I received the following email from our family friend, in response to my previous email about mom likely not ever being able to live on her own again: Understood, The DCF investigator returned my call and left me a voice message that said he only knew of one state hospital close: Macclenny. I googled it […]
I just sent the following email to my mom’s friend in Florida who has been helping us: Hey [name redacted], I sincerely appreciate it. Thank you. Unfortunately at this point there is no way mom can live by herself any longer. I have personally heard her making veiled threats to kill herself, and you have […]
My mom’s friend from church sent me this email just three months before her life completely fell to pieces. The subject line was “your mom’s debit card”. After reading what she said about what Dr. Oh told her, I was (not for the last time) filled with tremendous hope that my mom would be able […]
My sister sent me this email: Yo, Bro. I talked to [name redacted] this morning. She hasn’t talked to Mom since Sunday, but I am sure she is fine. [name redacted] says that Dr. Fulop, the neurologist, is not happy with Dr. Oh. I am not entirely thrilled with him either and think it would […]
My mother’s friend from church asked my little sister to write a “cover letter” which she could bring with her when visiting doctors. My sister emailed me a copy. Here is what she wrote: To Whom It May Concern: My mother, Kathleen Gagne, has recently been displaying some short-term memory deficiencies and difficulties functioning in […]
I sent this email to my mom’s friend from her church. This kind woman did just about everything she could over the last two or three years of my mom’s life to try to help her get organized, to try to help her get back on her feet. She took her grocery shopping and to […]
My mom sent me an email with the subject line “Hi, David”: I guess I can at least figure out how to send an email message to my favorite son!!! I realy wish I could spend more time with you and [name redacted]. I suppose it’s not as much fun for you when you come […]