Actually I forgot to mention I had a really nice conversation with the social worker from Clipper Harbor who had called and left a message last Friday. She wanted to know how we thought Tom's stay there could have been improved. And I think she really wanted to know what they did wrong and how they can improve things should such a situation happen again. I also think she was very happy both that Tom is doing well and is healthy again and that we're not suing them. (And that I called her back and wasn't screaming at her.) She had enjoyed meeting him and talking with him and genuinely likes him and is interested in him.

I made several suggestions not only about recognizing and addressing a serious health problem developing during a stay, but also about dealing with a patient's vision problems, such as people identifying themselves when they come in. Tom can only recognize people by their voices -- he can't SEE well enough to recognize them visually and when there is a constantly changing parade, it can be very confusing.

Told her all about (actually just adding to what she and Tom talked about) his involvement with folk music and the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival, the Press Room sessions and, too, how he and I met at a pre-Christmas client party at Fishtraks recording studio, back when it was in the third floor of a private residence at Rye Beach.

Linn