Dropped Card
January 12th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

Sophia Mas from Stewart-Marchman called to tell me that mom had received another card from me in the mail. I asked Sophia if she liked it, and she told me that it was hard to tell because she didn’t seem to be aware of anything, and that when she tried to get her to read […]

Re: Kathleen Gagne: Rodney, Meds, Dr. Caliendo
January 10th, 2012 @ 10:00 am

I sent the following email to Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman: Hello Sophia, (1) Can we please schedule a time and date for the conference call in advance this time? I can be available any time, day or night, any day this week. But it is much, much easier for me if I can plan for […]

Staggered Responses from Sophia
January 9th, 2012 @ 12:51 pm

I received the following email from Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman: David, The doctor did lower her dosage – your mother seems more alert today & still today the medications were lowered again – I forwarded your message to Rodney – his phone#386-236-1729 – Rodney has been in touch w/Maria & will be returning your call […]

Growing Concern
January 9th, 2012 @ 10:58 am

I just sent the following email to Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman (and copied my sister): Dear Sophia, Can you please send me the email address for Rodney Curtis, the discharge coordinator there? I have emailed him several times and never received a response; I suspect that he gave me an incorrect address when we spoke […]

A Long, Long Conference Call
January 5th, 2012 @ 11:20 am

Sophia Mas called from Stewart-Marchman with mom in the room with her on speakerphone, and we conferenced in my sister. Sophia began the call by saying that it was time for mom to go somewhere else. She said that yesterday she met with a “lady” who was an administrator at Lakewood. Sophia noted that all […]

Thoughts
December 29th, 2011 @ 2:37 pm

  From: Gagne, Jennifer To: Gagne, David Subject: Thoughts Sent: December 29, 2011 2:37 PM ET Hey, David. I spoke with Dr. Shoemaker’s assistant. All they have are the results from the previous CT-Scan. To get the films and the results, we have to call Halifax Medical, but they will not release them to us […]

CT-Scans and lease
December 23rd, 2011 @ 1:40 pm

My sister sent me this email: What Dr. Fulop‘s assistant, Helen, told me is that they saw the results of a CT-Scan that had been done at Halifax Medical by Dr. Lopez on Dec 14, 2009 and that Dr. Shoemaker received a copy, as well. She said that Dr. Fulop would be happy to look […]

Likely Mistaken
December 21st, 2011 @ 11:36 am

I sent this email to Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman a day after a very long and difficult phone call with her and Dr. Caliendo. Dr. Caliendo was only on the phone for a few minutes and then Sophia called us and explained in detail what he had been saying. It wasn’t until many, many months […]

One of the Worst Calls
December 20th, 2011 @ 12:15 pm

Today I managed to actually talk to Dr. Caliendo for about twenty minutes. My sister and I had a conference call with him and Sophia Mas from Stewart-Marchman ACT. Mom was in the room with them at the beginning of the call. Pay close attention to the footnotes I’ve added below. Here are my notes […]

An Email from Sophia Mas
December 19th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm

I received this email from Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman: David & [name redacted] 1 Dr. Caliendo will be available between 2:00-2:30 to 3:00-3:30 pm our time – I can call you around that time to give you the phone# you need to call & we’ll be ready – I am afraid I do not have […]