This Crazy Life

Thursday they wanted to move her back to residential.  She had eaten less than 1000 calories total for the last 3 days.  She was starting to decline.  I told them, let’s give her a final chance at expectations.  Her therapist met with her that afternoon and told her if she wasn’t completing 100% at php and at home she was going back to residential.  Oh was she mad when I got her Thursday evening.  She had eaten, well drank, dinner.  She ran down the stairs.  Then had to walk around the neighborhood.  I was trying to extinguish the behaviors, but w/out physically holding her down it was impossible.  But she ate.  She completed.  Friday she had a lunch and afternoon pass.  She had completed breakfast and am snack at php.  By supplement only.  She ate lunch for me, refused to supplement for what she didn’t eat.  And then she ate afternoon snack.  Then she went back to php where she completed dinner by supplement.  So at least we aren’t restricting.  As one restriction before we leave means back to residential.  Her team is ready to back me up and stands on this decision.  She has a half day pass Saturday and all day pass Sunday.  Then Monday, Tuesday and we’re going to discharge Wednesday.  If she keeps eating.  Otherwise, we’ll make a new plan for what I do.  But today she has actually been pretty pleasant.  Like maybe knowing back to residential was truly on the table made her able to step up her came and tell the eating disorder to shut up because she had to eat and had no other choice.