Thank you. Yeah. Okay.
I'm going to need help with my right leg back into the bed.
I can get the left one.
Right. They can't.
There you go.
I've been in the hospital now for a little over a month and it hasn't been too bad.
It's hard, but it feels good to do what I'm supposed to be doing.
Thank you. So for the most part, I'm feeling really good.
All right. Oh, my God.
But there have been some frustrating moments that have been harder for me to deal with.
Mostly how long it takes for people to respond to the call button.
Can I help you? My lunch is awfully late.
Oh, he just left just now.
All right. So it should be here then.
Okay. Thank you.
I get frustrated sometimes.
That's what's going on. I'm not trying to be mean.
Trust me, I'm not.
I'll be okay. Thank you.
You're welcome.
When I hit my call button, I know that a bang goes off and there's a blinking green light.
So they know when I'm waiting and when they're taking too long and they should
really respond faster.
But they don't.
I am calling for the nurse.
I need to inform her of something.
I'm calling from my pain medicine.
My nurse. Your nurse?
Yes, ma'am. Okay.
Let me tell her. These people are really, really, really getting on my last nerve.
It's very frustrating how long I have to wait for everything.
Come on. I have to call them and check on things or nothing happens.
Hi, honey.
Thank you, nurse.
I do express myself if I feel like something's not right to point it out and say
it's not right, you know?
I tried to stay on my best behavior for the past month.
I know I'm still having my bad days in the hospital.
Isn't happy about that, but it's ridiculous what I have to do to get people to respond
around here.
We're starting to develop some issues with Stephen over the past month.
A lot of his pathological behavior started to come out and he's become abusive to
hospital staff and he expected everybody to wait on him hand and foot.
I need somebody in my room immediately.
I have been waiting.
I want this light off.
Eating the world should revolve around him like a child does, and that is not acceptable
behavior. Stephen.
Hey. How are you today?
Okay. How are you?
All right. So you seem like you have an issue getting along with hospital staff, and I'm
not liking what I'm hearing at times.
You know, I sometimes I get frustrated.
I tell them if I act like a kid, I want you to treat me like a kid.
How old are you?
I'm 33 years old.
So it's time for you to grow up.
It seems like this nurse's getting agitated with your behavior.
I don't know what particular is, but you need to work on that, too.
Everybody has feelings.
I'm. Yeah, that's true.
I'm glad you realize that.
Let me put it in plain thing.
He came from up north.
But this is Texas.
Yes, it is. You're going to have to shape up in Texas and behave like people in here.
All right. Yes, sir.
I don't want to hear of this issue again.
Yes.
And if I do, then this is going to be a very different conversation.
All right. All right.
Nice to see you, Dr. Nazar.
Mario. Thank you. Okay.
At this point, Steven is having a behavioral problem.
But at the meantime, he's very sick and he needs medical help.
And we're not going to.
That is Stephen Button will continue to treat him, but if he doesn't show some change
in his behavior, then we will be unable to continue his treatment in the hospital.
So it's his choice.
What's up? Would you need Henry?
Henry for.
Because I need to talk to him for a sec.
Okay? Because you just push it ten minutes ago.
I need to talk to Henry.
Okay. God.
Even they took my tray.
Somewhere because my table was a mess in my yard.
Is my tray still out there?
Yeah. Yeah, I think I saw it in the station.
What the hell? This is so annoying.
To someone bringing my tray.
Are you serious?
After Dr. Nasreddin talked to him, Stephen didn't change at all.
He keeps bothering.
He keeps calling.
Damn it. Are they serious?
I hit that by an accident because I don't feel good.
You know what I'm saying? You know that.
I never seen any patient like Steven.
He asking for pain medicine every 15 minutes, and then he spilled urine on the
floor.
I'm just really upset.
Okay?
Steven, what's going on with your behavior?
You got a whole host of complaints from the nurses that you need to change your behavior.
You haven't.
I know that. And I apologize for it.
Apology mean nothing.
You come here for help, and at this point, there's nothing I can do to help you.
So you're done here?
I've been doing good and everything.
Please.
And unless you have an emergency, you will not be admitted back.
I've been good, I swear.
I apologize to everybody.
If you want to stay in the program, you need to find a place to stay because you're not
staying here anymore.
So your father needs to set you up somewhere else.
If I don't have anywhere else to live.
If you say you have nowhere at all.
I will have you drop in homeless shelter in a few minutes.
You are finished.
Could I please have another chance?
No.
Your behavior at this point dictates that nobody can help you in here.
Please don't want.
Steve. There is no room for negotiation in here.
This is not going to be tolerated by anybody.
I'll do anything for another shot.
You want to help? You don't abuse people around you and you call your dad come pick
you up.
Can you call him?
Very well. We call your father to find out where we take you.
Every program has to be tailored to the patient.
But Stephen is so far off the chart from what we have ever experienced that there is
no systematic approach to him aside from how you teach a child to behave.
But he also is very smart and he knows how to manipulate everybody around him, and he
will do whatever it takes to get his way.
So he will cry and he will beg.
But the reality is he doesn't care about changing.
No matter what you're addicted to, it all comes down to a choice.
Either he wants to change and he's willing to try or he isn't.
I'm really sad and scared right now, and I can't believe this is happening to me.