My wife asked me to send her the phone numbers I had for the hospital, because she wanted to attempt to speak to my mother. Here is the email I sent her: Dear [name redacted], The “common room” is the day room where mom can talk on the phone. She’s almost never there by default, […]
I called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit to talk to mom, and an unidentified man answered the phone. He told me he would get her, and then put the phone down on a table or desk or something. For ten minutes — I timed it on my iPhone — I listened to the sounds of […]
I called to try to talk to mom in her room at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit. A “tech” named Wayne told me that she was asleep and I should try calling again at nine o’clock (Eastern time).
I called Stephanie P. at Halifax Hospital because there was no return address on the Guardian Advocate test I was sent, so I had no way to know where I was supposed to send the completed test. She gave me the address and I mailed it to her along with a cover letter. Stephanie told […]
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 […]
Incredibly I was able to talk to mom for about fifteen minutes this afternoon. She was scared out of her mind, scared to pieces, really. But we did talk — about my son (her first grandson), about the Super Bowl, about how scary a place Stewart-Marchman was, etc. Maybe she is going to pull out […]
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 called and talked to a nurse named Dan for about a half-hour this morning. He told me that her doctor is Dr. Caliendo, although I already knew that. We discussed her current medication schedule and he said that Dr. Caliendo had recently prescribed: Benadryl to calm her a little and as an anti-anxiety drug […]
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 […]
I called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit to talk to mom again. Some random man answered the phone but didn’t tell me who he was. I waited, listening to the sound of people shuffling around the room, for three full minutes and then mom got on the phone. After I said, “Hi, mom,” and she […]