After they gave her something for the pain they started to prep her for surgery. Once they had decided what was wrong I was kinda surprised how fast they got her in the operating room. The only hold up was waiting for the operating room to clear. Apparently there was another woman in with the same problem. While they were prepping her for surgery I decided to I really should call family to let them know what was going on. Frankly if we weren't borrowing my sisters phone, who's on a mission, I don't think I would have called anyone till I got home at about 2 that night. They no longer have pay phones in hospitals. Also I was really disappointed with the talk time on my sisters cell phone. Having to explain what was going on and then providing update I had to start cutting people off because I had used up a full charge. Course it probably didn't help I was on the 1st floor of a large 7 story building built into a hill.
Next the nature of a persons hospital stay is entirely dependent on the nurse. The first nurse was great. Helpful, understanding of Kristin's pain there when she needed to be but left her alone when she needed to be sleeping. The next nurse talked to my 27 year old wife (Okay she could pass for 19) like she was 2, hard of hearing and had severe learn disability. She was constantly asking if she had gone peepee our poot. Then they were waking her up every hour to take blood pressure and pulse. It got pretty ridiculous.
It the end for one rather simple operation, and less than 48 hours in the hospital the total cost was $28,000. Of that less than 6,000 was for the operation and of that about 3,500 for 4 doctor including the anesthesiologist. I have no idea what the other 22,000 was for. It certainly wasn't for the food, but at least the wifi was free.
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