I received a voice mail from (386) 274-1070. I didn’t receive the message until my flight from Florida landed in Los Angeles at about 10PM PDT. Here is a transcript of the call: “Hi, David. This is Darlene calling from Coastal Health and Rehab about your mother. Can you please give us a call whenever […]
This is the last photo taken of me and my mother. My little sister took it when I visited mom at Coastal Rehab for Mother’s Day weekend.
My sister sent me this email: Coastal Rehab can be temporary for rehab or long-term. I think we will need to just count on it for temporary rehab (in terms of months) and see how Mom does. She will need to improve a lot for her to be able to go back to Grace Manor. […]
Another email from my sister: […] Still trying to find out more about the catheter issues. They took it off again this evening. […] Mom is still at Halifax. I have not talked to Dr. Buck yet. The Case Manager made a comment about Mom being discharged over the weekend, but I am not sure […]
I replied to my sister with this: Hey, [name redacted], What the hell? Is everyone involved with the elderly in Volusia County named Jann? Would mom be moving to Coastal Rehab (and leaving Grace Manor permanently)? I don’t understand. Does the $2k cover everything — room and board, the psychologist and psychiatrist etc. — or […]
An update from my little sister, sent from Halifax: Hey, David. […] Dr. Buck said that medically speaking, Mom’s physical condition is not critical enough that it warrants continuing to be in the hospital. Mom will need to go to a nursing home next. My thoughts are that I can get things in place for […]
Here’s an email I just received from my sister: I think I told you that they took Mom off of the Cymbalta the other night. I have not heard from Jan yet, but I think she may have already visited Mom today. I can’t imagine that if she saw Mom as she has been since […]
My sister just sent me this very disturbing email: I told Dr Moore no Haldol. He is taking Mom off Cymbalta. Her behavior has been off the chain the last couple of days-constant crying, starting some hallucination type comments, and a slew of the other side effects the Cymbalta ads say “notify your Dr right […]
Here is the email I just sent to my sister: [name redacted], Under no circumstances should mom be administered ECT. She shouldn’t be taking Haldol, either. Is Halifax hospital stuck in the 1960s or something? This is ridiculous. Wikipedia says, “[haldol] is by far more active against ‘positive’ psychotic symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, etc.) than against […]