I wouldn’t want anyone to have the impression that Kathy wasn’t given extensive support, or that she wasn’t offered appropriate help. She definitely was, repeatedly and over a long period of time.
Could more effective help have been given? I honestly don’t know, but it was well beyond my ability and capacity at the time.
It was a painful and heartbreaking situation. I think that’s as much as I can say publicly.
Thank you for clarifying. To be clear, I am basing everything I said on the contents of her note and the publicly available things written since (including Scott Alexander’s and Julia Wise’s commens on this post). I don’t know anything about her situation beyond that. It sounds like an impossible situation—I’m sorry for your loss.
I wouldn’t want anyone to have the impression that Kathy wasn’t given extensive support, or that she wasn’t offered appropriate help. She definitely was, repeatedly and over a long period of time.
Could more effective help have been given? I honestly don’t know, but it was well beyond my ability and capacity at the time.
It was a painful and heartbreaking situation. I think that’s as much as I can say publicly.
Thank you for clarifying. To be clear, I am basing everything I said on the contents of her note and the publicly available things written since (including Scott Alexander’s and Julia Wise’s commens on this post). I don’t know anything about her situation beyond that. It sounds like an impossible situation—I’m sorry for your loss.