surreal

This afternoon I was contacted by youngest son’s case manager. He has had four incident reports in one day. He is now running from the staff. There will be a meeting tomorrow to come up with a behavior contract and to see if there is a way to manage him better. His case manager said that if he is removed back to detention there is a very good chance he will end up in juvenile prison. No one wants this for him.
A few minutes ago youngest called home for his scheduled phone call.
He is doing well,he says. Two of his incidents have been removed, he told me. He then told me a convoluted story about the nurse almost giving him the wrong medications. Last Sunday he told me was in pain because of a tooth. I forgot to look in his mouth on Monday,so when the nurse called about his antidepressant I asked her about his tooth ache. She knew nothing of my son being in pain. He has never even asked for an ibuprofen in the last week. Tonight he was telling me about his tooth again. This was the reason he almost took someone else’s meds. I mentioned to him that I had just talked to the nurse and what she told me. I also told him I was making him an appointment to get his teeth cleaned and had already discussed who would transport etc. His entire affect changed and he switched subjects completely. He talked about a movie he had watched . I did tell him I was concerned about the amount of violence and would be talking to the staff about R rated movies. He was not happy with that.
Time was then up. I deliberately did not tell him about tomorrow’s meeting. I think We’ll surprise him.