A letter to Martin Luther King, 2014 I am writing to ask you for your help. There was a kind and gentle man who came to the USA after developing PTSD as child while occupied by the Nazis. He stayed on in Austria because his Uncle was Chancellor then President of Austria. His Uncled advised him against married but I dont know why. He married and had a daughter. His Uncle must have been a wise man like you Dr. King. They were divorced and every time he saw his daughter all he could do was cry. He came to the USA to become free and work. He wanted the opportunities America had to offer. It took all his strength, struggling with his PTSD to work as a typesetter for the Star Tribune until he could retire. Then he began his real dream. He obtained his Bachelors Degree and his Masters degree while in his 50s. It was surely a struggle though as he was very shy and afraid s a child raised while controlled by the Nazis would likely be. His Soul honored mine in marriage more than 16 years ago Dr. King, things went very badly for us beginning this year in July. I was in the hospital getting a new hip. He was pick4ed up bu uniformed officers of the law only an hour before the exact time he visited me every day. He was forced to see his wife abused by a man who worked nights as an aide. I also needed to have a new medical heart device implanted similar to one Vice President Cheney had except for a genetic heart condition, Long QT Syndrome.I was told out home was going to be demolished, then condemned. I still live here so it has not been either. It is 100 years old so it is far from perfect. Age takes its toll. A second time, Paul, my husband was picked up off the street by the same men in uniforms. This time he said he wanted to stay with his wife and they let him go.Dr King I bet you understand how it must feel to be kidnapped off the street by those sworn to protect and serve. My husband caled it kidnapped. I didnt understand a statement he made but I think you would have Dr. King. To me it sounded threatening. You would have understood he wanted to go back to Austria because maybe the Nazis were here. I regret I did not understand and went to ask a neighbor to call 911 to get him help. In addition to his PTSD, diagnosed) he also has a diagnosed blood disorder.I did not understand what was happening with him so I wanted him to go get help. That was the last I saw him. Myself, I was picked up by the same officers sworn to protect and serve and left in the backseat of a locked police car on a 100 degree plus day. This was after two surgeries and trying to understand what was happening. I was taken to the psych ward where they took me off my heart meds and tried to give me medications that are forbidden to take because of my heart. They tried to commit me so they could as one staff said ;force the meds down my throat. I just kept calm and cool I am sure you did this many times DR. King. The county came and assessed me and said there was no reason to commit me. They also declined all the other freedom taking reports about me that the psychiatrist filed. In the meantime I did not know what happened to my husband so I wen home and waited. I got a call from a nursing home in September to let me know my husband had ran away and the first place they go is home. How many people find nursing homes so bad this is a common thing, for people to run away to go home? I was not treated as trying to help him and in fact my instability was the reason he required care. I took care of him and his blood disorder for more than 16 years. Until I called for help, he drove safely around the neighborhood took out the trash and was a special 75 year old man. On December 11, I received another call from the home that he had fallen. The nurse said he was fine, there was no redness or bump on his head. I asked the nurse can you see his brain. I asked the nurse in if he had been given his lovenox injection after he fell and the nurse reassured me he had. Since my husband had called to tell me he knew what the pain in his side was the day before a bru or german for hernia, I knew something wasnt right. I Told the nurse Paul had to go to the hospital to be checked out and if he would not do it I would be on my way and take him. The nurse called me back to say the ambulance was coming to take him to the hospital he is at now Abbott Northwestern Hospital In minneapolis. There they found he was hemorrhaging in his belly DR. King His carotid arteries were collapsing and his kidneys shutting down. The doctor said it was touch and go so not to come. They indeed were busy saving his life. I think you must have prayed for him too. I know from facebook and my neighborhood, people of all religions were. He needed blood transfusions and other help that I dont know. I know Dr. King you are not a medical doctor just like I am not. Because of his blood disorder, he was anti coagulated to the point of almost having hemophilia. I think your good common sense about mankind would have said it was risky for him to fall and not be seen. Throw in the hernia and a walker that he continuously tripped over as it was too small for him and had to bend over it to hold onto because of his years bending over the printing machines, this was not safe. Maybe if you had not been killed I would have have asked you to call and see if they would have listened to you. You probably would not be seen as unstable or even dangerous as one nursing home had been told about me.I dont know though bigotry runs deep when it is for any reason used. You Gave your life fighting against it so I bet you understand. Today my husband is sitting in this hospital. He cannot hear as his ear may be filled with wax and hospital do not clean ears. He has not received rehabilitation because they dont do that either. So he is slowly disappearing like he is collapsing into himself. I have a difficult time visiting him now. It is hard not to just cry when I see him. He will keep sitting there until he qualifies for medicaid. He only has medicare and great insurance. The doctor who took care of him is employed by our insurance company. I cannot get the records from them about the payment for his premiums because of HIPAA. We have individual policies and he need to sign the release they say they will send me but never do. Just like the bills I pay for him, they never arrive.I pay anyway and at times guess or pay large amounts. Our bank is very nice but the county need both of our records for all of 20013 and 2014. I guess we may have hidden wealth or gave others some of it. I need his signature though to get his records. I made my own form and took it for him to sign. The hospital social worker took it from me to help and I am still being asked for the records. I dont know where it went. Good news though, I can talk to the county now as they sent me a form to represent him. I have until the 23rd to get all the records in to them or they will deny his application. I am sorely tempted to let them as the main bill outstanding is for the home where he received bad care. But he needs to go somewhere. Dr. King, you would understand that now after his horrible injury I cant take care of him myself. I think he would be happy most anywhere they like him and paid attention to him and cared about him. For me the medical parts of good care are more important than they are for him,he wants to be loved. I can love him but want safety part of the bargain. I think his life has been damaged enough by others. I dont know DR. King how you can help except to pray and offer your hope and love for my dear husband. I saw photos of you with your family and it was clear you valued family greatly. I am sorry you were taken away from us like you were. We need you more than ever now. Not just me and my husband but the world.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:35:18 +0000
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