I spent well over an hour on the phone this morning simply trying to get anyone to give me additional information about my mom. First I called her room at Halifax Hospital to try to talk to mom, but Nurse Amber told me she was asleep. I called the main line (386) 425-0400 and asked […]
I received a one minute and fifteen second voice mail from EveAnn at Halifax Hospital. Here is a transcript of the call: Hi. Mr. Gagne this is EveAnn returning your call from Halifax Hospital. I re-routed your, your inquiry to Sam Cassel, who is the Director of Medical and Surgical Services and she’s a person […]
I received an email from a family friend in Florida who visited mom last week. She said: David, My daughter and I visited Kathie last week in that room. She seemed serene, so they must have her on meds that take the edge off. […] I will share the address with the folks at church. […]
I called Halifax Hospital to talk to mom. Nurse Ramos said she was very busy, but she took the time to transfer me to the phone in mom’s room so I could talk to her for a few minutes. Mom sounded almost, but not quite, as if she was what someone else might call “alert”. […]
I called and spoke with Nurse Ramos at Halifax Hospital. She told me that mom was eating well, which was nice to hear. Nurse Ramos said that mom had been seen by Dr. Greer on Thursday and Friday, and that he had said there was “nothing he could offer.” She also said that Dr. Anwer […]
I was able to talk to Nurse Karen for a few minutes this afternoon. She told me that my mom had recently been seen by Dr. Moore, a psychiatrist who was covering for Dr. Greer. Karen told me that mom was more talkative today, and that she had clearly spoken “four or five words”. That […]
I called to try to talk to mom, but was told that there was “no nurse on the floor” and I’d need to try again later.
I received a phone call from Keith at (386) 425-0450, a discharge coordinator / case manager at Halifax Hospital. Keith was trying to explain to me how hard his job was because my mom doesn’t have any funds or insurance. He noted that he had been calling “all over” but had been unable to find […]
I just called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit in another attempt to talk to mom. She’s currently in room 1435A in the France Tower. Eventually I was connected to Nurse Karen and we talked for about thirty minutes; I had to give the entire history of mom’s condition again because Nurse Karen knew nothing, of […]
I just had a short phone call with Dr. Anwer, the new attending hospitalist for mom at the Halifax Psychiatric Unit. He told me that he would try to get a psychiatrist to see her. I tried to explain to him that I thought my mom’s problems weren’t ever going to be solved by continuing […]