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ERC Dallas vs Veritas Durham – First Impressions
We spent almost 17 weeks with Veritas. We are only in the middle of week 2 with ERC. I plan on comparing them a few times during this process. First impressions. Veritas admittance process was much more organized. We came in, were sent upstairs to a private room. We got to say goodbye. A nurse…
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Residential Round 2
So, my amazing plan I had been contemplating and thinking on went awry. I had a date I wanted to admit her. Well, a week really. A week that would give me summer at home with my other two kids and get them started back to school before I had to move for PHP, again. …
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The Incident
Over one year later and we’re still exactly where we were before. The violence, the destruction. It’s all back. Her sister and one of her sister’s friends walked through the kitchen where she was hiding. I’m sure they didn’t even see her, but she went berserk. She destroyed her room. She destroyed their living room…
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Grapes
For the average person understanding just exactly how an eating disorder works is really hard. Even being a caretaker to someone with a severe eating disorder it’s still hard to understand what it feels like. I wish I could understand so that maybe I could help her more. If I could really understand what she…
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Ankle Weights
The damn ankle weights. We’ve had ankle weights in the house for years. They were asked to get them for cheer several seasons ago. They can do drills with them to condition their core and the girls used to practice their jumps on the trampoline with them on. My daughter that still cheers still uses…
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The Feeding Tube
The fourth time my daughter was in the hospital (the first time after residential) they told her if she had to come back again, they would put in a feeding tube so I could make sure she was getting enough nutrition at home. Well that time came. We went back to the hospital. And a…
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The Text that Broke my Heart (Even More)
My oldest daughter is 14 and the twins are 12. They all have phones. They also all know I can check their phones at any time. Of course, if I don’t have reason to search phones I don’t. We’ve had a lot of conversations about trust. And things are good if I can trust you,…
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1st Hospital Stay
Her first hospital stay was the beginning of June 2021. I’m sure I could get actual dates, if I looked, but beginning of June 2021 is close enough. She had her first dietician apt that morning. The dietician was the first apt I could get her in based on her age and our location and…
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Decisions
How do you know it’s time to send your child back to residential? How do you know it’s time to leave the rest of your family at home so you can go live elsewhere while your sick child does PHP? This is what I’m really struggling with currently. Her team thinks she needs a higher…
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The Hospital
Friday started out like an ordinary day. I put laundry in the washing machine, got a few things started around the house and then we headed to the city to her doctor’s apt. However, that day will now never be forgotten. She had lost weight once again. And her resting heart rate was only 53. …
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