[Magdalen] Update on Scott the Younger

[Joseph Cirou]

Oh, yes,

Scotus et Scotior, sounds wonderful

Joe

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Catharine Phillips <revcphillips at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wonderful news.  Prayers continue.
>
> Blessings,
> Catharine
>
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, thank God Scott!  That all sounds like great news.
> > Susan
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Rather than update and rewrite the long thing I wrote on Friday that
> > > bounced back, here's a copy...Scott
> > >
> > > I'm giving thanks to God for miracles today. Here's why:
> > >
> > > 1. Not only did the booking of the Urgent Evaluation Clinic
> > > appointment at Rush U Medical Center go smoothly this morning: they
> > > had a cancellation and booked Scott in for TODAY at 1:30, less than 24
> > > hours after we even decided to take him to ER at Rush yesterday. "All
> > > we can do for you" at ER if you're not suicidal or homicidal, is refer
> > > you to the Urgent Eval Clinic, and this turned out to be a very good
> > > thing to be referred to. Apparently a normal wait for an Urgent Eval
> > > can be six months.
> > >
> > > 2. I attended his evaluation along with him. It was the thoughtful,
> > > intelligent, focused fresh look at Scott's situation that I've been
> > > hoping and praying for. The attending psychiatrist was a delight and
> > > even honed in on the style with which Scott answered one of her
> > > questions (he's a "long answer" guy...I loved that she admitted she's
> > > a "long answer girl"). It was the sort of slightly jump-around
> > > questioning that disabuses the interviewee of any standard talks they
> > > may have prepared. And new thinking about Scott's meds started
> > > happening early on, including the idea that one of his current meds
> > > was really prescribed to support another med that he isn't taking
> > > anymore...the idea that this now unpaired drug might actually be
> > > contributing to his trouble was a new lightbulb turned on. He's got a
> > > new antidepressant prescription now at "an exquisitely low dosage"
> > > (another of her phrases I loved), 37.5mg as opposed to a 200mg
> > > maximum, with any disturbing side effects to be reported via voice
> > > mail and with full permission to stop the drug at any time if there's
> > > a bad side effect.
> > >
> > > 3. The emergency protocol is the resident's voice mail, which he
> > > monitors Monday through Friday; there are also backup numbers to reach
> > > any of the Outpatient Psychiatric doctors; and of course there's ER.
> > > I'm going to check what all is available for weekend emergencies and
> > > make sure we know that.
> > >
> > > 4. The resident and the attending psychiatrist are both excellent. I
> > > think he'll be seeing the resident next week for the follow-up. Scott
> > > is very pleased, as am I, and much more hopeful. He said it's helping
> > > him already just to know he doesn't have another weeks-long wait
> > >
> > > It was all worth the tedious drive through construction backups and
> > > torrential rain and flooding (we returned the ZipCar half an hour
> > > late...another blessing is that ZipCar forgave the lateness and didn't
> > > charge me an extra $50 according to their rules), and it will be worth
> > > what we're billed.
> > >
> > > It's not the end of the road to Wellville, but it certainly feels like
> > > the right path at long last.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott R. Knitter
> > > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
> > bills, do laundry.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Catharine Phillips, MA, MDiv, CADC*
>
>
> *All will be well.  Period.  (Thank you, Julian of Norwich)*
>
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