A Sad Wednesday
February 8th, 2012 @ 8:00 am

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 […]

Mom
February 6th, 2012 @ 11:41 pm

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 […]

A Ray of Hope?
February 4th, 2012 @ 11:45 am

I talked to mom at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit this morning. She sounded really, really good. She wasn’t exactly ready to take on the world or anything, but she was alert and lucid. She told me that she still had not received any books. (My uncle — her brother — had told me he […]

A Message to Connie
January 23rd, 2012 @ 2:03 pm

I just received this email from Constance “Connie” Wade at Halifax Hospital: Dear David. I am sending you the information you requested. Your Mother’s height is recorded to be 67.99 inches and weight is 228.84. It is good you are working on a medicaid waiver. We do need to understand her funding. I have requested […]

Looking for Answers
January 18th, 2012 @ 1:12 pm

I sent the following email to Sophia Mas at Stewart-Marchman: Dear Sophia, I spoke with both the Elder Help Line at (888) 242-4464 and C.A.R.E.S. at (386) 238-4946 and neither one of them has any record at all of my mother. I spoke with a woman named Linda at C.A.R.E.S. and a woman named Deborah […]

Lakewood Retirement
January 11th, 2012 @ 10:35 am

I had a fourteen minute phone call with Maria from Lakewood Retirement, who finally returned one of my calls this morning. Here are my notes from the call: 1035 Maria from Lakewood called & I conferenced [my little sister] into the call said mom is not receiving “Part A” or “Part B” said Sophia told […]

CT-Scans
December 30th, 2011 @ 1:28 pm

My sister sent me this email: If you want to try calling Halifax, the number I was given is 386-254-4000 for the Radiology Department, and the scan was done on December 14, 2009.

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 […]

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 […]

My Sister Responds to Sophia
December 13th, 2011 @ 3:17 pm

Here is my sister’s emailed response to Sophia Mas: Hi, David and Sophia. I do not have restrictions as to when you can call and look forward to being able to all come together for mom’s best interest. I would be willing to look into moving mom to Seattle, but, first and foremost, I am […]