UPSer wife
New Member
Hello UPSers,
I would like to get some answers for our "not so common" issue. My husband is an AE in CA, he was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and ascending aortic aneurysm back in Dec 2021 (no smoking, no drinking, no drugs). After he found out that, the only way to take care of both issues is open heart surgery, everything went bad. He isolated himself from everybody, didn't want to talk or see anyone, didn't want to go to his cardiologist/primary doctor appointments, because he said he CAN'T have open surgery, he won't survive. He opened a medical leave of absence claim with Hartford in Jan 2021 under FMLA, but not going through with the surgery, obviously his claim was denied (no documents provided from his doctor). He couldn't make the right decisions because of his mental state (we tried everything to help him to go and save his life). Things got so bad that he was put under 5150 hold ( for domestic violence on me and our youngest daughter) and was taken to a behavioral center for 18 days. He was diagnosed with major severe depression with pshycotic features. He is back home for 2 months now. His absence from work it's unauthorized from April 6th. We called HR to find out his employment status, they said to contact Hartford. How long can you be in a leave of absence? His manager filled his position already, but he said he can come back to work if he wants too. He is physically and mentally not capable of that, he is just ...alive. Sorry for the long post, incredible difficult times for us, emotionally, financially, etc... Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Take care and thank you
I would like to get some answers for our "not so common" issue. My husband is an AE in CA, he was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and ascending aortic aneurysm back in Dec 2021 (no smoking, no drinking, no drugs). After he found out that, the only way to take care of both issues is open heart surgery, everything went bad. He isolated himself from everybody, didn't want to talk or see anyone, didn't want to go to his cardiologist/primary doctor appointments, because he said he CAN'T have open surgery, he won't survive. He opened a medical leave of absence claim with Hartford in Jan 2021 under FMLA, but not going through with the surgery, obviously his claim was denied (no documents provided from his doctor). He couldn't make the right decisions because of his mental state (we tried everything to help him to go and save his life). Things got so bad that he was put under 5150 hold ( for domestic violence on me and our youngest daughter) and was taken to a behavioral center for 18 days. He was diagnosed with major severe depression with pshycotic features. He is back home for 2 months now. His absence from work it's unauthorized from April 6th. We called HR to find out his employment status, they said to contact Hartford. How long can you be in a leave of absence? His manager filled his position already, but he said he can come back to work if he wants too. He is physically and mentally not capable of that, he is just ...alive. Sorry for the long post, incredible difficult times for us, emotionally, financially, etc... Any information will be greatly appreciated.
Take care and thank you
