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<blockquote data-quote="BloodiedButUnbowed" data-source="post: 719852" data-attributes="member: 13303"><p>Thanks everybody for the replies. His eyes looked better yesterday, but he was very emotional and made little sense sometimes. He is still on Fentanyl and Versed. He spoke of seeing lemurs swimming in a pool (?), thought that the IV wires and assorted tubing were "guns" and thought his hospital bed was its own room surrounded by walls. These things to me sound like drug-induced hallucinations.</p><p></p><p>He said some other things that made more sense. He spoke of his brother "fighting" - something he talked about with me before this all occurred. He remembered that his girlfriend's birthday is this weekend - his dad arranged with the nurses to set up a small celebration for her in his room. And he became so upset thinking about how much school he's missed, and how difficult he found it prior to this attempt, that he wept openly.</p><p></p><p>We know very little of day to day life with DS and YS in their father's home, but DS has always been violent and has beaten his father as well as YS. I hope for YS' sake that as part of his recovery there is some kind of resolution and safety plan enforced so he can be safe from DS.</p><p></p><p>He is still in the pediatric ICU because the non-critical peds wing doesn't have a room with a hookup for his dialysis machine. For now he receives daily dialysis. When such a room opens up he will be transferred. </p><p></p><p>This is all good news. We are so fortunate.</p><p></p><p>My wife is beginning to buckle under the stress. Unfortunately she has one primary emotion during all times - anger. In the past I almost left her on several occasions because of her unwillingness to manage her anger. She has been in therapy and took up meditation recently which helped a lot, and things have been much improved this year especially, but since this occurred she has dropped both and her abusive behavior has returned.</p><p></p><p>She is lashing out at me very aggressively and I had to set boundaries with her, to which she reacted very badly. </p><p></p><p>I am hoping some space will help. I am not going to the hospital today and don't plan to go Saturday either. There are chores that need to be done that require much time (emissions test etc). I will do those things and leave my wife to her struggles, keeping myself safe from her outbursts as I do so.</p><p></p><p>If she refuses to seek help and change her ways there is nothing I can do. She doesn't see how damaging it is to her children, even more than to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BloodiedButUnbowed, post: 719852, member: 13303"] Thanks everybody for the replies. His eyes looked better yesterday, but he was very emotional and made little sense sometimes. He is still on Fentanyl and Versed. He spoke of seeing lemurs swimming in a pool (?), thought that the IV wires and assorted tubing were "guns" and thought his hospital bed was its own room surrounded by walls. These things to me sound like drug-induced hallucinations. He said some other things that made more sense. He spoke of his brother "fighting" - something he talked about with me before this all occurred. He remembered that his girlfriend's birthday is this weekend - his dad arranged with the nurses to set up a small celebration for her in his room. And he became so upset thinking about how much school he's missed, and how difficult he found it prior to this attempt, that he wept openly. We know very little of day to day life with DS and YS in their father's home, but DS has always been violent and has beaten his father as well as YS. I hope for YS' sake that as part of his recovery there is some kind of resolution and safety plan enforced so he can be safe from DS. He is still in the pediatric ICU because the non-critical peds wing doesn't have a room with a hookup for his dialysis machine. For now he receives daily dialysis. When such a room opens up he will be transferred. This is all good news. We are so fortunate. My wife is beginning to buckle under the stress. Unfortunately she has one primary emotion during all times - anger. In the past I almost left her on several occasions because of her unwillingness to manage her anger. She has been in therapy and took up meditation recently which helped a lot, and things have been much improved this year especially, but since this occurred she has dropped both and her abusive behavior has returned. She is lashing out at me very aggressively and I had to set boundaries with her, to which she reacted very badly. I am hoping some space will help. I am not going to the hospital today and don't plan to go Saturday either. There are chores that need to be done that require much time (emissions test etc). I will do those things and leave my wife to her struggles, keeping myself safe from her outbursts as I do so. If she refuses to seek help and change her ways there is nothing I can do. She doesn't see how damaging it is to her children, even more than to me. [/QUOTE]
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