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- 41: Down To The Wire
- 40: Beautiful People Do Not Just Happen
- 39: After Care
- 38: The Last Supper
- Medi-Cal Breaks Their Silence and The Franchise Tax Board Does Too
- 37: Who Were The Ward Mates
- Medi-Cal Nightmare
- 36: Thanksgiving
- 35: Preparing Thanksgiving Contraband
- 34: Fragile Normal
- 33: The Sperm Donor
- 32: The Drive
- 31: Just Along For The Ride
- 30: We Stayed Until The Very Last Minute
- 29: They All Applauded
- 28: Schizo What?
- 27: No Fanfare
- 26: The Days Seemed to Run Together
- 25: One Step Forward
- 24: She’s In There
- 23: The Hold Continues
- 22: I Love You Mom
- 21: I Wasn’t Going To Be Scared Off
- 20: In Over My Head
- 19: Psych Hold Number Two
- 18: Transferred to Acute
- 17: Capable Hands
- 16: Our Plan Worked
- 15: Getting Ahead Of It
- 14: Staying Present
- Stop The Madness
- 13: Making A Plan
- Medi-Cal and Primary Insurance
- 12: It’s The Medication!
- 11: Telling the Family
- 10: Rescuing My Daughter
- 09: Psych Hold Number One
- 08: Endless Night
- 07: No One There
- 06: So Close
- 05: A New Medication
- 04: Clouds Were Gathering
- 03: Three weeks earlier
- 02: Holy Water
- 01: The Eye of the Storm
- Prologue
- Introduction
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Stop The Madness
Deciding to write a blog about my experiences with my daughter over this last year was not easy for me … I originally felt I would have preferred the anonymity of writing a book. This last year left me feeling … Continue reading
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13: Making A Plan
October 29 to November 3, 2011 Gabriela talked to me that weekend about wanting everything to be fixed and just wanting to get back to normal. We both knew that UCLA had great neurology and psychiatry departments. She asked my … Continue reading
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Medi-Cal and Primary Insurance
Woven through out this story of my daughter, her epilepsy, mental illness, and all of the accompanying events, is health insurance. This week, after having submitting paperwork over nine months ago to Medi-Cal (the State of California’s health coverage for the disabled or … Continue reading
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12: It’s The Medication!
October 26 to 27, 2011 My phone rang that evening at about five. It was Gabriela. “What time are you going to be here?” she asked. “I’m not sure when the visiting hours are?” “Six” she stated, with palpable concern … Continue reading
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11: Telling the Family
October 25 to 26, 2011 I waited for nine sharp, wondering if this is how so many people get lost in the system of mental illness, and determined that Gabriela wouldn’t be one of them. I called the hospital and … Continue reading
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10: Rescuing My Daughter
October 25, 2011 My cell phone ringing woke me out of my first real sleep in days. Sitting up on the sofa, I answered. “Hello.” When I answered, a young woman introduced herself as DeeDee Mattisoff, client relations, from Dr. … Continue reading
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09: Psych Hold Number One
October 25, 2011 I believe that the back story just provided will help in understanding the night leading up to the Holy water. I will continue with those events from here. When the Police officer and I arrived at the county … Continue reading
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08: Endless Night
October 24 to 25, 2011 Gabriela was past me and headed to the front door. Both Susan and I were down the stairs after her. I reached ahead of Gabriela with one hand and blocked her attempt to open the … Continue reading
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07: No One There
October 24, 2011 I called Dr. Wreck’s office first thing Sunday morning and spoke with the doctor on call; I asked that they help my daughter by giving her a bed in their hospital and that the bed could be on … Continue reading
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02: Holy Water
October 25, 2011 It was nearly six in the morning and the sun was just starting to come up, it was going to be a beautiful day. We were driving through a farm area where my grandparents had lived; over … Continue reading
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