Dr. Wolf Email
September 4th, 2012 @ 4:29 pm

On September 4th of 2012, I sent the following email to the attorney, Steven Phillips: Hey Steve, When you get a chance, can you please share Dr. Wolf‘s email address with me? I would very much like to give her access to the website, which has many resources she may find useful, including detailed descriptions […]

Is there anything I can do?
September 4th, 2012 @ 12:08 pm

I sent this email to attorney Steve Phillips on the afternoon of September 4th, 2012: Hey Steve, Are you waiting for anything from me right now? Is there anything I can do at all right now? Did you get a chance to read any of the articles I posted about the class-action settlement against Johnson […]

The Process
August 30th, 2012 @ 12:14 pm

It only took Dr. Allen Cusack about five minutes to reply to my email. He said: Good Afternoon, We are still awaiting a response from Dr. Peele, which I should have before the close of business today. As soon as he signs off, we will have the cremation completed and will send your mother to […]

Death Certificate
August 28th, 2012 @ 9:13 am

Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary emailed me this morning: Hello Mr. Gagne, I hope all is as well with you as possible. I also hope the memorial service went well and helped provide your much needed closure. I just wanted to make contact with you that Dr. Wolf has agreed to sign your mother’s […]

Still No Word
August 21st, 2012 @ 12:29 pm

At about noon on August 21st, 2012, a week and a half after my mother died, attorney Steve Phillips sent me this text message: Dr wolf should be calling u now. She said she left MSG for u last night. Let me know if u don’t hear from her in the next hr. I replied […]

Waiting for a Call
August 20th, 2012 @ 10:40 am

At about 1:40 PM EDT on August 20, 2012, eight days after mom died, I received a text message from attorney Steve Phillips. He wrote:   Dr. Wolf will be calling you directly to set up the autopsy. Pls let me know when u hear from her.   I replied immediately with:   I will. […]

Caring for My Mother
August 17th, 2012 @ 2:45 pm

I called Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary at 5:45 PM EDT. He was unavailable, so I left a message with someone there and asked him to return my call when he could. Dr. Cusack called me at 9:30 PM EDT and — even though he is clearly a very busy man — talked to […]

Requesting a Call
August 17th, 2012 @ 9:32 am

I called the cell phone number I have for Dr. Peele. He didn’t answer, of course, so I left him a message and asked him to return my call. Update: It is now 11:20 PM EDT and I have not received a response to this call.

Dr. Peele Will Sign
August 17th, 2012 @ 8:33 am

Chris Boden called me from the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner. The number on my called ID displayed as (386) 736-2700 and for a moment I was hopeful that it might be Dr. Hermann calling to tell me there had been a mistake. But, no. Chris told me, “Our office made contact with […]

A Plea
August 17th, 2012 @ 7:18 am

I called Dr. Hermann, the chief medical examiner of Volusia County, with the intent of begging her to reconsider or at least to explain how her office could so absurdly claim that my mother died of natural causes and therefore her death did not warrant an autopsy. She didn’t answer her phone, of course. I […]