Remember how Beck was looking so happy a couple of posts ago? Well, not so much now. She was using the Paslode® air nailer and when she fired her hand wasn't far enough back. The nail entered one side of her finger and exited out the other poking the finger next to it in the process! Trevor had to come over and pull her finger off the nail. Ouch! Also, the local hospital wouldn't prescribe her any pain medication. I think we're going to start going to Magrath where meds flow like (insert simile here).
This is a picture of the exit wound. Notice the high quality bandage! I do have to mention for the sake of my American friends that her trip to the emergency room cost us exactly $0.
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Ow!! That must really hurt Becky. Mom-in-law in Utah.
Ah yes, it may have cost 0$, and that does make me jealous, but let's compare wait times for a CAT scan, or an angiogram. In the U.S., if you have a heart attack, for example, you will have an angiogram, a stint, or open heart surgery within the same DAY even in cities far smaller than Lethbridge. In Alberta you will wait several days in an under-staffed unit before getting transferred to Calgary, just to get the diagnostic testing done. Meanwhile you will possibly suffer various other complications due to the long wait. I have had loved ones stay in "Deathbridge Regional Death Trap" as I call it and from my observations as a nurse, I have concluded you get what you pay for. Socialised Medicine could be great, but what do you do when the government monopoly is ill-managed? If you ever have a life-threatening condition I suggest you flee to a Montana hospital and cut your financial losses. You WILL live longer!
Oh, and sorry about your finger Becky. I would have cried and cried!
Hmm… I just talked to my dad and her said that for both of his heart attacks he got an angioplasty right away and the second time they flew him to Calgary.
When there were complications with Beck's second pregnancy they flew us from High Level to Edmonton. They even gave me a suite to stay in for the week that Becky and Mary-Katherine were in the hospital.
I realize these are anecdotal instances.
What's your take on the assertion by many Americans that the drugs that are sold in Canada are somehow inferior to the ones found in America?
Well, I'm glad you have good examples of health care up there. I guess I feel a little bit bitter about some experiences I know of with my grandpa, father-in-law and a some friends. But those are also only a few examples.
As for the drugs up there, I have no idea. I've never heard that assertation before, actually. I doubt that is true.
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