I called and spoke to Maryann at Chamberlin Edmonds. We talked for twenty-seven minutes. Here are my notes from the call: 1417 called Maryann at ChamberlainEdmunds. They are a national company with offices in many hospitals; said their mission is to “help people with little or no health insurance.” Maryann was very nice. She said […]
Here is a voice mail I just received: “Mr. Gagne, this is Marilyn at Halifax in Daytona. I just gave [name redacted] a call to see if she could join us in a meeting on Friday, this Friday, eight-thirty in the morning, 1 to discuss the Medicaid application and that kind of thing that is […]
I called mom and was able to get her on the phone for a few minutes. It took me just shy of fifteen minutes of being on hold before someone finally got a phone into mom’s hands. [My sister] had just left. Mom only talked to me for a minute or two. She was very […]
My sister visited my mom twice today at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit. She called me at 9:41 AM and we talked for eight minutes and then she called me again at 5:28 PM and we talked for eighteen minutes. Here are the notes I logged for the calls: [My sister] called me after visiting […]
I called and managed to actually talk to mom today. The phone call lasted fifteen minutes. The first eight were spent on hold and / or waiting for someone to find mom. But I did get to speak to mom for about seven minutes. Here are my notes from the call: mom was not really […]
I received a voice mail from my mom’s friend from her church. Here is a portion of the message: “… Thought I’d give you a call. Saw your mom today. Looking much better. Just had a couple questions for ya. You can call me back at your convenience. Buh-bye.”
At 8:00 AM PST I called the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit and left a voicemail for Connie Wade. She returned my call ten minutes later. Here are my notes from the call: Connie said she hadn’t received the voicemail I left for her on Friday, February 3rd, was out Monday and Tuesday, and had been […]
I called the line for the “day room” at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit. An unidentified man answered and said, “Okay. Hold on,” when I asked to speak to Kathie Gagne. A few minutes later he returned to the line and said, “She’s talking with her social worker now. Can you call back in like […]
I sent this email to Connie Wade: Dear Connie, I hope this message finds you well. I’m copying here my little sister, [name redacted], who is the daughter and only other child of Kathleen, and my wife, [name redacted], who earned her Ph.D. in Psychology and has known my mother for twenty years. (Also please […]
I repeatedly called the “day room” at the Halifax Hospital Psychiatric Unit, but the line was busy. Then I called the “main line” and Julie answered the phone. I talked to her for about ten minutes. She told me that Dr. Caliendo is very well-respected and she really likes him. She also told me that […]