So, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw,
I have given this a tremendous amount of thought.
I've consulted with-- with numerous colleagues,
with social workers,
with our Executive Director of Patient Services.
Jamie needs to be at the Meyerbrook
Residential Facility.
- So the insurance companies, they agreed to pay?
- No.
Both your private insurance and Medicaid won't budge.
- Then I'm confused.
- There is a way to force Medicaid
to cover Meyerbrook's cost in full.
It's called a psychiatric lockout.
But it will require you
to surrender Jamie to this hospital.
- Surrender? I don't understand.
- If you were to leave Jamie here and refuse to come back,
Child Protective Services would have to take custody of him.
Then, as a ward of the state, legally, Illinois would have
to provide him with the mental health services that he needs.
- Meyerbrook? - This is insane.
We're not doing this. - So there's no other way?
- I'm so sorry, but there just isn't.
We would absolutely find a way for you to maintain contact
with Jamie, but you also need to know
that legally, you won't have any say in his care.
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- We're still his parents.
This doesn't change that. Nothing changes that.
- No. No, no, no.
We're not abandoning our son.
- Mrs. Shaw, you will not be abandoning him.
This--this won't be forever.
- Jamie needs us to do this.
- When?
- I cannot imagine how agonizing
this decision must be.
But the sooner Jamie starts to heal,
the sooner you all can look forward
to becoming a family again.
- [crying] - Bella.
It's to save him.
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[speaking indistinctly]
- Everything is going to be okay.
- Hey, buddy. It's gonna be okay, buddy.
Right now, it's the best thing.
You'll be better, and so you're just gonna stay
with the doctors.
- You're okay, baby. - No, no.
Please. I'll be better.
I didn't mean to! - It's okay.
- Please, I want to go home. I want to go home.
Please, Mom.
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