Status Update Request
October 9th, 2012 @ 9:06 am

Here is an email I sent to attorney Steven Phillips at 9:06 AM on October 9th, 2012: Hey Steve, Has there been any progress at all with my mom’s case? I am becoming increasingly anxious that as more time passes, it is more and more likely that records — especially ones from Woodland Terrace — […]

Autopsy / Brain
September 18th, 2012 @ 11:56 am

In the middle of September I remembered how cold Dr. Caliendo sounded when he told me that there would be no way to tell what (if anything) was wrong with mom’s brain until she was dead and we performed an autopsy. So I sent this email to my attorney this morning: Hey Steve, This is […]

Coming Home
September 17th, 2012 @ 1:59 pm

I called Allen at Cusack Mortuary today on my walk back to the office from lunch. He answered the phone himself and apologized for not replying to my emails. (He said they were having Internet connection problems in the office.) He asked how I was doing and I told him that I was still having […]

Rxperts Pharmacy Bill
September 17th, 2012 @ 11:14 am

I sent the following email to attorney Steve Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP on September 17th, 2012. I attached a photocopy of the bill I received from Rxperts Pharmacy, which was postmarked September 13th, 2012.   Hey Steve, I received a bill from Rxperts Pharmacy (attached) for $1320.28. (1) It shows a line item […]

A Call from Steve
September 11th, 2012 @ 3:30 pm

Attorney Steve Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP called me on the afternoon of September 11th, 2012. After a few pleasantries he told me that he had talked to Dr. Wolf the previous day, and that he requested the medical records and insurance information from Woodland Terrace. 1 Steve said that Dr. Wolf thinks that […]

Pathology Update
September 11th, 2012 @ 6:56 am

I called Dr. Wolf on my way to work this morning. I was concerned because I started wondering if the reason Dr. Peele had refused to sign the death certificate was because he was waiting for the results of the autopsy, and I wanted to make sure that Dr. Wolf would not share the results […]

Medicaid – Approved for Kathleen Gagne
September 10th, 2012 @ 10:42 am

On August 27th, 2012 — two weeks after she died, and after nine months of trying — the State of Florida Department of Children and Families finally approved my mother’s application for Medicaid. On the afternoon of September 10th, I sent this email to my attorney, Steve Phillips, of Pincus & Currier, LLP: Steve, After […]

Looking for an Update
September 7th, 2012 @ 11:46 am

On the morning of September 7th, 2012, I sent this email to Steve Phillips of Pincus & Currier, LLP, the attorney who was working with us at the time: Hey Steve, Can you tell me what’s happening right now? Have you heard anything from Dr. Wolf? Did you send the notice to Woodland Terrace about […]

Good News?
September 6th, 2012 @ 7:51 am

Dr. Allen Cusack from Cusack Mortuary just emailed me: Good Morning, Good news…the death certificate has been signed. We are moments away from the approval needed to do the cremation and it will be done today, so that we can get your mother home to you as soon as possible. I also spoke with Dr. […]

Still No Death Certificate
September 5th, 2012 @ 7:42 am

My mother died well over three weeks ago. She has yet to be cremated. This is absurd and disgusting and pathetic and insulting and I am really just at a complete loss at this point. Here’s the email I just received from Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary. (Allen has been kind and gentle and […]