This Crazy Life

And the weight just keeps falling off and the vitals keep dropping.  She did increase 150 calories yesterday.  And is planning on doing that.  But when you’re only eating 1100 calories a day, so now 1250, that’s still not enough.  Especially when you’re dropping 1.5 pounds in 2 days.  But she’s still eating and she’s still trying.  I go back and forth on what to do as a parent.  I mean she’s doing better than she has in 3 years.  But better is not good or really even good enough.  But then I think about all the teens out there with eating disorders/disordered eating that never get treatment, never get help.  They just exist on permanently too low of calorie diets.  And they are ok.  If they were seeing an eating disorder doctor they may be in the hospital or in treatment, but they are healthy enough to just stay home.  So is my daughter healthy enough to stay home.  Is she ok?  I don’t know.  I think she probably is.  I mean she’s not completely starving herself at this point.  I’m actually going to talk to her doctor about this on Monday to get her opinion.  But then I also want to talk about maybe setting a weight goal for her to go back to school.  Or to get her permit.  Something to help get some weight on her.  I think she’ll shut it down and decide she doesn’t want to go to school.  But maybe not.   Maybe the wanting to do something will get her and she’ll agree to eat more.