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Shari
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Date Posted: 17:04:48 04/16/07 Mon
Wow! I wonder when it will ever stop! Many of you know my story.
My husband has been out of prison for over six months, is home with us, and is doing terrific. He is not using any drugs or alcohol, and is being a terrific daddy to his boys that are 3 years old, and 20 months. He is even working! It is a temporary job and very hard, but with his background, it is the best he can get. I am so proud of him as he is 41 doing the work that is meant for 20 year olds. He has kept this job longer than any other job he has ever had.
If you remember, he went to prison the day after our youngest was born. I was the one that called the police, but he went to prison on a charge that had happened eight months prior to that. Let me see if I can recap this for you.
My husband has been in and out of prison since he was 20 years old. He has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis that causes him great pain in his spine. The doctor that diagnosed him states it is genetic, but the doctor that treats him for it believes that it was beat into him while doing time...There was an episode where he was handcuffed with his hands behind his back being held high over his head while five guards beat the crap out of him with their billy sticks. He had attacked a guard that had gone into his cell and ruined every bit of personal property he had, and this is what they did to him.
Anyway.....my husband lives his life on a pain scale of 5 to 8 on any given day. While trying to find help for him, we found a pain doctor that injects steroids in the spine. At this point since we weren't finding any other means of therapy that was working, we tried this route. However, prior to his having this therapy, he decided to discontinue his anti-psychotic medication, and the facility that was treating him with this did not inform me that he wasn't taking them (he told them he had stopped), and when we first went to them, they were told to inform me of any changes or possible problems. So.......here is my husband not on his medication that regulates his mind getting steroid shots in his spine......what a dangerous combination.
He was having severe panick attacks and his mind and his body were fighting with one another. He was out of control, and left our home out of fear that he might harm me (I was pregnant with our youngest) and his then 20 month old son. While he was out of the house, he had what was diagnosed to be a manic episode. This is where a person that has bi-polar tendencies runs out of control doing whatever they can to stimulate themselves usually in a very highly active environment.
While he was doing this, he entered a home in Illinois to get some food because he was hungry, and took a box filled with change. (This is called residential burglary.) He also crossed the border into Iowa, went into a hotel, and stole someone's purse. He wrote several checks from their checkbook for things like alcohol, cigarettes, and cash. (This is called forgery.) He got caught on the forgery charge and was jailed within two weeks of leaving our house. This is the charge that imprisoned him for 14 months after our youngest was born.
I had called the police six days before his court date on that charge, and that arrest nullified his plea bargain, and he ended up going to prison.
OK......now....here we are....six months out of prison, finally not doing any drugs, and actually handling what life has to throw at him. It is over two years since he had that manic episode, and his parole officer comes to visit him with two police officers from the county he did the residential burglary in. (He had forgotten about it, and had never told me or anyone else about it.) They have his DNA from the scene of the crime, so he is pretty much caught. I get him to fess up to it, because it will go easier on him. We explain everything to the policemen, and they take his statement. They could have cuffed him and hauled him away right then, but instead they tell us that they will let their District Attorney know what we have said, and will let us know what is going to happen.
So here we wait....My husband has five prior felony convictions of Residential Burglary in Illinois because of his stupid drug use. He is now finally not using drugs and being a productive member of society. We have two children that are both labeled special needs children, and have to have full time care....thus, I have to be a stay at home mom or hire a full time nanny as daycare and a part time mom would not cut it for them.
If my husband is convicted of this crime, he could face charges of habitual offender meaning they would lock him away forever....or if they just give him the residential burglary, this time it would be a 30 year stint....meaning he would do 15 years of the time if he gets into no trouble at all. Wow! If this happens, I've told him that we cannot stay with him, and must move on with our lives. When he is in prison, we are also imprisoned as I write to him, we visit him, we send him money we don't have, etc., etc., .... our lives are pretty much on hold till the family is back together; and I won't go through that with the boys for that long.
If they go easy on him, we might just have to pay for the damage he did and what he stole, or possibly house arrest. We have no idea of what is to come.
PLEASE! Pray for us! God has gotten us through so much as it is. He is finally clean and being productive! If he gets prison time, it hurts me and the boys way more than it hurts him. All we are guilty of is loving and being with a man that got caught up in drugs. The boys have no guilt as they didn't have the choice.
Sorry about the long post, but we are in need of everyone's prayers. Put us on your church's prayer chain if you can. Put out prayer requests for us anywhere you can. We are the Scarlett family, and we need your help! Thank you for listening and any help you can give us with prayer!
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