My sister asked me to send this email to Connie Wade 1 at Halifax because apparently they were giving her a hard time about returning my mother’s personal items to her. 2 It is a fine example of their strict policy regarding the arbitrary enforcement of their other policies. 3 Dear Connie, This message is […]
I sent this email to Constance Wade 1 in an effort 2 to get an updated list of which medications were being given to my mother: Dear Connie, This message is in regards to: KATHLEEN ANNE GAGNE, aka “KATHIE” GAGNE, maiden name: [redacted] DOB: 09/22/1948, SS#: [redacted] Can I please acquire a copy of my […]
I sent this email to Delia McClain, a Medicaid Client Services Specialist with ElderSource: Hello Delia, I’m writing to see if I can get a status update on my mother’s case. You had mentioned that — in addition to the waiting list for an assisted living facility assistance waiver — you were going to add […]
At 8:00 AM PST I called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit and left a voicemail for Connie Wade. She returned my call ten minutes later. Here are my notes from the call: Connie said she hadn’t received the voicemail I left for her on Friday, February 3rd, was out Monday and Tuesday, and had been […]
Here is a portion of an email my sister sent to me: […] Thank you for including me in the email to Connie. […] I just wanted to clarify that Mom went to Stewart-Marchman on Dec 1. She was brought to the hospital in Deland that day where she received the CT-Scan. […] I miss […]
I sent this email to Connie Wade: Dear Connie, I hope this message finds you well. I’m copying here my little sister, [name redacted], who is the daughter and only other child of Kathleen, and my wife, [name redacted], who earned her Ph.D. in Psychology and has known my mother for twenty years. (Also please […]
A friend of mine asked me what was happening with my mom at the beginning of February. Here is the reply I sent him: It’s a long story. Something happened to her brain, but it wasn’t a stroke. They’re not really sure. She’s been having memory problems for about two years, but I just was […]
A good friend of my little sister’s emailed me to ask how mom was doing. At first I started writing a long reply, but could never manage to finish it. Here is what I did send: Dear [name redacted], Thank you so much for your sweet note. I have tried to write you (and [name […]
I started to write this email, but never finished and never sent it. I was sending it to my little sister’s good friend, and her older brother: Hey, [name redacted] and [name redacted], Thank you, [name redacted], for sending this email. I really appreciate it. I don’t know how much of the story you two […]
My good friend emailed me in response to something he saw me write about how the “hold music” was nicer at where she is now. He asked me: What do the doctors say? Can you eventually visit? I sent him a very long reply: Ah. I hadn’t told you about the previous place. When she […]