fivecats | Update on The Boy (Reply)

Tendrils
October 2005 Raleigh, NC
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Bonn took The Boy out to the hospital associated with a major local university on Tuesday to have him checked over from top to bottom. Various problems have been presenting themselves to the point where even he knew something was wrong and that something had to be done about them.

Not only did Bonn manage to get The Boy in to see a doctor, but she managed to get him in with some doctors who cared about his situation and were concerned enough with him to invite him to stay in their facility. (Every time we've checked on this as a possibility we've been told that their beds were full) Needless to say, they took the doctors up on the offer and The Boy has been there ever since.

(Bonn got a call early the next morning from The Boy's doctor asking why he'd been on a certain medication. "That's what he was prescribed," was the answer. Turns out we should have checked on the meds and what they're used for. Wrong meds, wrong symptoms, wrong everything. No wonder The Boy has been dulled out for months)

Bonn went up to see him on Wednesday, loaded with clothes, books, etc., and The Boy was all but eager for her to leave as soon as she got there. Could be feeling uncomfortable with Mom there, could be he's just being ungrateful. Either way, Bonn told him she wasn't going to be able to see him the following day, which turned out to be a good thing. A little distance from everyone can only help.

When she spoke to him on the phone she said he actually had some of the spark and life back in his voice. That's a good thing.

We're heading up late this afternoon to check in on him. We'll learn more then.

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