Janis Stovall from Grace Manor Port Orange sent me this email: Per Connie at Halifax she has had a conversation with you and stated to you that Ms. Gagne could sign in for herself. I am ok with that. Just let me know if it is a go for her to move to Grace Manor. […]
In early March I forwarded to Janis Stovall of Grace Manor Port Orange the email I sent to Connie Wade at Halifax a month earlier. I prefaced the forward with this note: Dear Ms. Stovall, Here is a message I sent to Connie at Halifax on February 6. I have edited the original message by […]
I had a fifty-eight minute phone call with Jessica Butler and Janice Stovall 1 at Grace Manor Port Orange. Jessica told me that both Marilyn and Connie Wade from the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit had called her and told her that mom could be discharged tomorrow (March 6, 2012). 2 Jessica said that Janice Stovall […]
I called and left a voice message for Marilyn at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit at 386-254-4080 because it had been five and a quarter hours since I was told they’d get the records to me, “right away,” and I still hadn’t received a fax. Finally at 1:50 PM (Pacific) I received a twenty-seven page […]
I called Marilyn in the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit at 386-254-4080 to confirm that she had a valid fax number for me. It’s 2012 and not 1989, of course, so I don’t have a fax machine at my house. I had to give her my office fax number. She told me she’d make sure to […]
My sister and I had a forty-three minute conference call with doctors, nurses, discharge coordinators, and administrators at Halifax Hospital. Dr. Caliendo talked to me as if I was a dumb ten-year old and I felt insulted and embarrassed, at times in tears during the call. Less than six months later, my mother would be […]
Here is an email I sent to my friend’s father-in-law, who works in the elder care industry and who had been offering me some advice. From: Gagne, David To: [redacted] Subject: Re: Questions for Monday Sent: March 2, 2012 3:41 AM ET Hello, [redacted], Thank you so, so much. I cannot possibly describe to […]