tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16565481.post-1145030285890663852006-04-14T08:58:00.000-07:002006-04-14T08:58:05.936-07:00<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Sutton went to boarding school and she did great except she was very homesick. Anyway, she had some problems near the end of the week and we had to go and get her on Sunday. It doesn't look like she will be going back. It's a long story, but suffice it to say that it looks as if I'm the only one who can manage her day in and day out. It was just too disruptive to the school once she had just one meltdown. I think they and we had some beliefs that it would work but when push came to shove, they weren't able to handle a personality as strong as hers.</span><br/> <br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">So we are, once again, looking for a "new normal" here at the Petz house. Craig and I are very disappointed that this didn't work out. It was hard and sad to have her go away to school but we so hoped that she would be successful there and get the help she needs. Now it's just up to me I guess.</span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Things are rocky here at best. She has good days and bad days, and the psychiatrist has had me lower her lithium so she is very irritable. I’m having good days and bad days too. And on the bad days, it’s pretty bad for me, depressed and not wanting to do anything. I so hoped that at least that week away from each other would change things somewhat. And it did at first. But now, she’s mean and angry and difficult to all of us.</span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Pray for us all!</span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br/><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Karen</span><br/>Karen Petznoreply@blogger.com