First day back at work .

Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation, SanStone Health and Rehabilitation, Dr. Larry Joe Russell, Susan Habel RN, Tammy Mace RN, Lara Mooney LPN, "Cookie" Maude Romeo, Mike Deloach, Christopher Sprenger, NC Board of Nursing, NC Medical Board and NCDHHS.
Today two years ago, would have been my first day back at work since Mom passed. It was a difficult drive in, I drove the same route I did every day. What made it difficult, was that it was also the same route I took to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation that morning. It was also the first time I had been alone since Mom had gone. I thought about a lot of different things on that drive.
I work alone for the first two hours every morning, so more time to think. After I got everything started, I made my breakfast. I reached in the cooler for my grapefruit, and almost lost it. For the last two and a half weeks, I had been cutting two, one for me and one for Mom. Today I wouldn't make that drive to take Mom her coffee and grapefruit. I suddenly couldn't bring myself to eat.
It was a rough day, but I managed to keep it together for my shift. When I finished for the day, I drove up the street, to Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. I just wanted to hear the story of Mom's last morning. I met with Susan Habel RN, the director of nursing. It just happened that Tammy Mace RN was working that day, she was the one who actually found Mom that morning. They went through their story pretty much the way I remembered it from that morning. Then Tammy Mace RN went back to work, and I was left with Susan Habel RN. I asked her what she thought caused Mom's death. She said the only thing that would cause such a sudden death was a stroke or heart attack. Then she proceeded to tell me what a great job her staff had done that morning. She even went so far as to tell me how the paramedics had said they had done a great job. I left there for what I thought would be the last time.
I wasn't quite sure why, but the story just didn't make sense. When I got home I started thinking that she had never answered the questions that I had gone there to ask. I just knew that something was just not right. I started looking in the obituaries, and was shocked at how many people had died in Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. I found more than twelve people since September, had spent their last night on earth at Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation.
I called and requested a copy of Mom's medical records from Hendersonville Health and Rehabilitation. They were more than happy to give them to me, as soon as I could verify that I had medical power of attorney, or some other court document. You would think, after what had happened, they would want to share the records. If they had done such a great job, why not prove it.
I began the process of getting appointed as the administrator of Mom's estate.
 I had to first get each of my siblings to sign and notarize an authorization. Next I had to get an official copy of the death certificate  Then I had to petition the court in Asheville as well. All of this just to get a copy of her medical records. It would take until mid December to complete the process. I didn't have an attorney, and had to figure it out for myself.
When I got the death certificate, it only added to my suspicions. It was signed by Dr. Larry Joe Russell. The cause of death was listed as acute coronary arrhythmia. I couldn't figure out why Dr. Larry Joe Russell had signed the death certificate. I had never heard of DR. Russell before then.The doctor in the emergency room at Pardee on the day she died was Dr. Boleman. If he pronounced her dead, why would he not be the one to sign the death certificate? It only gets more confusing from here. I know a lot more about how things work, than I ever wanted to. More to come!