I listened to her voicemail message and wrote down her number that she had left and intended to call her back the next day or so, but things have been a little busy in my house lately with my son getting ready to graduate high school, and it kept slipping my mind to call her back. Sometimes I would remember about calling her at night when I'm working the night shift, but you can't go calling people at 2 or 3 O'clock in the morning, and I would forget to call later in the day.
But finally, a couple of days ago, I called Pam one morning after I got off of work. The phone rang about 8 times and then her voicemail kicked in. I started to leave a message telling her that I was sorry I hadn't returned her call sooner, when a somewhat faint voice interrupted. "Hello"
I told Pam who I was and she said she hoped that I had gotten her message thanking me and she was afraid that maybe she had dialed the wrong number. I told her I had been meaning to call her. Then I asked her how she was doing, to which Pam replied, "Not so well". She then told me that she had just had a "minor" heart attack, and that she was not feeling very well. She had an appointment to see a cardiologist in a few days.
She told me that she thinks the reason she had a heart attack was because of all the stress that she's gone through since the tornado, and then proceeded to recount how she had arranged for her and her mother to live in a FEMA trailer, only to later find out that, since she had found a place to live in the interim since applying for the trailer, she was no longer eligible for the FEMA trailer. She told me that she had put down $125.00 to have the gas turned on at the trailer, and she has not gotten that money back. This is very sad. Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
