Tuesday, April 3, 2007
best day for Honey in a while
Today was the best weekday I have seen Honey in a long while. She seemed lighter and brighter. She was up early, exercised a bit and showered. She continues to keep up with homework- finished a paper today (due Thursday) and cleaned up her room. Met with "Dee", her counselor with the sexual assault center this afternoon and she went to colorguard practice tonight- off to pick her up now- cant wait to see how she did :)
Monday, April 2, 2007
Homebound?
Honey went to school today (after a long, anxious night) and ended up in the counselors office after her first class.
Though I hadn't spoke about it with Honey, I had decided that today (Monday) and Tuesday would be the "test". She has been home more than in school the past several weeks. When she is in school, it sounds like her whole day is a turmoil of emotions- I have to wonder if she is learning anything anyhow? and I have to wonder how healthy it is for her to try to face her "demon" without the tools to cope successfully? Since she spent most of yesterday worrying about school, got little or no quality sleep (up worrying) and made it through only 90 minutes of school, I think she will learn more and I think she will be better able to heal here at home. She will return to school... I dont know when, but I know she will learn some coping techniques and I know she will conquer this situation in time.
We have an appointment with someone who deals with PTSD and rape trauma in April (we had an appointment in mid-June- that was as early as we could get in... but I have called and left messages a couple times with her (let her know Honey really needed to get in asap) and the next time I called we got bumped up... so a couple weeks.
Now, I am just waiting for Honey's PCP to fax an okay/request to school for homebound status until the end of the current school year. We can always change it, if Honey feels she wants to go back sooner. She will also request that Honey be allowed to continue with extra curricular activities as tolerated. Honey's counselor is in the process of locating a homebound teacher. She is still pretty worked up from today, but I think once she relaxes, she will feel much less stress with the idea that she does not have to return to school until she is ready.
Though I hadn't spoke about it with Honey, I had decided that today (Monday) and Tuesday would be the "test". She has been home more than in school the past several weeks. When she is in school, it sounds like her whole day is a turmoil of emotions- I have to wonder if she is learning anything anyhow? and I have to wonder how healthy it is for her to try to face her "demon" without the tools to cope successfully? Since she spent most of yesterday worrying about school, got little or no quality sleep (up worrying) and made it through only 90 minutes of school, I think she will learn more and I think she will be better able to heal here at home. She will return to school... I dont know when, but I know she will learn some coping techniques and I know she will conquer this situation in time.
We have an appointment with someone who deals with PTSD and rape trauma in April (we had an appointment in mid-June- that was as early as we could get in... but I have called and left messages a couple times with her (let her know Honey really needed to get in asap) and the next time I called we got bumped up... so a couple weeks.
Now, I am just waiting for Honey's PCP to fax an okay/request to school for homebound status until the end of the current school year. We can always change it, if Honey feels she wants to go back sooner. She will also request that Honey be allowed to continue with extra curricular activities as tolerated. Honey's counselor is in the process of locating a homebound teacher. She is still pretty worked up from today, but I think once she relaxes, she will feel much less stress with the idea that she does not have to return to school until she is ready.
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