I needed to resurrect this thread this morning, for those of you who can find time to pray this holiday week...
I would really appreciate your prayers for our teenage son. He has Tourette Syndrome, and has struggled all his life with obsessive-compulsive issues. The medications he's been on for 10 years don't seem to help much in this area, and his compulsive/addictive tendencies have taken a more serious turn these past few months. He is a computer genius, and has already discovered how to get into serious trouble doing illegal things on the computer. In recent months he has been granted 'mercy' twice, in that no charges were filed; but I have been told to prepare for what we will do in the event that he gets arrested (if things don't change) We've been told he would get tried as an adult, and if convicted, could end up in a federal prison.
After meeting with the psychiatrist this week, it was recommended that we check him into a behavioral health hospital for teens struggling with addiction, school failure, and other serious problems. (Though brilliant, he is also failing some classes at high school. His ADD and learning disability are not the problem; it's more a motivation issue.) Please pray for my husband and me to make the right decision for him, and pray for the peace that comes when I turn it all over to a sovereign God. My mother's heart shudders at the thought of my boy's future.
Thanks.