Home!

Yesterday Oksana was discharged.  I picked her up around 10:30am.  My favorite nurses were there so I got to say goodbye and thank them for their care.  I know she will be back some day but hopefully not soon!  Oksana was so excited to go home.  She wanted to be back in her cozy bed.  The other thing she pointed out was that she missed carpet!  LOL!  Interestingly she never mentioned missing us or her siblings, but I made it clear that we missed her.  Anya had been asking for her over and over again.  When she saw her Monday afternoon she gave her a big hug!  Quite honestly the boys weren't impressed.  They don't dislike Oksana but she is very hard to live with and I see them distancing themselves from her.  It makes me sad but I can't force them to be excited about someone coming home who spent the last year beating us up.  I felt a mixture of emotions.  I really was ready for her to be home, but I was also nervous.  What would it be like being back in the daily grind after a week off?  How would she do?  Was she really better?

I wish I could say things are fantastic but they aren't. Yesterday she was so excited to be home but by afternoon she became agitated and self injured quite a bit.  I even talked to a nurse wondering if it was possible that the new med wasn't in her system all the way yet.  She said it should be, but to keep documenting so that we can tell her psych at our appointment next week.  She is also still napping daily.  I'll be curious to see if that starts to disappear as her body adjusts more.  Today she was a bit better.  She was very excited to be back at school and was the center of attention so I'm not surprised she did good.  I'll be curious to see how the rest of the week goes.