She has made it :) 16 weeks later they hand her a certificate and bid her farewell tomorrow to start her "life"
After her battle she now has her official dx of full blown annorexia thanks to medical staff although not trained in that field believing in her and helping her get the diagnosis and the support she is entitled to. She broke down on the phone when she told me and oh god the dejavu feeling of listening to DS dx in london came flooding back. The relief in her voice was unbelievable. To be finally understood that it was not a drink and drug issue but an eating disorder that had really been their stemming from childhood, anxiety and self esteem. All that she has said all along but people turned a deaf ear and refused her help.
Its an odd feeling again that you dont wish your children to have a dx of any kind but become so desperate and welcome it with open arms when it helps that person learn to understand themselves, have a reason for their behaviours and finally someone tells them it is not all their fault besides just the mother.
She has a place in a womens secure refuge with ongoing support and can stay there for up to 2 years whilst still on a list for supported housing. Has a psychiatrist to help her with her MH issues and body dysmorphia. Finally has funding for 1 to 1 support with eating disorder and a CPN.
She is scared but excited. They have helped her overcome her anxieties, fears and learn to accept what happened to her over the years from child to recent tragic events. I am so proud of her. She had to go through this alone and she did for the first time in her life. She is not coming back here but she says she is not running away from bad times she is walking away to good ones :)
Her forward plan is to do what she wanted to do when she left school and that was study psychology and help other teens. Open day is this week and her only worry is that they reject her due to being older and little qualifications. So guys I am asking you to Honk again for her that someone sees the potential in her that I have seen all along x