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The true, ongoing story of a 10 year old living with schizophrenia.
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This is Lily. My baby. Lily, is 10 years old and has already lived a lifetime of sadness and confusion. Although Lily wasn't diagnosed with Schizophrenia until she was 10, she has suffered and struggled with not knowing what was happening to her for as long as she can remember. So, this is where we are now.
On Saturday, Lily's sadness and frustration with life grew to a point that she wanted to hurt herself. Until now, my husband and I had been able keep her safe. But, on Saturday, we knew we could not keep her safe from herself.
The decision to take her to the hospital was difficult. Just the night before, I had told my husband that I didn't feel I could let her be hospitalized. Just the thought of it made me nauseous. I was sure that leaving her somewhere would make her feel more lost. I also worried that leaving my little girl in a setting where anyone that worked for the hospital could enter her room left her vulnerable to sexual abuse. As a mom, horror stories are sometimes louder than sound reason and good judgement. That is until your child is looking for knives to cut her wrist. That will snap you back to reality. Less than 24 hours later, we were making the one hour drive to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Pete, Florida.
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