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Got Jim's Medical Records/Autopsy in the Mail Today

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LindaLucy:
In today's mail I received 183 pages of Jim's medical records, including his autopsy report.  At first I was really disturbed, especially the pages of the printouts of his monitor showing him flatlining and how they broke multiple ribs on his left side trying to resuscitate him.  But when all was said and done, I was glad I read them.  I finally have closure, because I have a complete idea in my mind of everything that happened to him from the time he got off the plane in Dallas until he passed.  It's like I know what his life was like those final two days.

Branch:
Sending lots of hugs your way, LindaLucy.  Certainly, I did not experience what you have experienced, but I think I understand the feelings you're expressing.  I believe I would have had the same distressed feeling followed by the same 'right, it is well with my soul' feelings.  There is something settling about knowing, even when...

Again, I offer you hugs for both the stress and the closure today's mail delivered to you.  You've had a very full day. :kiss2:

LindaLucy:
Thanks.  Yesterday started out such a happy day.  Diana and I started Christmas shopping the moment the grandson got on the school bus.  We had a wonderful lunch together.  All was right with the world.

Then the mailman knocked on the door with a registered package for me to sign, which contained Jim's records.  It was like, "Can't I have ONE good day?"  But then I was glad they arrived, it was really peaceful reading them.  Since I work for wrongful death/medical malpractice attorneys, I know what I am reading, so that was a plus.

LindaLucy:
I also noticed in his records that they have some kind of psychological assessment forms they ask the patient questions on.  I assume this is to establish if there is physical or some other form of abuse in the household.  There were questions on there about people's relationship with their spouse/significant other, kids and what their home life is like.

Jim said all good things about me, fortunately, but I can imagine some other poor schmuck filling those forms out, dying, and then his spouse/SO reads the negative things he has written about his home life, his spouse/SO and his children thinking that no one would ever know what he said.  Then the spouse gets the records in the mail, and voila.

One of the questions was, "Are you afraid to go back home?"

LindaE:
LindaLucy, I am glad that you have found reading this report helpful and although it may help that you actually understand all that might be in there, pretty brave, also.  :hug:

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