Gathering Information
June 18th, 2012 @ 2:20 pm

I called the main number for Halifax Hospital and Jeannette at Reception gave me a number — (386) 304-3827 — which she said I could theoretically use to reach Dr. Kahn and Dr. Anwer.

Nurse Ramos
June 15th, 2012 @ 3:30 pm

I called and spoke with Nurse Ramos at Halifax Hospital. She told me that mom was eating well, which was nice to hear. Nurse Ramos said that mom had been seen by Dr. Greer on Thursday and Friday, and that he had said there was “nothing he could offer.” She also said that Dr. Anwer […]

A Bit of Good News
June 13th, 2012 @ 2:00 pm

I was able to talk to Nurse Karen for a few minutes this afternoon. She told me that my mom had recently been seen by Dr. Moore, a psychiatrist who was covering for Dr. Greer. Karen told me that mom was more talkative today, and that she had clearly spoken “four or five words”. That […]

Nurse Karen
June 12th, 2012 @ 7:30 am

I just called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit in another attempt to talk to mom. She’s currently in room 1435A in the France Tower. Eventually I was connected to Nurse Karen and we talked for about thirty minutes; I had to give the entire history of mom’s condition again because Nurse Karen knew nothing, of […]

Reaching Out
June 11th, 2012 @ 3:34 pm

On June 11th, 2012 I emailed my friend’s dad, who is a lawyer in California, to ask him for some advice about what happened to mom when she had a colonoscopy at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL:   From: David V. Gagne To: [redacted] Sent: June 11, 2012 @ 03:34 PM PDT Hey [redacted], […]

The New Hospitalist
June 11th, 2012 @ 1:20 pm

I just had a short phone call with Dr. Anwer, the new attending hospitalist for mom at the Halifax Psychiatric Unit. He told me that he would try to get a psychiatrist to see her. I tried to explain to him that I thought my mom’s problems weren’t ever going to be solved by continuing […]

What the hell?!
June 11th, 2012 @ 8:00 am

I called the Halifax Psychiatric Unit in another attempt at talking to mom. Someone answered the phone almost immediately, then when I asked to speak to my mom I was put on hold for eleven full minutes. Finally Nurse Ramos answered and we spoke for quite some time. She told me that mom had been […]

Dr. Nasr Finally Calls
June 7th, 2012 @ 12:30 pm

Dr. Nasr finally called to let me know that all of my mom’s “blood work had returned negative”. He said that they were still unsure of whether the scope was actually run through the autoclave because they were “missing the records” concerning it. He also told me that one nurse was terminated and another nurse […]

Intestinal Issues Persist
May 30th, 2012 @ 2:15 pm

I received a call from Dr. Bratu at Halifax Hospital. He said that he had prescribed mom some medication for inflammation of her bowels and colon, and that he wants to perform a thorough colonoscopy as soon as possible (maybe early next week).

Status Update
May 29th, 2012 @ 2:45 pm

I just sent the following email: [name redacted], I’m copying [name redacted] on this since I haven’t had a chance to update her on my call with the hospital this morning yet, too. I’ll leave it up to [her] to update [name redacted] and / or [name redacted] if she wants. The nurse told me […]