Sectioned in Hospital - Day 103

Written by Fox.

DAY 103 - 18th November, Monday

Today will be quite a light read as no self harm or anything has happened thankfully, although that normally means Keri's going to be in for a rough night!

She had her psychotherapy session and talked about the rehab unit quite a lot and there was a lot of questions the psychotherapist couldn't answer but she told Keri to ask the ward manager when she saw him (he was showing her around the unit today). So straight after seeing her psychotherapist, they walked across the car park to Alder Unit and her psychotherapist "passed her over" to the ward manager. 

Overall the place looked great. It's huge! Her room is lovely and also has an ensuite. When Sye showed her the ensuite she gasped and said, "Oh my god! A proper shower! I haven't seen one of those for ages!" That was a bad thing to slip out as it showed the staff that Keri's become quite institutionalised. The place was pretty much like this acute unit except the door was open during the day for patients to come and go and patients were expected to do their own washing and cleaning (not a problem if Keri is in OCD mode, otherwise it's left to me!). The concern was the fact the door was open and it wasn't secure. Any of us could pop out and do something. Clari could go and hang around street corners, Sally could try killing us, only a couple of examples.

Keri has a CPA tomorrow anyway so all of that will be discussed. Sye said he'd keep the bed free for as long as he was able to. From talking to him Keri is likely to be staying at this place for a couple of years, when she finally goes! By the looks of it Keri might be transferred over there on her section which means the rules will be a bit more strict with her compared to the others staying there to begin with until she can prove herself. The problem is, we're all really restless. The first opportunity we get and we'll be popping in and out like Jack in the boxes. We want some freedom too! I think the first couple of months on that ward will be the hardest as Keri will be switching A LOT, though I haven't had the heart to tell her that yet. She's already got too much on her shoulders, let alone having to worry about the rest of us.