always something!

August 4, 2006 We made another unscheduled stop at good old St. Pete’s Emergency Room on Wednesday. This time Ben has a Sheriff escort him. Ben’s fine, everything’s okay. Just a little excitement with me and his daughter (who just had her appendix out) chasing after Ben, following him through strange people’s yards, not knowing what streets we were on, all while talking on the cell phone to the dispatcher. I must say, the Sheriff’s department handled the situation with a great deal of compassion and finesse. Again, we seemed to be blessed that all of Ben’s adventures and misadventures have had happy endings. Thank goodness for that.
We were put in a room called the elopement risk area- it truly was a white padded room. The other 2 gentlemen back there were much more interesting- one was Michael Jackson’s manager and he had a private jet. The other was Mick Jagger and he gave us a non-stop concert.
Our caregiver is back from vacation and that’s another blessing. I’m searching for solutions and help with how to handle situations when Ben gets upset. It seems that the 2 things that trigger him are wanting to drive and wanting to smoke. Anyone know a good hynoptherapist?