THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
AFTERWORD Where one story ends, another begins. It’s three and a half years since Bill died. In that time I’ve spent hours, days, weeks...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 12, 2021
- 11 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
SIXTY-SIX No Voice I’m coughing but not vomiting anymore, so today I go with Stephanie to the hospital. She didn’t get as sick as Lily...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 11, 2021
- 21 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
SIXTY De-institutionalizing Bill We all have habits, some good, some not. Me changing any of the habits I have that I want to change...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 10, 2021
- 19 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FIFTY-FIVE Tuesday, Sept. 19th, 2017 Had a nice lunch with friends, then at 4:00 o’clock this afternoon got a phone call from Meghna, the...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 9, 2021
- 20 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FORTY-NINE Action News from the ward when I called last night was that Bill was doing well. He was chatting with the nurses all day in...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 8, 2021
- 15 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FORTY-FIVE Whose Body Is It? Arrived at the hospital at 7:10. Bill’s ECT was supposed to be at 7:45 but the porter was already there with...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 7, 2021
- 15 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FORTY-ONE Cool Down Just got home. Today, Dr. A informed me she's going on holidays for the next month, so nothing will happen re gaining...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 6, 2021
- 32 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
THIRTY-FIVE What A Mess A call at home early this morning from Dr. A. “Bill’s out of control,” she says. “We have him in seclusion and...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 5, 2021
- 15 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
THIRTY-ONE Shocks Dr. A just called to say Bill is not happy and he is not walking well. He has an impaired gait. First, she talked about...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 4, 2021
- 23 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
TWENTY-SIX Phase Three Dr. F calls me to tell me Bill’s about to be moved, and despite her attempts to get the ambulance crew to allow me...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 3, 2021
- 13 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
TWENTY-THREE Comox Yesterday when I got to the hospital about 11:00 Bill was still in the cell room, and when I walked right in and...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 2, 2021
- 13 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
TWENTY Behind Locked Doors My time at the hospital has been limited for a week. Shovelling snow has gotten to me. A pinched nerve in my...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 2, 2021
- 16 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
EIGHTEEN Roller Coaster I’m at the hospital when Dr. S arrives. He asks Bill, who is curled up in bed with his head buried in the covers,...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 1, 2021
- 12 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FIFTEEN Downs and Ups Day eight. After lunch we walk, and today’s security guard doesn’t bother following us at all. He waits by the...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Oct 1, 2021
- 11 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
FOURTEEN Week One After breakfast, Bill’s cousin packs up his things and leaves. And I go back to the hospital. It’s 9:30 when I walk...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Sep 30, 2021
- 12 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
THIRTEEN Disaster At the beginning of April 2016, Stephanie and I decide we all need more room, so we contact a realtor and go looking...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Sep 29, 2021
- 6 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
TWELVE Respite Six months ago, I applied for a two-week respite stay for Bill at Yucalta Lodge. Respite stays at Yucalta have to be...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Sep 28, 2021
- 10 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
TEN Perceptions It’s getting hard. In the daytime, he’s fine, but recently Bill started doing things like getting up at night and peeing...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
EIGHT Confusion We’ve been in Victoria for a couple of days and are going home tonight. Stephanie has returned to work after a year of...
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Jocelyn Reekie
- Sep 25, 2021
- 16 min
THE UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR, I Hope You Know You're Fodder For A Book Someday
SIX Hawaii “No,” I answer the question I was asked. “He’s only wearing his bathing suit. It’s black. No shirt, no shoes, no hat. He’s...
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