Wednesday, May 18, 2022

#2085 Wednesday 18th May

 Today has been  a bad day of epic proportions. It began fine with Kaylia calm and happy ..... but before 9am at school she had attacked three adult staff members  ...... I was called back to collect her and she's been suspended.  We don't see any point in her continuing at school as she clearly doesn't want to be there .... and we can't have the risk of her attacking people.  The trouble is that this also means that for her to attend the work placement is too big a risk.  

Then after coming home she was fine till about 1:30pm ...... and then she escalated and kept on hurting Naomi.  After 2 hours of trying to "bring her down" she finally decided to have some bubble bath time.

After tea she again tried to hurt Naomi ..... the trigger was that she was insisting on having a written schedule for the next two days ... and seeing that both days will be the same, Naomi put "Thursday + Friday" on it.......  Kaylia's reaction was instant and violent.


We are having an emergency consult with the psychiatrist tomorrow ..... we are running out of management ideas.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

#2084 Tuesday 17th May

The change to the medication has been a disaster! On Sunday night she woke at 2am and we had a huge compliance battle as she was determined that she was going to come upstairs with us..... and we couldn't allow her do that.  She eventually stayed in her room but she proceeded to literally scream for a long time. I think it was 5am before we slept.

The dosage of the medication has been taken back to the old level and life has reverted to a manageable level...... but today she doesn't want to be at school.  I hope that this is a temporary thing as I have very little time to myself as she needs constant supervision. 

Sunday, May 15, 2022

#2083 Sunday 15th May

After a follow up appointment with the doctor, her dose of the new medication has been increased.  It's now 6.45am and the new dose is not working yet!  She's insisting on an early start to the day..... and I'm not allowing her to get her way on this.  She doesn't like it at all.