Welcome to Twilight Zone (Gvt. Healthcare)

I had been feeling dizzy, so Bill offered to drive me to the Indian Hospital in Ada. It was Monday, the July 4th holiday and we had no school. Since Blue Cross/Blue Shield would have charged me a deductable to go to the ER in Shawnee, and I felt reasonably well sitting up, I agreed. After signing in, I waited 45 minutes. (No one ever asked to see my ID.) A lady escorted me into an examining room and told me to wait. I waited for 35 more minutes and then decided to open the door so that someone would remember I was there. The same lady saw me and told me the doctors were very busy. I sat down again and waited patiently. Finally, a doctor checked me out and told me I had an inner ear infection. He also wanted me to get an x-ray on my right leg to see if I had a slight fracture since I had experienced some pain at night.

I found my own way to radiology, but no one was in the lobby or the office. I saw another open door and went through it and began to yell, "hello". A lady told me to go back to the lobby and wait. When she finally took me to the x-ray machine, she said, "Let's take a look at your tummy." When I told her that there was nothing wrong with my tummy, she seemed surprised and said she would look at the routing paper again. I was right, so she took a picture of my leg. Actually, she took several pictures because they were "fuzzy". (My legs weren't fuzzy.)

I took my papers back to the examination area, but there were no rooms available, so I was told to go back to the main lobby of the hospital and they would call me. After a time, the same lady called me to see the doctor again. He noted that my leg was not fractured (I knew that!) He also made a note that I am allergic to codeine. He handed me two prescriptions -one for my ear and one for my leg.

The pharmacist handed me my medicine. The pain medicine was codeine! Sorry, the government has cut back and that's all there is! When I returned home, I took the prescription for dizziness. It put me to sleep and I was groggy for 12 hours!!! It must be too strong. I called my primary doctor in Shawnee and learned he is completely booked until July 12th. It seems that Obama's dream healthcare could quickly become a nightmare. Our nation is on the fast track to bankruptcy and we can most likely look forward to more cutbacks. Yes, the Bible is right. We are watching the prophecies come true during our lifetime.