x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:27:02 -0500 thread-index: AdBR0EnPehmUDBsFQf2pFycZa895Uw== Thread-Topic: The concern for my husband(just age 25)who is a patient at the VA and medical care worsening,concerned for my husband From: To: Subject: The concern for my husband(just age 25)who is a patient at the VA and medical care worsening,concerned for my husband Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:27:02 -0500 Message-ID: <05FF32DD29BC41BA960D4951ED76E4FC@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Feb 2015 14:27:02.0914 (UTC) FILETIME=[49EE3620:01D051D0] CUSTOM Mrs. Hannah Olivia Harmon Medical Care atThe Department of Veterans Affairs, Dorn VA hospital Wife of Veteran of Afghanistan not receiving help with my husbands 80% disability 2362 Mary Drive West Columbia SC 29169 Hmartin711@icloud.com 8039794643 8035305530 VET The concern for my husband(just age 25)who is a patient at the VA and medical care worsening,concerned for my husband Wednesday February 26, 2015 Hannah O. Harmon, Wife of %80 Disabled Veteran Marine Corps, Veteran of Afghanistan 2362 Mary Drive West Columbia, SC 29169 To Whom It May Concern, My husband is Andrew Carrington Harmon, former Marine, under the care of Dr. Roy, Primary Care, and Dr. Downie, Psychiatrist, at The Department of Veterans Affairs, Dorn VA Hospital, here in Columbia South Carolina . Dr. Roy finally made the decision to refer Andew to Dr. Downie whom he saw in August . Since seeing Dr. Downie, nothing has changed-actually, Andrew's condition has worsened! This past summer/ 2014, we invested in a very large and expensive garden which kept Andrew mentally and physically busy, working on a task . My husband must stay active . Once Andrew started the medication prescribed, I gave it about a month to start working, waiting on the medications to get into his system, but, it made things worse. Andrew went back and informed Dr. Downie about his severe mood swings. His actions now dictate our family routines. Andrew has been on an emotional rollercoaster. He has followed all medical advice given to him. But, we need direction on where to go from here. He seems to be a ticking bomb waiting to explode. By the end of October I noticed even more highs and lows in my husband. I thought the VA was taking care of him and he was simply adjusting to medications, slowly working up to higher dosage . Right before Thanksgiving, I as his wife, was under great stress trying to handle his ups and downs . I called the crisis line, asked for help, called VA and was always transferred to someone ELSE!!! I was given four extension number to different buildings. I left more than FOUR messages before December-I NEVER HEARD ONE WORD BACK, and I never saw where the VA had reached out to my husband ! I was told by the Crisis Line to make sure I deleted my call log so that my husband wouldn't see where I called . My husband Andrew always let me know when he had appointment, or if the VA called him, I checked his call log on the internet and Andrew had NO contact back from the VA , which we all know, including myself, anyone in medical field has to DOCUMENT EVERYTHING!! While sleeping with my husband some nights I wake up to him standing up sleeping, having very loud conversations, OR many nights he sweats profusely, so badly that we went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought the most expensive mattress protector for him. I now wash sheets and pillow cases everyday. Regularly, my husband has horrible dreams where he thinks he is drowning. On other nights I have awaken to him kicking me, and he doesn't wake up . Because of my husband's mental instability, his college classes, our new baby, and our marriage, I was forced to make a decision to resign from my job to focus on my husband and use my time to get him the best treatment to which he is entitled. Thank you in advance for reading this, my appeal for help. PLEASE HELP US!!!!