Not too bad

Well, today was a pretty good day. "E's" potty training is still going well. The only problem we're having is that she's terrified of public pottys still. We were out all evening and she had on a diaper but refused to pee in it. She asked to go potty 4 different times but refused and threw a fit as soon as we'd enter the restroom (at 2 different places). Finally, in Wendy's, I told her she was being silly and that I knew she had to go. She started screaming and yelling "no, thank you. I go eat." LOL She had to go so bad that she was standing there with her legs crossed. I finally got her top unsnapped and pulled her diaper off just in time for her to pee on herself. Poor kid. She was so upset that she peed on her panties (she insisted on wearing them over her diaper) and her pants. She didn't care that she had peed on me and the floor though. Haha. I got us both cleaned up and hands washed then she freaked out over the hand dryer. Lesson for the day: even if she's got on a diaper and you have a spare, take a change of clothes for her also.

We had a good visit with C. He was in a good mood and said he had had a good day. I didn't get any phone calls either. He looks like he got whooped pretty good yesterday though. Black eye, bruised cheek bone, scab under his chin and one on his neck. Yeah, he picked the wrong kid to piss off. I HATE seeing him like that. I feel so bad for him but I know he has lessons to learn and he most likely instigated at least one of the fights yesterday. *Sigh* I was informed, again, that they were no longer letting little kids go downstairs to visit. I told the therapist who told me this that that was fine, they could bring C upstairs to visit. If they think that I'm not going to take E to see her big brother, they've got another thing coming. She's 2. She doesn't understand. She misses her brother. She WILL see him as often as I feel like taking her. Period. I don't care what arrangements they have to make. C is very loving toward her and very protective. He misses her like crazy. If he's not allowed to see her for the next year, it's not going to do him much good and he WILL go off. And so will I. I understand why they made this new rule. There are at least 2 toddlers, 2 infants, a 5 year old, and at least a couple pre-teens who are there regularly. I get that if one of the boys happens to go into a rage for some reason that someone could get hurt and they don't want to expose these little kids to that. Yeah, I get it. It's a liability thing. When we visit, we keep E right with us. She's not allowed to run around or bother the other people, like the other toddler and the 5 year old. If they don't want her around the other kids that's fine but they will accomodate us and find a place for us to visit with C.

I'll also be calling up there tomorrow to talk to the Dr. As far as I know, she hasn't seen C since he was admitted. That's unacceptable. His Depakote levels are lower than they need to be and he's getting into fights all the time. There is no excuse for her not to have seen him again yet. He's been there since January 10. The bloodwork and ECG have been done. She should have seen him and addressed his meds. She also should have called me by now. I doubt she'll be there but at least she can call me back. We'll see what tomorrow brings....