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So, yeah, hospital stays are kind of expensive.

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Jan 27 '12, 21:21

Apparently the going rate for 2 nights in the hospital and a surgery is about $24k. Thanks goodness for insurance.

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I did not know your real name, but now I do. what broke your ankle? -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 21:23 17
- I was just stepping out of a cab and rolled it. - Ender Jan 27, 21:29 16
  - OUCH! you know, the Freakonomics guys are always saying drunk walking is more dangerous than drunk driving. - loosilu Jan 27, 23:01
  - Faaaaaaaaa k that sounds like It really hurt - so sorry :( -- nm - JenBro Jan 27, 22:04
  - I did something similar walking down the stairs at work. Stepped wrong off the bottom step, crunched the ankle and broke the fibula. - MojaveMeg Jan 27, 22:03 2
    - One time Pixie rolled out of his cardboard box and broke his labia. -- nm - Qale Jan 27, 22:13 1
      - Well, he should know not to put glass trinkets on the shoebox night stand -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 23:21
  - They put in a plate and some screws and I can't put any weight on it for 5 more weeks. -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 21:32 10
    - that is a serious fracture. damn. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 23:02
    - sfek! Anyway, she ended up at Harbor View, the big trauma hospital in Seattle. Her doctor was the Seahawks orthopedic surgeon. Her leg was so swollen - Trish Jan 27, 21:54 7
      - Honestly, the actual pain hasn't been that bad. The inconvenience of it all has been much worse. - Ender Jan 27, 22:02 6
        
        Hopping on one foot is very unsafe in your condition. Also, it sounds like you have an intolerance/allergy to Percoset. - Trish Jan 28, 00:37 1
        
        For the record, the hopping around on one foot thing is being done with a walker. -- nm - Ender Jan 28, 09:15
        
        and speaking of keeping food down, watch out for Percocet! it makes some people puke. I'm one of them, it was awful. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 23:05 1
        
        Yeah, they mentioned that. I think the puking was actually dehydration. - Ender Jan 27, 23:55
        
        let it heal properly, don't mess around. -- nm - loosilu Jan 27, 23:04
        
        I became a huge proponent of ADA guidelines after being on crutches for a couple of months. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jan 27, 22:04
    - When D was 14, she did an ankle roll like that. She ended up with 3 plates and 12 screws. -- nm - Trish Jan 27, 21:50

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