Archive for the ‘Healthcare’ Category

My father is gone…

July 21, 2009

My father passed away July 9th, 2009. My mom, sister & I saw him an hour before he went, and he didn’t look good. The cancer had spread from his bladder to all over. The labcoats never told my mother anything about his condition. My sister who is a nurse did get some information on the phone after waiting a week from some doctor. Nice healthcare system! The hospitals in this particular system are regularly understaffed, and getting any info is extremely difficult. My Dad’s insurance would deny tests on occasion for some bizarre reason. My sister mention similar staff cuts at her hospital.

Some folks are telling me that the proposed federal health plan would tell the healthcare labcoats what to do. Hahh! The insurance companies already do that!

At least my father passed away peacefully…

Back again…

June 17, 2009

Well I’m finally back to working on this blog. My father is ill with cancer, and has been in & out of the 2 different hospitals near our area since November 2008. He is now at his home with home hospice care. Things are not looking good for him, so our family is trying to make him as comfortable as possible.