Reply Received!
July 12th, 2012 @ 10:17 am

Great news! I almost immediately received a response from Sylvia Gray, so it looks like I have her email address logged correctly. Sylvia said: I am receiving your emails. I don’t have anything significant to report at this time. I did receive an email from [my sister] which I will try to address today. I […]

Waiting for a Reply
July 12th, 2012 @ 10:12 am

I just sent the following email to Sylvia Gray and Sherri Spillman at Woodland Terrace: Hello, Sylvia and Sherri, Can one of you please confirm that I have your email addresses correct? I sent an email to Sylvia (and copied my sister) at 12:50:56 AM PDT yesterday, and my sister sent an email to Sylvia […]

An Email to Sylvia
July 11th, 2012 @ 8:18 pm

My sister emailed Sylvia Gray at Woodland Terrace in response to my message from last night. I’m including here both the content of the message sent from my sister to Sylvia and also a copy of the letter that was sent to my mother.

Finances
July 11th, 2012 @ 12:50 am

I sent an email to my sister and to Sylvia Gray, so the two of them could share notes on what’s been done to date as far as getting mom Medicaid, etc.

Re: Medicaid for Mom
July 6th, 2012 @ 5:07 pm

I just received the following email from my sister: Hey, David. Sorry. I am house-sitting for someone for ther next few weeks and was busy moving my things around, and they do not seem to have a good internet connection at their apartment. I called Social Security today. They have to make a decision by […]

An Email from Halifax
July 6th, 2012 @ 11:49 am

I received an email from Marsha Porter <Marsha.Porter@halifax.org>, one of the discharge coordinators at Halifax Hospital: Mr. David Gagne, Per Jenna at DCF CARES, you need to google Florida Department of Elder Affairs 2040 form. Print form, then fax to 386-238-3199 attention Linda or Jenna. Please fax form as soon as possible. This is the […]

Re: Medicaid for Mom
June 28th, 2012 @ 8:49 pm

Email received from my sister: Hey, David. I talked to Misty last week at Chamberlin Edmonds. She said we wait. I don’t have a number directly to anyone with Medicaid. […] I mailed in everything I was told to mail, and now they are reviewing it. It is not easy to get approved for Social […]

Beyond Ridiculous and Absurd
June 28th, 2012 @ 3:53 pm

I sent this email to my little sister just a couple of days after my 39th birthday. I was very frustrated when I wrote it, but I was right: You cannot wait for other people to care, because they won’t.   From: Gagne, David To: Gagne, Jennifer Subject: Medicaid for Mom Sent: June 28, 2012 […]

Status Update
June 18th, 2012 @ 4:13 pm

I received an email from a family friend in Florida who visited mom last week. She said: David, My daughter and I visited Kathie last week in that room. She seemed serene, so they must have her on meds that take the edge off. […] I will share the address with the folks at church. […]

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], […]