Sectioned in Hospital - Day 96

Written by Fox.

DAY 96 - 11th November, Monday

Oh god. Not again. Keri's spent the day, yet again, stuck on ten minute observation and she's getting so annoyed by it. She can't even shower without a female member of staff having to open the door every ten minutes to check how she is. They have to physically see that she's okay!

She had her session with her psychotherapist which wasn't very productive. Keri just vented about how unfair it was that her dad was able to roam the streets as a free man yet she's now been confined to the ward for three whole days. The only time she's been allowed out is because it's been urgent and she's needed to get stitches, which has again happened today. That's now three days in a row. 

She saw her CPN and was introduced to her new social worker. They're visiting in another couple of weeks to assess if things have improved. She's able to be moved to the rehab ward while still on a section but because of her risk levels they're not even close to moving her. If anything, they're closer to moving her to the more secure female ward in the hospital.

Keri's mum and her partner visited for a few hours today. They brought some games as they knew Keri was confined to the ward. After a game of frustration (which is a good name for it as all three of them were getting frustrated!) they then went on to play more than ten games of Uno! Keri and John started ganging up on Keri's mum halfway through their games. I found it pretty entertaining to watch myself.

Unfortunately the day ended with Keri spending about three hours in hospital. She didn't get back until gone 1am. She's had to have more stitches and I'm dreading what her psychiatrist is going to say during her ward round tomorrow. I'm worried about Sally though. She actually let Keri and the staff find a razor blade. She doesn't do that for no reason. She's clearly got other blades somewhere and she's wanting to cause some damage herself. Keri has consciously self harmed for the last three days. It's been a long time since she's self harmed to the point of having stitches rather than Sally doing it instead. Keri's been saying weird things today and sometimes the staff don't understand what the hell she's talking about. The explosion of flashbacks she had this evening has seemed to trigger something off and her psychosis is getting worse. I think it's stress-induced psychosis, although of course, Keri thinks her reality is real when actually it's pretty twisted up.