[Magdalen] Good news re my Friend.

[Marion Thompson]

Very good news, Mike.  I hope it all works out.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 2/10/2015 11:52 PM, M J [Mike] Logsdon wrote:
> Today, quite some time after presenting herself to the crisis center at Monterey's Community Hospital (CHOMP -- Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula -- Everett was actually born there, as a final dose of luxury in Anna's pregnancy), she had her appt with the psychiatric staff, and because she's a medical person herself (nurse), her tale of what brought her there got her exactly what she needed, that being a note to be off work till May 4th (with State disability forthcoming, to the tune of more than she normally makes as a part-time nurse), and a bevy of finely tuned meds to help her with her "acute and chronic PTSD", merely triggered by her late fiance's death, meaning that for the very first time in her entire life of trauma of one sort or another, ... she's finally getting help she's never thought possible.  She's being cautious with her excitement at the present time, because the meds scare her (single mom, and all that), so I told her I'll be giddy for her till she can join me in said giddiness.  At nearly age 50, she's getting what I experienced Anna get decades ago, so I've been there nearly done that.  For a woman who normally runs scared when trauma happens, to witness her actually stay put and seek help, is beyond both of our imaginations.
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