Meds Story

 Rumor says....Senator John Fetterman will remain in the hospital a couple more weeks.  Reason suggested?  'To get meds right.'

At one point in my life, I worked with a guy who had a 18-year old daughter that was bi-polar.  It was at the level that she would never be able to be productive or employed.

So one day...the doctor over her....had this new brand of medication that they wanted to prescribe.  Old medication would halt, and the new medication would start.  There was to be a one-week stay in some clinic, to be continually observed.

Then the daughter was released. 

About a week passes by, and the guy (with his wife) and daughter decide to do a quiet drive into central Virginia....to an apple orchard.  Things went fine for the first six hours of this day.

Then it comes time to plan the return....which they decide to stop at some restaurant.

About ten minutes into the sitting......there's a sign or two that the daughter is about to get unhinged.  Arguments mount.  A verbal situation occurs, and there's some stuff thrown around.  The medication?  With the stress of the day and energy released....it'd worn off too quickly.  

Restaurant calls the cops.

Cops arrive, and decide that 'dad' is the root cause and detains him....taking him to the county jail.

Mom is now left with the unhinged daughter, and questioning the cops on how she can return the kid home. 

Eventually, the cops call the county hospital and decide to hold the daughter in some medical situation.

Wife returns to Fairfax area....by herself.  There, she calls their lawyer, and he gets some bail situation for the dad.

About a month later, court convenes and the whole story is laid out.  No charges.  But the judge kinda hints that the daughter can't really reside at home any longer....she needs full-time observation. 

I kinda look at Fetterman's case and wonder.....they are trying various meds to help the guy....finding there's almost nothing that resolves his problems.  

Maybe he does return to the Senate, but it wouldn't shock me if  it's for just a 90-day period, and then he returns to the hospital once again.