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Originally Posted by billethkid
Yes there are issues/problems/etc/etc.
However to "...we just have to live within what we have..."
Such a statement can only be valid with the assumption that what we have is the best it can be under the current capabilities/schedules/circumstances/etc.
Many of us KNOW from experience, that is not the case.
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I thought Dillywho's post was the best and most valid.
Our youngest daughter, now 52 was first diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic when she was 18 months old and she began frequent hospitalizations for issues related to her congenital heart problems that slowed down when she had open heart surgery at 16. (That was the dawn of the heart lung machine and skill that brought her living through that kind of surgery to better than 50-50 odds. ) Every time it was time for release was a wait. I remember it well, she was a little munchkin and wanted to get out of there and there was still (I now see) procedures that made us have to wait. This happened time and time again
The reason we consult the medical community and rely on them is because they are experts at what they do. We don't know if our electrolytes are stable or if our last lab tests have been looked at. We don't know how long we need to be breathing "room air" before we can exit stage right. Etc. etc. etc.
I know that some lags at being released are avoidable but ............sometimes we just have to exercise Patience Grasshopper. The world does NOT revolve around us. There are sicker people there who are probably holding up the works. I can't tell you how many code blues I heard when I was recently hospitalized.