I am so very grateful for all of the insights you all have shared with me. I may KNOW bipolar, but I do not THINK bipolar , so your input means so much. Ironically, the previous hospital had spoken about a partial day care program, but this place has not mentioned it at all. On Tuesday morning, I plan to be on the phone early with his pdoc, and Princeton House, where he had gone back in 2003. My daughter had gone there, too. He did very well at that program, but, at that time, he was an inpatient at Princeton House, which probably made it easier to transition to the Day Program. Maybe his pdoc could assist in that.

I did try to get more info out of DH at last night's visit, how he is feeling psychologically. He made it perfectly clear that he was in no way suicidal. He also told me something that I believe has been in the back of his mind since the fire. He said that, in a dream, he saw Andrea standing up in Heaven, and she forgave him for not being there, standing next to her. That goes back to 2003, when he attempted suicide and she was the only one home, and she essentially saved his life by doing all the right things, despite her horror and fear. My DH, in the back of his mind, feels guilty that he could not return the favor by saving her from the fire, even though it was a totally different situation and impossible. Hopefully, he will now be able to move on, knowing that there was nothing either one of us could have done and she was probably already unconscious or worse by the time we were rescued. The dense smoke went right up the stairs, there was no door to stop it, as was the case with our bedroom. We had the door closed.

Anyway, I am hopeful that tonight's visit with my son will go well. Due to a recent illness, hurricane Irene, and his crazy work schedule, my son has not been able to see his dad since he was transferred to this new hospital.

Today is a beautiful day, Labor Day Week-end, and we plan to BBQ a chicken under a brick, a la Emeril. I wish DH were here with us now, but we are counting down the days!

Enjoy the rest of the week-end, everyone !!