Friday, April 07, 2006

Modern medicine

Last month I wrote that my one year old got a virus.....she ended up getting dehydrated and my wife took her to the ER for IV fluids:

Heres what the tab is to take your kid to the ER:

ONDANSETRON HCL 4 MG/2 ML ING $91.87
HEMOGRAM,PLAT AND AUTO DIG P $70.00
AEROBIC/ANAEROBIC BLOOD CULT $137.00
URINE CULTURE $95.00
URINALYSIS, AUTOMATED $47.00
STOOL CULTURE $82.00
STOLL CULTURE CAMPY $95.00
FECAL LEUKOCYTES QUAL $36.00
ROTAVIRUS DETECTION EIA $78.00
ER LEVEL 4 VISIT $1097.00
THERAPEUTIC INJECTION;IV $321.00
SODIUM $21.00
POTASSIUM $21.00
CHLORIDE SERUM $21.00
CARBON DIOXIDE CO2 $24.00
GLUCOSE, SERUM $24.00
UREA NITROGEN $24.00
CREATININE $24.00
CALCIUM, SERUM $24.00

Total tab-----------------------------------$2282.87

Having Blue cross............................Priceless.........................

Thats a big tab for kid with a stomach bug........................

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