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In Praise of Insurance

This blog post isn't very interesting, but I wanted to get it down for my sake.  Feel free to read if you would like!

I just spent a few minutes sorting through all of the insurance statements from Delaney's neck ordeal.  I was curious to see just how much this all cost, and quickly realized just how blessed we are to have a good insurance plan.  I don't know how people do it without, but I know there are so many out there who aren't as lucky as we are.  Without insurance, Delaney's problem would have quickly emptied our savings!

Here's the breakdown:
Surgery (Dr. Harris) - $2690
Drugs - $100 (5 antibiotics)
Anesthesia - $910
Office Visits (6 visits) - $719
Hospital Stay - $19,430.45
ER Hospital Trip - $5332.80
Radiology (C/T Scan) - $190.00
Hospital Stay (C/T Scan) - $2450
Labwork - $67
Pathology - $1446

All totaled, it comes out to slightly more than $33,000.00! 

If the diagnosis turns out to be Cat Scratch Disease (which it appears to be looking like), Chelan said it best - "That was a $31,000 cat!"  We don't have it anymore - we don't know what happened to it.  Maybe that's for the best!

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