Back home again
Taking Lulu into the Emergency Room was a six-hour process. I knew it would be long and we both brought books to read.
Emergency Rooms work in a principle of
Triage - from the Wikipedia entry:
Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sift or select. Triage may result in determining the order and priority of emergency treatment, the order and priority of emergency transport, or the transport destination for the patient.
Lulu's injury was sufficient to warrant a trip to the E.R. -- we did the right stuff when it happened -- ice and wrapping, but it was significantly worse this morning (24 hours later). At the ER, had we presented with a numbness in a limb or chest pain or hacking cough, we would have been in to see the Doctor in a flash. Lulu's injury was serious but not life-threatening so we were at the bottom rung of treatment.
Quality of care was awesome, it was just very very s....l.....o......w.......
We got home about two hours ago, heated up some leftover chili and cornbread. Got her bundled in bed upstairs and I am surfing a bit before an early bed myself. Store shopping run tomorrow so busy day then.
Also, the windstorm hit and power was lost -- Curtis elected to stay home and he, a child of the internet, was forced to endure two hours without his gaming console or broadband. I shudder to think of what he must have been going through. :-) Do him some good although he will not see that...
Posted by DaveH at October 27, 2013 7:23 PM