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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 07:43 PM
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For those who were interested, re daughter's eye "problem"....
she is fine, took her to urgent care, she has a cut on her cornea (how she got that we don't know) the thing with the pupils the doc said was muscle spasms from discomfort of the cut.

Now for the ordeal of having her treated...first we went to the hospital closest to us, a "christian" hospital urgent care who first thing asked for insurance card. We told them she had no insurance , they then wanted $120 up front BEFORE they even asked her name.When she told them she didn't have that much, they said "sorry there's nothing we can do for you"
We then went to the hospital/urgent care on the other side of town. They took her in, treated her and didn't say ONE word about money or insurance until we were on our way out. We told them the same thing, they said they would try to run it through on my insurance, end of story.
I have no idea what would have happened if we only had the first and oldest hospital here and I don't know what will come with the health care issue, I DO know we need SOMETHING done!
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 07:47 PM
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1. Glad to hear that your daughter is ok
Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 07:47 PM by Bluzmann57
The health insurance question is, unfortunately, commonplace.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 07:47 PM
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2. So much for Christian values...
Those people wouldn't know such a value if it slapped them upside their silly faces.

I'm glad she's OK.

:hug:
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 09:26 PM
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8. Shame on your broad statement.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 09:29 PM
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9. Broad? Sounded to me like she was specifically referring to the so-called "Christian" hospital
Which seems to have lost its way with regards to "Christian values".

:shrug:
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 07:47 PM
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3. Glad she's ok and that's allit was. Cornea abrasions hurt really bad.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 07:51 PM
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4. I have cut my eye during my sleep before. With the sheet I think? Or pillowcase? I don't know?
Might have even been a fingernail? Only once but it woke me up it hurt so bad.

I hope she gets feeling better soon.

Don
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hayu_lol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 08:03 PM
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5. Yeah, those corneal abrasions really do hurt...
Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 08:04 PM by hayu_lol
and the pain builds until you get some painkiller in the eye(eyedrops). Had that happen once...took about 4 hours to be seen, relief was almost instantanious, but both eyes were bright red.

ER made me an appointment with an opthamologist for the next day. No idea how the injury happened.
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 08:20 PM
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7. I can testify- a bad abrasion or laceration feels like a shard of glass
Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 08:21 PM by chill_wind
riding around under your lid every time you blink. I had this injury decades ago
and it still plagues me on occasion in the early morning before I can even open my eye.
I've been told by more than one eye specialist it's a shingles-like condition in which the
cell layers in my case never re-healed properly to lie back down smoothly.

The natural tears and lubricants do help the episodes go away quickly and probably most
people don't have recurrent problems like I have. My sympathies, though. It's no fun!

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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-23-10 08:05 PM
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6. Glad your daughter is fine. n/t
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