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[quote=Anonymous]We had two hospitalization, both very traumatic. In the long run I feel they both had more of a negative impact then helpful, especially the second one. Both times we had to start at our local ER as both times we were transported there by police and that was their protocol. Our ER (Frederick MD) has both adult and children emergency ER patients on the same wing, they did try to separate children and adults but this was not always possible. It was extremely traumatic for both myself who stayed with her day/night until she had a bed and my child. The first time she got a bed after two nights in the Psych ER but the second time we waited five long days. We also had to be strong advocates and speak as to why we refused to send her to some very unsafe places that were being recommended while we waited.  Also the second time they did not even have a bed in the emergency psych er wing on the first night and the “care” and staff did not know how to handle her and had no empathy. As result she eloped from the hospital, I was the only one that followed her out and was only able to stop her from running into the street because of the grace of a stranger who was walking his dog and helped. She was then medically restrained when we returned to the hospital (also extremely traumatic to witness) and this lead to her having a higher level of acuity and I think in part was why we waited so long to find a bed and why they recommended some unsafe places, they just wanted her out of there. I also witnessed the ER nurses say another patient by name in the waiting room multiple times and talk about him ( this was another child from my child’s special needs school) and of course is 100% in violation of the child’s privacy. It made me concerned for my own child’s privacy and safety. I did bring this up to the social worker but due to my own crisis at hand I did not have the energy to take that further.

Our first admission was at Sheppard Pratt in Towson this did provide a change in medication and offered a reset but the aftercare was minimal because of everything being full.

Our second admission was at North Spring in Leesburg VA and it was a horrible experience. They finally admitted to being extremely short staffed. she really received little ti no therapeutic care and discharged while still
exhibiting unsafe behaviors.

We have decided as a family to avoid further hospitalizations. i recognize this
might not always be possible. we have created a family safety plan.  I am happy to share more about what that looks like for us.

This is so hard and I am sorry you and your family are dealing with this. continue to use this site for support. sending you huggs!

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