The world is an amazing place.. it often surprises me. In October my little brother was found alive in Polson, Montana by the people at the hospital. He had been missing from our lives and from the eyes of the world for 15 years. My brother road bulls as part of his military tour and the doctors there prescribed a pain killer addiction for him prior to his discharge. After his discharge he would drop out of sight to score on the streets in the Seattle and LA areas. For the last 15 years my sister, Mona and I have often thought of him being dead in a gutter somewhere.
Orin wandered into the emergency room of the Polson hospital on October 15TH and politely asked for help finding his sister Mona. He had no coat, was confused, talked to himself and could only tell the staff that she lived somewhere near a ski mountain in the area. One of the techs noticed that he looked starved and fed him. He was not sent back out into the cold, even though he had no ID of any kind. He was allowed to sleep in the emergency waiting room and the chaplain and the hospital staff got on line trying to find Mona, who lived over a thousand miles away in Deer Park, Washington.
They gave Orin a coat and a bus ticket, asking the driver to make sure he did not leave the bus. Orin was picked up by my niece in Spokane and is now safely staying with my sister.
I hope to get there to visit as soon as I can.
Orin has audio and visual delusions caused by irreparable brain damage. If the folks in Polson had not taken care of him and gone out of their way to help him, he would have died in the winter cold. Hurrah for all who helped him. Thank you so much.
Orin wandered into the emergency room of the Polson hospital on October 15TH and politely asked for help finding his sister Mona. He had no coat, was confused, talked to himself and could only tell the staff that she lived somewhere near a ski mountain in the area. One of the techs noticed that he looked starved and fed him. He was not sent back out into the cold, even though he had no ID of any kind. He was allowed to sleep in the emergency waiting room and the chaplain and the hospital staff got on line trying to find Mona, who lived over a thousand miles away in Deer Park, Washington.
They gave Orin a coat and a bus ticket, asking the driver to make sure he did not leave the bus. Orin was picked up by my niece in Spokane and is now safely staying with my sister.
I hope to get there to visit as soon as I can.
Orin has audio and visual delusions caused by irreparable brain damage. If the folks in Polson had not taken care of him and gone out of their way to help him, he would have died in the winter cold. Hurrah for all who helped him. Thank you so much.
