I am trying to recoup after a very hectic day. Today I was up at 6 am off to get a fasting blood work from the lab by 7am then to Occupational Therapy, Speech and Physical Therapy then an hour long talk with the Psychiatrist (at the Autistic Clinic - not meridian!). Joshua and I have had a very busy week ...
Right now He has a Cardiologist appointment on Monday - and the Psychiatrist will not put him on any more ADHD medications until they find out why he had those heart pains that made the Dr. at Meridian change his meds. I am still waiting to get into the Neurologist. I will keep you posted ...
Had a meeting with the head of Meridian and CSU. I was told it was in regards to the fiasco that was Joshua's stay at the CSU. I told them how I had resolved the issues - Medicaid had pre-approved Joshua to go to an Autistic clinic that is normally not covered by Medicaid and I had applied for a supplement for the Medicaid so it would cover things that Medicaid would not. I had requested Joshua get a referral to be checked out by a neurologist. These were the things I had done to make improvements in Joshua's care. Mr. Pittman however ... was not so forthcoming. He said that what SHOULD have happened was that Joshua should have been seen at the outpatient clinic that day..... My mind was thinking - I thought Baker act meant inpatient - not outpatient. I struggled to grasp what he was saying when he said that legalistically Joshua shouldn't have stayed at the CSU ... because of his diagnosis. I asked "Are you saying Legally Joshua can't go to the CSU?" Well, he explained - it all came back to billing because they could only bill for "certain diagnosis" ...Damn it if it didn't come all back to the money!!! Apparently an Autistic diagnosis couldn't be billed for there at the CSU it had to be a behavioral diagnosis. I told the man - he is on BEHAVIORAL medications. I said Sir - My son was out of control, he was violent and running away like he was trying to escape his own skin! I could not control him and neither could a special ed school full of people TRAINED to handle children like Joshua. He was not safe! These were BEHAVIORAL issues. I do not see how CSU attended to any of the safety factors related to my son! I called a pharmacist and that Strattera would be in his system for at least 2-3 days and in that week-end when he was home he tried to run away at least 8 times. He was worse with that in his system than if he was on no medications at all. Well Mr. Pitman didn't even bat an eye and said, we are trying to keep him out of the inpatient setting and keep him in an outpatient setting (Was he threatening to institutionalize my son?) In the 6 years since I have raised my son as a single mother - I NEVER spent one day away from him ... like I WANTED to put my son in that place?? He said that he noticed that I had also brought in the other various agencies ... I said yes sir, I wanted to make sure something was done to fix the problems with the facility. I asked him if he could give me some resolutions to my issues at CSU in writing and he told me that he couldn't. He gave me his card and said, if they ever give you unsatisfactory service again - please call my cell phone number. I thanked him ... but inside I was seething ... Special treatment to shut me up?? I could see his major focus ... money and keep things hush hush ....OOOOoooo that man has not satisfied me not one bit. Monday I plan to contact all those people and let them know my displeasure. He stood by the psychiatrist that released my son without any care about his safety. It may have been a career decision. I am not going to let this rest - People will be told about his piss poor attitude and how he deals with the issues at Meridian ... That's all I have to say about that ... for now ... I will keep ya'll posted.
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Here are some pictures of the car I bought with your help:
I couldn't help gathering the bloopers for those who might want to see them.