Holiday Songs for the Disturbed

1. Schizophrenia -- Do You Hear What I Hear?

2. Multiple Personality Disorder -- We Three Kings Disoriented Are

3. Dementia -- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas

4. Narcissistic -- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me

5. Manic -- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and....

6. Paranoid -- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me

7. Borderline Personality -- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire

8. Personality Disorder -- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why

9. Attention Deficit Disorder -- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the froggy, can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?

10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells....

Hyrum home for now

In spite of a few setbacks, Hyrum was transferred to UNI's day treatment program, Kidstar. That means we get him home nights and weekends for awhile until an opening becomes available up at Wasatch Canyons (Primary Children's residential progam)

So far, so good. We really enjoy working with the treatment team at Kidstar and it's nice to be back where friends know his whole history. Just to make sure that we've covered this from every angle, Dr Susan Wiet has recommended that we get an MRI done on Hyrum. That is scheduled for Wednesday, November 26th.

The primary kids in the Barton Creek ward made a giant "feel better soon" poster for Hyrum. We've hung it in his room. It was really fun for us to go through and see the pictures and notes from the kids.

Hyrum's LOA

Instead of realeasing Hyrum to us over the week-end the treatment team decided to do a trial for a few hours on Saturday and Sunday to see how it went. They called it a Leave of Absence (LOA)

We took Hyrum to Liberty park and the Tracy Aviary this afternoon. Things went pretty well until we gave him the 10 minute warning that it was soon time to head back up to UNI. That wasn't the part that upset him though, it was when he discovered that we weren't going to turn right around in an hour and visit him at dinner time like we usually do. Then he started crying and hitting his dad. JJ had to carry him back to the car.

As much as he would like to come home for a visit tomorrow, he said he would rather have us just come and visit at dinner. He is so rigid that any little deviation from what he expects really causes trauma.

It's really good to know how he will behave when thrown a small curve ball. I was still unsure about residential treatment for him. This really showed me that although his anxiety is much better, he will be unable to live a normal life because life doesn't always go exactly the way we plan in our heads.

Hyrum Home?

We've heard rumors that Hyrum may be coming home on a trial basis over the week-end.

Our visit with him last night went really well. He is so much more calm and happy than when we first took him there. They are still working on his meds, but think that they have at least one of them right on.

We're just going to make it a quiet family week-end. I don't think that we will try church yet. I don't want to push it but I'm really excited to have him home again for however long we get him.

Jason's Toy Truck

Brother Muray in our ward gave Jason this truck. Formerly a Thiakol vehicle, it's just what Jason needs for all of his projects that he likes to do ie. hauling wood, helping people move, camping, trips to the dump etc. We need to get it to the mechanic and get some new tires before driving it but he just can't wait for summer so that he and the boys can take off to the mountains!

That's my Grammie!

Hey, take a look at this bike. Want one? Me too! It's a Bob Ashdown original. What a way to travel!

Hyrum at UNI

Well, we knew it was coming but it doesn't make it easy. After a very physical battle to try to get Hyrum on the bus this morning, we made the decision to admit him again to the University Neuropsych Institute. His anxiety has become so severe that it's debilitating. He really wouldn't leave the house without a big fight.

Hyrum and I had a talk after getting calmed down after the bus fight and he chose to go to UNI. I told him that he must feel pretty bad inside to chose to be admitted again. He agreed.

I am okay with this as long as I keep thinking about what's best for him. If I start to focus on my own feelings, I break down. I can't really write more about it now because the pain is still too raw. I miss my baby.

-Wendy