The Rest of the Story

After Monday's post, I've been asked if the good day and the good sleep continued, so I'm going to share the rest of the story. For the most part, I try to keep these posts pretty positive, but things are not always great. I want to be honest in these posts. I started the blog to help people who have special needs kids to feel less alone, and to give other people a glimpse of what it is like to have a child with special needs. If I'm not completely honest about the whole picture, than it won't meet the purpose for which I started it. All three kids continued to have an excellent day, Monday, it was pretty close to a perfect, average day at our house. Monday night Josh did get up several times in the night, so there went our sleep. Tuesday started out okay, and then drastically changed. I got a call from Josh's case manager, the school had called her, because Josh was banging his head and threatening to kill himself. This is not new to our family; we have dealt with these behaviors many times over the years. It is, however, always devastating, scary and overwhelming. It is part of the bipolar symptoms that he has. He has dramatic mood swings with very little triggers. We spent the day dealing with him and his behaviors. The next day he was back to normal, not perfect, but not terrible. I have made many calls, had school meetings, and done a lot of research since Tuesday. I think we have come up with a workable plan to diffuse the situation and Josh. We have a lot of peace and hope for what the future holds for him and our family. Because above all else- God has a perfect plan for our lives.