I am on mobile but I think I got the title as close to the original as I remember.
Sorry for the delay. It got chaotic.
He is currently in the hospital to help stabilize his seizures and have him evaluated for other services. He is sleeping and a bit dehydrated so he is being treated for that. He seems confused. He just wants to go home to his toys. He has a collection of Pokémon figures and plushies my dad has been buying him for years. It was their thing. He loves them and takes at least one everywhere.
It was scary when I saw him. I don’t think I have ever seen him this bad since we were kids. I remember the hospital when we were little but seeing it as an adult and knowing what is going on and how it is your fault is just something else. I feel just as helpless now as I did back then only now I don’t have my parents to tell me it is going to be okay.
I called the numbers/ organizations suggested but struggled to get a hold of anyone. APS seemed to take it seriously enough but when I talked to someone they said they would get back to me Monday when I mentioned he was currently in jail.
I ended up calling the nurse on call from his neurologist office just to see if she had any suggestions. I was told I needed to call her if he had seizures that required the diastat and I was to call each time. I figured she would want to know since I had no way of knowing how long the seizures were or if they had given him any treatment. Well I called the answering service who called the nurse who then called me back but you get the point.
She told me she would call me back and called the doctor on call. She called back and asked for more info and the jail he was at. It took a few hours but I eventually got a call back from the nurse saying the doctor had been able to get a hold of a medical professional for the jail and long story short my brother was eventually transferred to the hospital we are at now. The nurse said she and the doctor raised hell until someone heard them out.
I talked to a lawyer this morning who came by the hospital to visit with me and my brother. I am going to sell my truck to my uncle to cover it. I am waiting on the check now. He seems like a great lawyer though. He told me it would be fine. I know he met with some of the doctors earlier about my brothers intellectual capabilities. I turned over all the paperwork I had and he told me they would call when they knew something further.
They (doctors and his state case manager) said he will likely be transferred to a temporary nursing home when he gets discharged here if he isn’t required to return back to jail. They said there he can rest and get back on his medicines. After that, we will wait for the group home to respond to his application. The case manager said it is likely that regardless of the legal issues I would be asked to compile with their effort to find him a suitable care setting. She mentioned not thinking he was suitable with home care and community placement with me at the moment. I agree. I just want him to be okay. I know my parents were able to care for him but I just don’t know how and I can’t learn at his expense.
Now I am just tired. He is safe at the hospital and I don’t think he is getting released today. So I am going home to sleep.
I have kept the numbers of the agencies advised in the comments in case I need to reach out to them but I am going to just let the lawyer see what he can do.
So thankful for the nurse. I absolutely believe she was instrumental in getting him help. She could have easily just told me to wait until Monday like everyone else I spoke with.
Answers:
ID is intellectual disability.
I am his guardian but he does have the GAL paperwork. It was in the stack I took to the jail. It was everything my parents had told me he would ever need in the event something happened to them.
He hadn’t been given bail yet. He was combative when he entered the jail and they said they were holding him and couldn’t release him to me. When I asked about bail they said bail hadn’t been set yet. I have never been in jail before so I had no idea.
Everyone keeps asking for the county but I don’t want to give it out since you could find out information on who my brother is from that. Southernish Alabama though.
The jail guard who I think ran the front desk/phone. I am not sure what he did. But he was a big help. I am sure there wasn’t much else he could do. I am forever thankful for him keeping me posted and caring what happened.
I might not answer for a few hours. Thank you for all your advice. Especially the links to support groups/organizations. I will reach out when things settle for some advice. It really helped and it gave me places to start. Obviously this isn’t over yet but it is a start. This is better than yesterday and that is something. Thank you.
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