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Sep 25th (See this week's devar torah)
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Hi again!
First off: Esther wants to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and help during her recent incarceration hospitalization and recovery. B"H, she is slowly getting back to her normal activity level.
Her hospital stay was four nights. In the US it would have been one night or maybe two. Here they don't kick you out of the hospital to save money. Anyway, the registration process was interesting: we were told to go to the department where the procedure was to be done, and register. So we went. But there they told us we had to first register at admissions. So we went there. Once there, we took a number and waited ... and were then told we needed a slip from the blood bank. Of course, it doesn't say that anywhere -- not online, not on the other forms you get. So we went there. Returned to admissions, got admitted and went back to the department. There she was sent to have blood tests done, and they wanted to do an ultrasound, but her doctor said she didn't need to do that. Then she had to be examined by the department doctor. Finally, as we were getting ready to return home (since this was just the registration the day before the procedure), the nurse stops her and says she won't let her go until she gets the blood workup results. Five minutes later, she tells her that her hemoglobin is way too low, and they need to keep her overnight and give her an infusion before they can do the operation. So what I was expecting to be a two-hour process ended up taking an entire day (and night!).
Apart from the administrative run-around, which is obviously something one would like to avoid -- the care was exceptional. The pre-admission medical checks (and endless questions) are designed to prevent mistakes on the part of the hospital. For those of you who are concerned about the plight of the poor Arabs -- let me ease your conscience. At least a third of the patients were Arabs (and a significant number of the medical staff as well).
The work week was short (Sunday was still yom-tov) but exhausting. Mostly because we have a pile of work to do for customers, but lots of days off in the next few weeks. We don't work this coming Sunday (erev yom hakippurim). We don't work the following week (Hol hamo`ed sukkot). So whatever we can't get done in the next three work days (Tue, Wed, Thu) this week is going to have to wait until after sukkot is over -- and that puts a lot of pressure on us right now. But you know what? I don't mind! The prospect of an entire week of enforced vacation really sounds good to me right now.
- More about Fond Jane
- the Zbig mouth speaks.
- Wisdom from peanut-brain
- Full text of the Obamanation's speech to the UN
- Full text of Netanyahu's speech to the UN
It's the Arabs, stupid!
Jewish stuff:
Health care:
- "No one should die because they cannot afford heath care, and no one should go broke because they get sick"
Until next week,
Shabbat shalom
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