Guardian Advocate Test
February 1st, 2012 @ 10:00 pm

I completed the ridiculous Guardian Advocate “test” that I was sent by Stephanie P. at Halifax Hospital. The test was a single piece of paper with about a dozen questions on it. I was also sent a booklet detailing everything you could ever want to know about being a Guardian Advocate. Scattered throughout the book […]

Dr. Caliendo
January 30th, 2012 @ 5:15 am

Dr. Caliendo called me at 5:15 AM PST and we had a thirty-five minute conversation. I gave him permission to administer Zyprexa to try to stabilize mom. I tried to give him a history of mom’s medical and psychological issues, but he made it clear that he was spending much too long on the phone […]

Constance Calls
January 26th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

I received a voice mail from Constance Wade this afternoon: “Hello. It’s Connie, from Halifax, just letting you know that your mother was retained at Baker Act court and I’m hopeful that you’re gonna get the booklet and the test 1 soon and you can just send us the test back and hopefully, y’know, your […]

No Stroke?
January 25th, 2012 @ 2:32 pm

Here is an email I just sent to Constance Wade at Halifax (and copied my sister): Dear Connie, Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me this morning. I very much appreciated your interpretation of the MRI she received on Friday, January 20, 2012. I am still somewhat in shock at […]

Talking to Connie
January 25th, 2012 @ 8:30 am

I had a very long phone call with Connie Wade at Halifax. She was calling to let me know that on January 26th, 2012 there would be another court hearing to institute a Baker Act again. Connie also told me that I am the designated GA. I asked her what a GA was and she […]

A Neurological Evaluation
January 20th, 2012 @ 11:30 am

I just received the following email from Constance Wade at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit: I am pleased to inform you a neurological evaluation has been ordered for your mother. We will be mailing the guardian advocate book and test to you. Please fill out the test and mail it back to us. Our nursing […]