I just received this email from my sister: Hi, David. So, I talked to Jessica at Coastal. Their beds are full, and I will need to find yet another facility that will be able to meet Mom’s needs, whatever they may be by the time she is able to leave AND that will also take […]
I finally was able to talk to an actual doctor this morning about mom and the news is good. I talked to Dr. Escander — not sure about the spelling there — and he was very nice and extremely helpful and kind. Here are the notes that I took from our conversation: He said that […]
I talked to Mike Militello, who said he was the head nurse at Coastal Rehab. He told me that at 10:30 last night (May 15th) a nurse found mom in her room and her breathing was labored. So she called another nurse and they thought her lungs “sounded funny” so they sent mom to the […]
I just returned from visiting mom in Florida and received an email from a friend asking me how it was. I replied: My sister had been there for three months and left on Sunday morning. So when I left Florida I was basically leaving my mom all alone. It was far, far worse than anything […]
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. […]
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 […]