Chapter 6 ~ Continuing to seek help

18 July 2011

JW being thrown in jail caught me by surprise. I was looking forward to spending more time with him in a NORMAL fashion.

Now he was not allowed to stay where his home was. He was previously on disability, but the social security administration had dumped him for what ever reason. He had an appointment scheduled with his disability attorney. For all practical purposes he was now both indigent and homeless.

He talked some about the treatment facility previously mentioned. They were supposed to review his case and decide if they would take him on for longer term treatment. He needed to call them and find out where his case stood. JW's understanding was that they were to have a meeting regarding him and decide.

JW made the call to the treatment facility from my home phone. The person he talked to said they did not know about any meeting and that he would have to go to the local ER for evaluation.

So, going to the ER was on our game plan. If JW could get the help he needed and wanted, that might carry him through the time he was not allowed to go home and allow him to be at a better place than a free campground out in the boonies.

JW and I arrived at the hospital at 16:14 according to my diary. This would prove to be a marathon. I feel like my presence helped some. Listening to JW report his story time and time again was a jangled up relaying of events and facts. After all he had been awake for 10 or 12 days now without any sleep.

My little battery was beginning to run down as 9pm approached. Jerry recognized that and told me that he would be fine and I should go on home. I retrieved some of his personal stuff from my car and with the assurance of the ER nurse assigned to him that he would be will taken care of I departed for home and a good night sleep.

The hospital did ship JW off to a treatment facility. It wasn't the one he had expected, but hopefully now he would get the help he so desperately wanted and needed.