Four days after my mother’s death, Michelle Cofano, the Registered Nurse Specialist at the Department of Elder Affairs — also known as C.A.R.E.S. — replied to the email I sent her asking for help. She said: Hey David, Below is the information you requested: There is a program within the Department of Elder Affairs called: […]
A little after five o’clock in the afternoon of August 15th, just a few days after mom died, attorney Steve Phillips returned my call. I explained to him the events of the last week and quickly gave him an overview of everything that has happened over the last nine months. Mr. Phillips told me that […]
I called 1 the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner to see if I could get an update on whether they had decided to do an autopsy on my mother’s body. I asked the woman who answered the phone if I could speak to Mr. Burch. She said, “Can I tell him who’s calling?” […]
I called 1 the cell phone number for Dr. Marie Hermann, the chief medical examiner of Volusia County, because it was four o’clock in the afternoon 2 and — as far as I know — they have not yet made a decision as to whether they’re going to perform an autopsy on my mother’s body. […]
A couple of days after mom died, I called 1 the Law Offices of Michael Bard at (800) 516-2132 and spoke to a woman named Laurie, who answered the phone there. She asked me to explain what sort of problem I was facing and I explained — quickly — the events of the last week. […]
Three days after my mother died, someone at Woodland Terrace sent me a sympathy card. I received it when we returned to Los Angeles from Florida on the 28th. The front of the card states: WITH DEEP SYMPATHY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME Inside is written, “To the family of Kathleen Gagne,” above the text: PLEASE […]
A little after lunch on August 15th, 2012, I called Steve Phillips, an attorney who is an acquaintance of my father-in-law’s best friend. He did not answer, so I left him a very brief message asking him to return my call and telling him how I’d been referred to him.
Detective Whittier of the Deland Police Department called me at 9:20 AM EDT. We had a very long phone call in which I updated him on all of the phone calls I had yesterday. He told me that he was planning on going to visit Woodland Terrace tomorrow to attempt to talk to Dr. Peele […]
Here are some notes about Risperdal, the drug prescribed to my mom by Dr. Mossler — a psychiatrist who saw my mom only one time — exactly one week ago, which I declined, and which — when I learned they were ignoring me and administering to her anyway — I begged and pleaded with them […]
I received a phone call 1 from Dr. Marie Hermann, the chief medical examiner of Volusia County. I quickly — quickly — gave her a summary of the events of the last week and told her that I couldn’t understand why Bob Burch would be so adamant that her office would not perform an autopsy. […]