Since these are the only types of vacations I get anymore I decided to write up a trip report of my latest trip.
Part 1
When I found myself in need of emergency care on Sunday I had two choices. My first option was to go to the hospital in a small town about 30-35 minutes away (think of this hospital as the old Lady Luck in terms of amenities and Lady Luck is also what your likely medical outcome will be based upon if you chose to go there for treatment. My second option was to drive to the nearest "city slicker hospital" about 45-50 minutes away. Think of this Hospital as the Bellagio of Hospitals in terms of amenities and services.
The small town hospital was in network and the fancy "city slicker" hospital was out of network. The exception being emergency services which are considered in Network. I don't like the small town hospital because well they think I am a dick and worse yet a crazy dick that is willing to take extreme measures to screw them if they don't do everything like they are supposed to. I have gotten into numerous arguments with their management people over the last couple of years. I made one of their billing employees cry once.
So all things considered I chose to go to the fancy city slicker hospital. So they poke and prod me for a few hours in the ER room while I watch the Broncos beat the Chargers on my ER rooms flat screen and then they give me all sorts of fancy pants tests like CT scans, multiple x-rays and so on. I find it helps to consider these "spa" treatments rather than medical treatments. Finally they come to me and say, but what we really think you need is a super duty "spa" treatment in our special cardiac care unit.
So rather than admit me to hospital they move me to the emergency room observation unit which is just like a regular hospital room except they have sliding glass doors to get into them. The bathroom was a little small, but what the hell you cant have it all. I paged my concierge when I found that my complementary toiletries we missing and she brought them right over. The food was top notch and they had an awesome selection of cable TV channels. The next morning they had a nice young lady give me an in person wake-up call at 7:30 and then I had another nice young lady wheel chair me across the entire medical complex there. It was a 25 minute trip via wheel chair.
Anyway I got back from my fancy pants treatment at the fancy pants cardiac unit of the hospital at 10:30 after another delightful 25 minute tour of the entire medical facility. I ordered a fancy pants lunch, watched some more TV and then about 11:30 or so they tell me malibber2 you seem depressed we are sending a Dr. Feel Good over to talk to you. He was a very nice fellow we chatted for an hour or more and his recommendations to lower my stress levels were to 1. utilize a breathing technique 2. Watch Netflix when I am stressed and 3. Take up meditation to seek my inner harmony.
I'll post part two later.
Part 1
When I found myself in need of emergency care on Sunday I had two choices. My first option was to go to the hospital in a small town about 30-35 minutes away (think of this hospital as the old Lady Luck in terms of amenities and Lady Luck is also what your likely medical outcome will be based upon if you chose to go there for treatment. My second option was to drive to the nearest "city slicker hospital" about 45-50 minutes away. Think of this Hospital as the Bellagio of Hospitals in terms of amenities and services.
The small town hospital was in network and the fancy "city slicker" hospital was out of network. The exception being emergency services which are considered in Network. I don't like the small town hospital because well they think I am a dick and worse yet a crazy dick that is willing to take extreme measures to screw them if they don't do everything like they are supposed to. I have gotten into numerous arguments with their management people over the last couple of years. I made one of their billing employees cry once.
So all things considered I chose to go to the fancy city slicker hospital. So they poke and prod me for a few hours in the ER room while I watch the Broncos beat the Chargers on my ER rooms flat screen and then they give me all sorts of fancy pants tests like CT scans, multiple x-rays and so on. I find it helps to consider these "spa" treatments rather than medical treatments. Finally they come to me and say, but what we really think you need is a super duty "spa" treatment in our special cardiac care unit.
So rather than admit me to hospital they move me to the emergency room observation unit which is just like a regular hospital room except they have sliding glass doors to get into them. The bathroom was a little small, but what the hell you cant have it all. I paged my concierge when I found that my complementary toiletries we missing and she brought them right over. The food was top notch and they had an awesome selection of cable TV channels. The next morning they had a nice young lady give me an in person wake-up call at 7:30 and then I had another nice young lady wheel chair me across the entire medical complex there. It was a 25 minute trip via wheel chair.
Anyway I got back from my fancy pants treatment at the fancy pants cardiac unit of the hospital at 10:30 after another delightful 25 minute tour of the entire medical facility. I ordered a fancy pants lunch, watched some more TV and then about 11:30 or so they tell me malibber2 you seem depressed we are sending a Dr. Feel Good over to talk to you. He was a very nice fellow we chatted for an hour or more and his recommendations to lower my stress levels were to 1. utilize a breathing technique 2. Watch Netflix when I am stressed and 3. Take up meditation to seek my inner harmony.
I'll post part two later.
