Small town hospitals......{suck}

So you know I'm a small town girl.  Born, raised, loved, lived.....left. {miss it like crazy}

One thing about small(ish) towns that I don't miss is their hospitals.

rewind 11ish years.....  my mom was misdiagnosed for YEARS as having low iron, depression, migraines, etc...  by TWO different small town hospitals {a few years apart}.

eeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh........wrong answer!

Brain tumor.  In fact, pretty sure she's in the journal of medicine for having one of the biggest brain tumors recorded, and surviving it. 

HOW DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A GRAPEFRUIT INSIDE YOUR SKULL, COMPRESSING YOUR BRAIN AND SURVIVE? 

better question is, HOW DOES NO ONE SCAN LOOK FOR IT WITH ALL OF HER SYMPTOMS?

not sure, but she did survive.

fast-forward back to now.....

my dad calls me to say that he has a kidney stone, and has to go in today for a ultra sound to see if he will be able to pass it.  supposedly, its the size of a pencil eraser...  {ouch!}

today he calls me and says that he's on his way to the hospital for a "quick check" because they think he has a hole in his intestine, full of infection and needs to be operated on.  he wants to go to st. mary's in rochester, minnesota.  {hello, mayo clinic!!} 

needless to say i am a wreck.

after being seen there in rochester, they tell him that either he didn't have a kidney stone, or he passed it.  and infact, he doesn't have a hole in his intestine, he has a mild case of appendicitis, and they can treat it w/o surgery....

S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y?!??!?!?!?

had he stayed there, he probably woulda been cut open!  i can't believe it.  {or can i?}  how freakin scary! 

today has been another crazy ass roller coaster, and i'm over the craziness.  i'm gonna look for an exorcist to come in and shoo away all the crazies.  maybe it can let m have a relatively tame, drama free life. 

but before i do that, i need to go buy some cracker jacks.... 

I've always wanted to be a doctor, and since it seems like all you need to work in a small town hospital, is a paper saying you're a doctor, what do i have to lose??????? 

 maybe i'll get the "doctor's certificate" prize in the next box I buy. 

LOL