conect our youngest (12) with psychological support through Headspace. She can arrange to see their doctor or psych through her school's student welfare centre. I think your kids are too young for Headspace, but is there another kids' support service that can work with them through their school? If (big "if" ) teachers can be supportive it helps, but teachers are not qualified psychologists, and sometimes can be a bit out of their depth in a complex situation.

Hoping you can find some good rainy day stuff to do with your family today. I know one thing I find sad is that we've been so busy and tired from dealing with full on MI issues that a lot of normal family fun has gone by the wayside. If you get a chance, maybe build up a few "good memory times" with your kids. Nothing fancy; the simple, goofy-fun times can mean a lot.

Thanks @Smc, feel for you at the moment. Trust your daughter can find the care she needs. It must be hard having to go away at times like this 😞 at least we only have bit over an hour to travel to see our darng where she is.

School has a chappy who will be working with s2 but I do need to find a psychologist for him. He has seen one previously but stopped after the inital 6 visits. While he liked her im not sure it was going anywhere, problem is there are few options where we are, it is all about an hour away for any decent psyc service and the constant travel gets a bit much.

Boys have just watched 3 starwars episodes back to back, about to make them some lunch and we will head of yo go visit mummy 😊 she is looking forward to the visit.

Day finished up ok @Former-Member

Darling seemed ok this afternoon, very tired but that was to be expected. It was really hard to leave this afternoon and feeling down again tonight 😞

Children ard tearing the place apart at the moment, better go and sort it out. Get dressed and go to bed seems to be more complicated than it needs to be at the moment. Ill be back later.