This past Monday, I filed an appeal with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. My argument was that we be reimbursed the 32 days that our daughter was in the Atlanta facility. While in Atlanta, our daughter did not received adequate therapy due to the facility being short staffed. We were

My wife and I have learned more about mental health in the past 4 months than we have learned our entire lives. We have joined a support group with hundreds of other parents all over the country. Many of these parents have been caring for their BPD children for several

Yesterday was a bit of a whirlwind. First thing in the morning, we received a call from the acute facility in Pensacola. The doctor told me that we needed to come and pick up our daughter. We had been told previously that since we lived 3 hours away, we would

Last Friday, the day after our daughter ran away and cut herself to the point she was transported to the hospital by EMS, our daughter was transported to Pensacola, FL. She was admitted to a mental health hospital there and we were told she would be there for 3-5 days.

In my last update, I shared that our daughter was confined in a juvenile detention facility for 21 days. We have learned new information regarding incidents that occurred leading up the her setting fire to her mattress while in a behavioral facility. I will not go into details about these

At the writing of my last post, our daughter was on the streets once again, wandering without a healthy fear of what could happen to her. On the following morning, after our daughter had run away, we received information that our daughter had called law enforcement to "turn herself in"

Well, in my last update, we were making some slow and steady progress. We have had several more weeks of therapy and shorter durations of chaotic events. Things have went down hill since then. Last Thursday, our daughter manipulated her brother into letting her use his phone to call a

It's been two weeks since my last post. During this time, my wife and I have decided that despite the intense amount of stress and we have been under, we would do our best to avoid sending our daughter back to a facility. It is easy to throw your hands

Parenting a child with Borderline Personality Disorder is extremely difficult. My wife and I have been reading, learning and seeking help from professional therapists. It requires that we learn a totally different way to communicate with our child. We also need to do the best we can to balance the

A lot has happened in the past week. There were a few incidents at the facility where our daughter is currently staying. One involved her climbing on the roof of the facility. Since she was too afraid to climb back down, the police and fire department were called. The following

On Easter Sunday, our daughter chose to go to a short-term cool down facility for runaway teens instead of remaining in our home. She was asked by the DCF investigator if she wanted to go to a local facility for 21 days, she said "Hell yes!". Two hours after arriving

Last night, my wife was at the store getting food for Easter dinner. I was home with my daughter. She was looking through the refrigerator and cabinets for something to eat. She then said, "I need the phone to call mom and tell her to get me some food" I

Our days are becoming somewhat of a routine. Throughout the day there are outbursts of disrespect and screaming. Then each night, between 8:30 pm and 9:00 pm our daughter will storm into our bedroom while my wife is trying to sleep, just to start a fight. Last night,

Today started ok, our daughter woke around 10 am, while my wife and son were at the store. She ate breakfast, took a shower and had to be reminded to start her school work. I told her that she needed to complete all 4 core subjects and she questioned why.

Yesterday went fairly well. Our daughter woke up without issue, ate breakfast and took her medication. My wife had her school work setup on the computer. After she said she was done, we checked the online report and it showed that she had done a total of 54 minutes of

Last night was the worst night so far. There was much yelling and chaos and a lot of it was due to the way I was communicating. I would react to situations and say things without first thinking about how it would be received. I am very easy going and

Yesterday started out ok, we all got up and went to church without any issues. After church, we stopped by our house to grab some things before heading to my mother-in-laws for dinner. While at home, my daughter asked if the boy next door could come with us to her

Yesterday we left around 10 am to go to Atlanta. We had a good trip there with our son and settled into the hotel. My wife and I were uneasy about how our daughter would behave on the ride home. We didn't rest all that well and were up at

The day has come for us to drive to Atlanta and pick up our daughter. She will be discharged from the Residential Care Facility at 9 am tomorrow. We are traveling with our 15 year old son and will be heading out in a few hours. I am very anxious

On Thursday morning, I received an email with the discharge papers from the facility in Georgia. I signed the forms and we were asked to be at the facility for discharge at 9 am Saturday morning. I then confirmed our hotel reservation in Atlanta for Friday night. I also booked

Sunday we had a "Family Session" via video with our daughter and a therapist from the facility. During the call, the therapist wanted to address some of our family rules that our daughter told her she had a problem with. The first rule was in reference to clothing. Our daughter

On Wednesday, as soon as we arrived at church for dinner, our daughter called my wife. She was upset due to a therapy session where she said that the doctor asked her a bunch of questions and she felt as though he was twisting her answers. My wife spoke with

Yesterday I made some phone calls and setup a therapy session locally for my wife and I. We wanted the opportunity to speak with the therapist prior to our daughter having her first appointment. We were informed that the therapy would be $135 per session if billed through insurance and

Friday and Saturday, we received the anticipated calls from our daughter. On both occasions, the conversation was civil. There was no crying or yelling, just her telling us about how a typical day went for her and what she had to eat. On Sunday morning, while at church, our daughter

Last night, I called the facility to speak with our daughter, I was told they were out at recreation and they would have her call me back. I went to church and was thankful to be around my church family, many of who have been checking on my wife and