Tag: Anorexia
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To Tube or Not To Tube
I feel like I could be Shakespeare. We’re looking for residential options. Her dietician and I agree that someplace smaller and has the option to do more individualized treatment plan would benefit her. Some where that can meet her on her level and work with her. As opposed to the ERCs of the world that…
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Residential Round 3
So residential round 3 is inevitable at this point. I think I’ve decided on Laurette unless the wait is just too long or they won’t take her. Which I’m always afraid could be the case. Clementine in St. Louis does not currently have a wait, it’s my second choice and I have to get some…
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Things People Shouldn’t Say
Otherwise titled if you don’t know what you’re talking about, keep your mouth shut! We were just in the hospital again, number 10 if you’re counting. Two weeks after we were last discharged. She’s struggling. Hard. We are pumping oil into her room through the vents. She’s gaining weight just sitting locked in her room. …
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Another One Bites the Dust
Our therapist quit. Or she’s taking a step back for awhile as she doesn’t think she’s helping. AKA, she quit. Which I get it, I’m not sure how much she’s helping my daughter, but she helps me. She completes our team. I’ve been paying her every week just as she asks. So why quit? I’m…
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The Necklace
I am not religious. Our family is not religious. My kids do believe in God at different levels. My mother-in-law is very religious, very catholic. She seems to think my daughter has a spirit attached to her and prayer will fix this situation. She’s been watching you tube videos. I told her she could do…
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Insights into the Mind of Someone with an Active Eating Disorder
I don’t know how better to title this post. Coming home from the hospital was rough. We met with her dietician and therapist both and she has no desire to participate was hostile, argumentative, and even rude. She is not getting better. We can’t force getting better on her. Sending her away does nothing. She…
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And We’re Home
9 days later we’re home. I was nervous coming home. I never know what to expect. Will she eat. Will she drink. Will she be better for a bit. I do think her mood was much improved in the hospital and when we first got home. I think she felt better. But she’s already not…
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Fed and Watered
Hospital Stay #9; the one where she’s fed and watered. Yes, we’re back. Yes, it’s fun. I went to Florida for D2 Summit with her sister. She stopped eating and drinking Friday. She was going to keep drinking but then she decided we were adding oil to her water. Oil in her water that she…
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And the Downhill Slide Starts
She’s done. She can’t continue eating. She’s absorbing so much already that she’s gaining too much weight. I told her eating isn’t optional. Eating is a requirement of living. But it’s not when you absorb so much through the air. She’s stopped letting me see what she’s eating again. She’s backing us into a corner…
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So Much Hate
This week has been extra rough. For her. Which in turn makes it tough for me. She had to make another increase, which is always hard, but I think we’re getting to the point that it’s too much. Sunday, I started receiving a million texts from her. She’s done doing this at home. She can’t…
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