State of Healthcare is worse than I thought

[RoadToad]

Thanks guys. They got her on the table with the breathing tube in, and the anesthesiologist decided her pulmonary function wasn't good enough, and since it wasn't an emergency, they cancelled it. So now she's in ICU on the ventilator, expected to come off that by tomorrow, and will see a pulmonologist, and hopefully they can do it when her pulmonary function improves. My Dad is pretty upset about it, and she will be too when she finds out, not to mention madder than a wet hen. They did pulmonary tests pre-op, and said she was fine

[Chubminnow]

Sorry to hear about your mom Toad. Hang in there with your mom and dad as I know you already are. I recently had 1/2 my thyroid removed. Did the pre-op thing where they did the lab work the week before, etc. Day of surgery I arrived about 7:30 am, I left the hospital around 1:00 pm. Thus far (as far as I know), total costs were $12,500.00 dollars, my part out of pocket was smack dab dead on $1000.00 dollars. The fact that my out of pocket cost was $1000.00 dollars even sort of makes me wonder.