Sep 30 2015
September was an awful– and tearful– month. Last week, I put Saya, my pigeon of 2 years, to sleep. The vet gave her an injection and she was gone. Four weeks earlier, Stafani, my dog of 16 years, was also given an injection. Saya is buried in the backyard with a stone marker. Stafani’s ashes …
Aug 26 2015
I read in the New York Times the other day (NY Times, Doctors Behaving Badly, 8/21/2015) that a medical journal decided to print a very descriptive essay recounting several incidents of flagrantly and morally obnoxious behavior by surgeons in the operating room. The move by the journal, Annals of Internal Medicine, is significant, and to …
Aug 02 2015
“Has she had menopause yet?” This tell-tale question would be the main indicator leading the lawyers to not pick up the case of Ruth’s death. In a March 26, 2015 LA Times report, a young plaintiff named Anna Rahm won $28 million compensation against Kaiser Permanente for a medical error doctors committed. At issue was …
Nov 02 2014
I so much wanted to vote Yes on Proposition 46. In the end, though, I will not be voting Yes, but not for the reasons the Vote No on 46 wants you to believe. I actually find myself siding with the Vote Yes on 46 camp, so it is with much sadness and dread that …
Feb 22 2011
It’s nearing the end of February and I am getting very nervous. I’m nervous because after the last day of March, I can no longer pursue any action to try to get at the actual truth about Ruth’s treatment. At that point, all action must legally cease. And I feel no closer than a year …