A woman named Melanie called me from (386) 316-0964 but I wasn’t able to answer the call. She left me a voice mail with no information.
A woman named Melanie called me from (386) 316-0964 but I wasn’t able to answer the call. She left me a voice mail with no information.
I sent this email to my sister: Hey [name redacted], I just got off the phone with the State of Florida pension fund place. It appears that what happened is that they canceled the transfer because they thought I was a jerk. They also locked mom’s account. So now I definitely have to get Power […]
Janis Stovall from Grace Manor (finally) replied to my email from March 9th. She wrote: Good Morning David, Just wanted to get back to you and let you know that your sister is doing a great job helping mom transition. Below are the answers to the questions you had. (5) Payments are mailed to Grace […]
Here are some of the phone calls I had today. All the times listed are Pacific. 6:23 AM I tried to talk to my mom by calling the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit. I spent eight minutes on the phone with them but was unable to get my mom on the phone. 6:30 AM I had […]
I had a fairly long phone call with Janis Stovall from Grace Manor Port Orange. Here are my notes from the call: Janis spoke with EverCare, a diversion plan; possibly 30 days 1 EverCare is a state-funded program Department of Children & Families will give a list to providers, EverCare is on that list assumes […]
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 […]
I spent a staggering sixty-nine minutes on the phone with a social worker named Marilyn at Halifax Hospital this afternoon. I took over a page of notes, and when the call was finished I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. Here are my notes from the call: 1240 – called Marilyn, social worker; super nice, smart, […]