You didn’t know Jorge. He was just one of thousands of mentally ill patients living in one of your state mental health hospitals. I wonder sometimes how his sister, his only surviving relative, is doing. I wonder if she knows the truth about how and why he died. Jorge didn’t die from his heart disease, …
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Headbanger in Paradise, Part 4
CONTINUED FROM Headbanger in Paradise, Part 3 Posted on 12/3/2016 It was warm where we sat in the day hall, sunlight streaming through the windows onto my assessment sheet. “What’s your name?” I asked. “Frank.” “Where are you?” He looked out the bank of steel-framed windows holding yhe world outside in a giant …
Headbanger in Paradise, Part 3
CONTINUED FROM Headbanger in Paradise, Part 2 Posted on 11/29/2016 Calm again, Frank watched the tip of the needle disappear into his right shoulder. I applied electrical leads to the pulse points on Frank’s head, chest, and feet while the docs reorganized the scattered equipment. Dr. Afzal added blood pressure cuffs, one on Frank’s …
Headbanger in Paradise, Part 1
“Headbanger in Paradise” was originally published in its entirety in Untold Stories: From the Deep Part of the Well. 2016 Redwood Writers Anthology, Roger Lubeck, Editor. September 2016. I’m choosing to publish it here in four parts. Stay tuned for later segments. KT Visitors are rare here. On admittance, our patients generally see that …
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