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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
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33: The Sperm Donor
During one of my regular nightly phone calls with Cody, he let me know that he had just arrived back from working on an oil platform and that he would be visiting Gabriela. I covered the visiting rules with him, … Continue reading
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32: The Drive
Each day I drove 30 minutes to Huntington Hospital and, after my visit with Gabriela, 30 minutes back home. During the drive to the hospital I always felt nervous anticipation. This had been even more stressful during the first week … Continue reading
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31: Just Along For The Ride
November 19, 2011 Gabriela had been put into Huntington Hospital on a 72 hour hold, then the hold was extended for an additional 14 days, bringing the total to 17 days. What was really worrying me was that at any … Continue reading
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30: We Stayed Until The Very Last Minute
November 17, 2011 Claire met me just north of the San Fernando Valley for the drive over to Huntingdon Hospital, to visit Gabriela. Claire had been divorced from my ex-husband for almost a year and wasn’t quite over it yet. … Continue reading
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29: They All Applauded
November 16, 2011 I needed a break after the meeting with Dr. Duncan and Abby, before I spent time visiting Gabriela … a breath of fresh air to clear my head of the conversation that’d brought up the term “schizo.” … Continue reading
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28: Schizo What?
November 16, 2011 Wednesday I had a mid-afternoon appointment with Dr. Duncan and Abby, the social worker. During the meeting I found, to my surprise, that Dr. Duncan had canceled the Riese petition that had been started, to which I had chalked up … Continue reading
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27: No Fanfare
November 15, 2011 Gabriela had not taken her medications again on Monday night, and she was still not sleeping. Tuesday was the deadline Dr. Duncan and I had set for filing the Riese paperwork, a legal process that would take the right … Continue reading
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26: The Days Seemed to Run Together
November 14, 2011 Every evening before I went to bed, I called the nurses’ station at Huntington Hospital to see how the rest of Gabriela’s evening had gone, and if there had been any changes since I’d left at the … Continue reading
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25: One Step Forward
November 14, 2011 During the day I worked as much as I could, but I hadn’t really worked seriously for months. I just fit business in when I could, trying to make enough money to support us. I was barely … Continue reading
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24: She’s In There
November 13, 2011 After the meeting with Dr. Wilson, Gabriela and I were sitting just outside the day room door. This was the fourth day I’d spent watching my daughter. She still had not had anything to drink, hadn’t eaten, … Continue reading
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