Here are some notes about Risperdal, the drug prescribed to my mom by Dr. Mossler — a psychiatrist who saw my mom only one time — exactly one week ago, which I declined, and which — when I learned they were ignoring me and administering to her anyway — I begged and pleaded with them […]
I called the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner at (386) 258-4060 1 and the phone was answered by Lis. 2 She was listening and seemed interested as I began explaining to her that I was attempting to get more information about what I needed to do to get them to perform an autopsy […]
I called the cell phone number I have for Dr. Peele. 1 I did not expect him to answer, but he did. I said that I was Kathie Gagne’s son and that both a nurse at Fish Memorial Hospital and Dr. Allen Cusack, the manager of the mortuary where my mother’s body is currently located, […]
Two days after my mother died, I had a very long phone call with a nurse paralegal named Charlene Sorensen from the law firm of Warner & Warner. She told me that I needed to get in touch with Dr. Peele regarding the autopsy. She said the smartest thing to do would be to send […]
I called 1 Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary because I hadn’t heard from him yet 2 and it was nearing five o’clock. Dr. Cusack answered the phone and said, “Man, you called at just the right time!” He told me that he had just finished talking to MediLegal Autopsy Service, a nationwide chain of […]
I called 1 Cusack Mortuary, where my mom’s body is being refrigerated. Linda Jackson answered the phone and asked me to hold for Allen 2. Here are my notes from the call: Allen Cusack said I should call the medical examiner’s office; said ME’s office must do an autopsy if I request it 3 he […]
I called * the Volusia County Medical Examiner using the number I was given by the nurse at Fish Memorial Hospital. 1 (Their automated message — press one for this, press two for that — is insufferably long, and includes a letter-by-letter enunciation of their web address: http://volusia.org/medicalexaminer/ which takes a long, long time.) A […]
I called Detective Whittier a few minutes after noon. 1 He correctly assumed that I was in Florida now. He told me he had called the medical examiner’s office this morning, but he had been unable to talk to a doctor. He said that he left a message for the chief medical examiner for Volusia […]
My phone rang and I answered it on the second ring. I said, “Hello? Hello?” but there was nobody there, so I hung up. I called the number that displayed on called ID and got the voice mail box of Detective Whittier at the Deland Police Department. While I was leaving him a message, my […]
At 3:19 PM PDT my phone rang. I was in the middle of trying to get my son to take a nap and had to run to answer it. I didn’t recognize the number — (386) 943-4522 — but I knew from the area code that it was someone in Florida. “Hello?” I said. The […]