It's been a rough week so far.

Monday JU got upset because he was redirected for cursing out a peer then given an early bedtime. Got the thought in his head that now everyone was mad at him. This is dangerous because he's on some powerful anti-psychics and is currently going through a phase were his doctor is trying to see if she can ween him down to a lower dose. Well, as history as shown JU seems to really need the higher. Monday he started banging on his walls so hard that there is now a crack you can see on both sides of the wall. The coworker who have him the early bed went to his room and JU attack him. Next thing I know I'm on the floor trying to hold JU's legs down preventing my coworker and me from being kicked in the face. As I was bouncing up and down on his legs I was reminded of those animal program JU seems to enjoy watching so much. Any minute he is going into a death roll and we are all screwed. Thankfully he calmed. We had him sit in what is now the transition room since given the states rules on the level of function of these kids we are not allowed a locked timeout room in our unit. I get their reasoning but in practice I think it adds a level of danger to staff and others that is unnecessary. Back to Monday, as we sat him down he started crying. No longer the wild beast who wanted to rip me to pieces but the sweet boy who will hug me hello and good night on the days I work. I just sat there on the mattress we brought in from his room waiting for him to talk. Finally he said he wanted to talk to Ms. Lock who coincidently works in the locked unit beside us and is JU former staff. Called her they were going through their own crisis. Asked him if he wanted to talked to his grandpa. JU tried talking to his grandpa but again burst into tears. He handed me the phone. I asked he if he wanted me to talk to him. Told how JU is having a rough night and I'm trying to get him to take his evening meds(so far he has refused three times). I hand JU back the phone since he seems ready to talk. I hear CH ask for his “stuff” as he calls it which is a powder that helps him have a BM since his meds back him up. Your supposed to put it in any liquid and if he has a good day I give him part of my diet soda with it. I get the diet soda from the staff refrigerator. Pour it in front the open door room JU is in. He looks up as I'm pouring. Ask him if he at least wants to take his powder tonight. He nods his head. Pour the other half of the soda in a cup with some powder. He drinks it. Now, he says I'll take his meds. He takes them. Decides that he wants to sleep in the transition room tonight. Finally Mondays over.

Tuesday was JU's service plan review. Although a lot of it was positive with scattered with his struggles with his meds. JU seemed to be only able to focus on the negative. Shortly getting back to the unit JU walked out. Thankfully he only walked up to the treatment center to find his therapist. Told him that he wasn't feeling safe and wanted to send the night in House 2 (his former unit). He came down with his therapist and got a few things. Told him I'd see him later. S is going through a manic phase. He had four of his peers ready to jump him due to his comments while they were supposed to be doing a regroup. To much was going on to switch everyone's rooms tonight. Decided that S should sleep in the transition room tonight. He yelled and screamed about it but he went in there and to show there was no hard feelings he opened the transition room's door and said good night. Tuesday is over.

Now Wednesday and time to rest up for the next round.