Chuck had surgery on his knee today. Had to be there at 11am and we left at 1pm. The doctor said he had to remove half of the midiscus and there was way less cartliage damage than he thought there would be. He said Chuck should feel so much better now. He has to be at physical therapy at 10am tomorrow.

We went to KFC after we left and then went to the boys track meet. He can walk on it and seems to be doing really well. The true test will be tomorrow morning. I hope it’s a quick recovery and that he no longer has so much pain in his knee.

My MRI on my hips is tomorrow at 1pm. The doctor mentioned it today and said I had a very unique case. Umm, wonder if that is good or bad. I will have to lay there totally still with nothing to do for over an hour!!! That is going to drive me nuts!! My hips still hurt pretty bad from the doctor visit on Monday! I wonder what is causing it?

Well, I hope this track meet doesn’t last too much longer as I am freezing! I got an app on my phone so I can now blog on the go!

CJ is doing really well and seems much happier. Only time will tell if it’s for real or not.

There is only 1 more track meet and 4 more tennis matches and we are done for the year, YA!!!!!

Well, had a family meeting with CJ and the counselor yesterday.  It went really good, though CJ wouldn’t say so.

He got SO mad a few times mostly because his “privacy” was being violated because we went through his phone, computer and notebooks.

He was livid but we stayed really calm and the counselor gave it right back to CJ saying that if he wasn’t keeping everything to himself and blowing up like he does, we wouldn’t feel the need to do so.

She also said we had every right as a parent to do anything and everything we can do to keep him safe.  He eventually calmed down though.

The counselor said it was a great family session and it was good that he got so pissed off, her words, LOL!!

He said the doctor said he could go home today but after yesterday, we’ll see what they say.  He may stay an extra day or so.  I hope he is able to catch up on his school work.

Today, Joe has an 8:15am appointment and then I have a 10am appointment and then Chuck’s is at 10:45am!!  After Joe’s and before Chuck’s, Chuck will run Joe into school

Chuck’s MRI came back and he is having surgery on his knee on Thursday.  He has a torn mediscus (sp) which they will remove and they will clean up all the floaters.  Hopefully he will be up and about in no time.

Later that day as I couldn’t seem to update my blog via my phone……

It’s now Monday night and I am FINALLY home!!!  I have been gone since 8am and it’s not almost 9pm.  When we got home from the doctors there was a message saying that CJ had been released and we could come get him.  So, we turned right around and went and got him.

Got there at 2pm and brought him home by 4pm.  I had to run and get Joe from Track practice and then make dinner and clean it all up and then Chuck and I had a Mat Club Meeting at 6pm and we just got home from that.  I am worn out and just want to go to bed.

I hope CJ adjusts to school tomorrow.  We’ll have the nurse check on him throughout the day and be sure he’s okay.  He’s been fine here, organizing his Yugio cards.

We did speak with his psychiatrist today and he seemed a little concerned about why he’s on Abilify as that is an anti-psychotic  drug.  We’ll see though, I got a months worth and we’ll see how he does on it.  I will keep him on the concerta too even when there is no school for now and see how it goes.

Sorry, forgot to update yesterday.  Got a call from where CJ is and they want another family meeting on Sunday at 1:30.  We are hoping that we have the meeting and then take CJ home but no one has said anything yet to that affect.  He still has not called home but I am not overly worried about that, he can just cool off there.  Chuck is more worried about CJ acting out and being an ass when he comes home more than his state of mind.  I just hope all goes well.

I will be happy when all sports is finally done, it’s been a long year!  I think we have 3 more track meets and we are done.  There is one today but Chuck and I aren’t going.  It’s almost an hour away and Debbie asked me to come over and go to the movies with her and Chuck has some running around to do so we opted out for today.

It will be nice to get out of here for a while and see Debbie.  Haven’t been able t hang out with her in a long time.  She works 2 jobs so she is always busy, but she isn’t working today and her husband and son won’t be home so we are going to the movies.  She works at the theater so we see movies for free, so nice!

Oh, Sam really loved the baby booties I gave her on Wed. night and everyone I show them to thinks they are just so cute!  LOL!  Glad she likes them! 

Nurse called and they want to put CJ on Abilify 5mg before bed.  Helps with anxiety and depression and mood swings I guess.  I guess we are going to say yes, I haven’t called them back yet to give consent.  I wanted to find out about it first.  So, he’s not coming home today and we aren’t sure when he’ll come home.  Usual stay is 5 to 7 days so maybe this weekend.

We were getting all ready for him to come home and we are back to the waiting game.  His first therapy session is May 3rd as that was the soonest they had open at the same place he sees his Psychiatrist, just in another building.  I hope he’s doing okay, haven’t spoken to him since he got all pissy on the phone with me about taking those three girls off his call list.

I wish he wasn’t hurting so much and that I could take his pain away.  My heart still aches for him and I know Chuck’s does too as he can’t sleep at night for thinking about CJ.

I just didn’t feel like working on the computer today, though I had a TON of work that needed done.  Instead, I just vegged out and made these today.  I gave them to a lady at church that is expecting her first baby and it’s a boy!  I may make a few sets of these to have on hand when I am invited to a baby shower!

Why is this SO hard!!!  CJ just called and was SO mad because I took his “friends” off his call list.  He does NOT need to be calling them.  It was three girls and Taylor was one of them.  I wrote them down just so there was no “Scene” when signing him in.  I called today and found out he’s at Level III and can call his friends so I had them take them off.  He can talk to them at school on Friday.  He was so mad and said then he’s not calling anyone on the list since he can’t call his friends and hung up on me.

Man, why is this so hard!!  I am here to make sure he’s safe and turns into a responsible adult and to NOT be his friend, but man, it’s SO hard!!  Makes you second guess yourself, am I doing the right thing, am I being too hard on him, etc.  *SIGH*

I should get used to having an angry teenager and just get over it.  The social worker said if your kids aren’t mad at you and upset then you’re not doing your job, LOL!

ARG!!!!!

Went to see CJ and the social worker today at 2:30.  He’s not being truthful but that is to be expected.  We told her everything and maybe she can get the truth out of him.  He did say he’s doing better being away from everyone and the drama and I agree.  She told us that probably the 22nd is when he’ll be coming home and he’ll be put into an outpatient type thing but I will know more about that later.

I am going to look into finding a group for him to be in and we’ll see how the therapy goes.  CJ was in good spirits though he cried a few times but that is to be expected.  We have to make the house safe for him to come home too and we’ll do that on Wed. as we are both busy tomorrow.
Joe had a bad day at school as no one would leave him alone about CJ and what happened.  You know how rumors are and they are saying that he’s still running, he’s in prison, etc. LOL!  It’s testing week at school so he’s not really missing much, which is good!

I just hope CJ is truthful and really wants to get something out of this experience but we’ll see.  Pastor Carson said he was going to try and call CJ at 4:30 and I hope he was able to, CJ would like that.