@krysblake
Krys
I UNDERSTAND!!! Our 11 yo started becoming physically aggressive about six months ago, also coinciding with puberty. She doesn’t have CP, but she has FAS, RAD, a low IQ, long history of abuse (physical and sexual) amongst a number of other things, from the bio home. This girl is 15 pound lighter than me now and about 3 inches shorter. If we were fighters, we would be in the same weight class! She is strong and she did attack me and she also attacked her dad. It wasn’t just once, it was quite a few times.
Because of her being a special needs adoption, she was eligible for Medicaid. About two months ago when she attacked her father, we had to put her in an acute ward at a local childrens hospital. She has now moved on to a longer term, extended care program where she is learning coping skills, life skills and getting an extensive amount of therapy. Her rage is sudden and unpredictable, but she doesn’t truly comprehend the consequences of her actions.
Are long term goal is to get her back home with her siblings, but she has got to go through this process of new medications and new therapy before that will happen. I hate not having her home because I miss and love her so much. But in the long run, if this can help her become a productive person in the real world, it will be worth it. It is a heartbreaking step, but it was one we had to take. And I know we are not the only family on her that has had to hospitalize our child.
Please feel free to message me. I am happy to talk or listen. I understand what you are going through and my heart goes out to you. But, you are doing an amazing thing loving and parenting this child…your child… and as with all things, this too shall pass.
“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll
3 autistic stepchildren. 11D, 9S, 8D. Adopted siblings. Born addicted to Meth/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. RAD. Sensory/Spacial Distortion. 11D low functioning, sexually/physically abused.
