Gotta Shove that Medicine at Him!

Keith and Beth got a call from the school one day regarding a package they had received from Steven's biological mother. When they opened the package, it was full of medicine. This created quite a problem for the small grade school. They are not legally allowed to give medicine to any of their students. Keith was livid and at the school in a flash. He told them that under no circumstances were they to give Steven any medicine. Steven was already under the care of the family physician who was slowly weaning him off the 6 prescriptions Steven had been taking. Patty was trying to bypass Keith AND the family physician by going directly to the school. The school had already checked with their legal advisor. He recommended that they keep the medicine at the school for liability purposes. If they sent the medicine back to Patty, and Steven had some type of medical emergency, she would probably sue them for not taking proper steps to protect him. But, if they gave Steven the medicine, Keith would probably sue them. So on the "advice of counsel", they decided to keep the medicine at the school. The package is sitting up the desk of the school secretary. Keith warned them that if they accepted that one package from Patty, they would be getting many more packages from her in the future. The school has decided that they will not accept any more packages from Patty and will turn them away when they come.

Steven is currently off all SIX medications that he was on when Keith and Beth got custody. Steven has been extremely nervous about the fact that he is not taking any pills. He's afraid he's going to die. Keith has had to convince him that, "The only GOOD pill, is one you DON'T have to take." Keith is still working on it.