My dad's lost his mind.....here we go again

Oh, boy. Q of P, I'll keep praying for you and your mom, and for your dad too. I agree with what everyone said, that he doesn't sound ready for discharge yet.

His hearing with the review board is Wednesday, November 16th. My birthday. Hopefully my gift will be that he's to be kept there for a while longer yet, that he will hear the words my mom's going to say and maybe realize he does need the help/meds afterall.

Yes, that's the biggest issue with this disease - getting the balance of meds right, and keeping the patient on them. We'll keep you in our thoughts that day!

Oh Gayle I am so sorry to hear this, he needs to stay and get more help for sure.

I'm just checking for an update and see there was a meeting scheduled for today. I hope it was a productive one!

So, got the results from the last hearing and an unexpected turn of events.

The review went a little differently this time. Mom got to be in on the whole thing, heard my dad's doctors review, heard and took questions from the supervising woman psychiatrist, and heard my dad be questioned. After it was done mom was suitably impressed with the woman psychiatrist - she seemed to have my dad figured out. Mom called dad's regular doc yesterday for the results, of course they determined he needed to stay. However, dad can and did after 48 hours, file a request to have another hearing as he didn't like their determination that he needed to stay. Now the panel can and probably will reject his request for another hearing, nothing has changed in his condition and he's just doing it because he didn't get the answer he wanted. He apparently also was shocked at what my mom had to say about him - really dad, you did all those weird things! So we will see shortly how this will go, whether he gets a new hearing or they tell him no. Mom's not happy about it at all, but is set in her resolve that he stay there, get properly medicated, understand the need for the meds and then perhaps come home. The woman psychiatrist did question dad's doc as to his competency. Right now they're not ready to declare him incompetent, but that may be coming, then the ball game changes.

Oh, Gayle, that's great. Not that your Dad gets another hearing so soon, but that your mother seems happy with the doctor that is treating him, and the docs understand!

Give your mom a hug from me next time you see her, okay?

Good to hear that he is still getting help. I'll keep you in my prayers.

My thoughts and prayers are going out:(

Well, they're going to give dad another hearing, on December 1. My mom was really upset about this yesterday, she was counting on them telling him no. I told her to get over it, that this is dad's new fixation (getting out of the hospital, rather than looking for bombs, bugs or lasers). That he will continue to try to get out and she can either give up and let him come home or stand up, take control and say hell no, get him medicated and on the road to whatever recovery he can achieve. She had a melt down yesterday, hopefully she's better today.

I think she's allowed to have an occasional meltdown, with everything she has been through. Give her a hug from us, okay?

The good thing about giving someone a hug is 99% of the time, you get a hug in return!

Thinking of you, Gayle.

Thinking about you and your family.

I just now found the most recent update about the December 1 hearing. That was almost two weeks ago so I am hoping the decision was that your dad should stay under care yet. I'll keep praying.

It took a while for the committee to get back to my mom. But dad will be staying with them a while longer. And, he may not be allowed any further hearings for a while. His doctor was to come up with a new treatment plan as dad wasn't really any different from the day he went in save for sleeping more with the medication. He is now apparently to be medicated twice daily. Mom spoke with him directly a few days ago and he made some snide comments to her. She'll be calling him again, just before Christmas. Hopefully that goes better.

Provided we don't get a huge snow storm on the 24th I will be heading out to spend Christmas with Mom in Sundre. It's an hour north and 30 min west from Calgary. So long as the highways are in good condition Cali, Diego and I will go visit her for a few days.