The Importance of Proper Healthcare
Ella - Age 2 By Brady Mullen Apline Association Benefits
Sometimes just a quick opinion from a trained physician can give you the insight you need to know whether it's something that needs further investigation or not.
Emergencies, by Nature, Must Be Handled With Preparation Many Colorado REALTORS® get healthcare through a working spouse, but for many, it’s a significant challenge. All too often, self-employed people settle for a poor plan, an overpriced one, or give up and go without, taking dangerous risks. This is a tragedy and unacceptable. The risk of having a poor plan became real for me twelve years ago, when I was a young entrepreneur and father. My daughter was two years-old at the time, and she started suffering from cold symptoms. Being overly optimistic, and having two sons that had just experienced colds, I was certain she'd go through the cycle and be fine. I was stubborn. I didn't want to pay a provider $150 to hear something I already knew. If I only knew the tradeoff I was making at the time, I would have never done that, but I didn't know what I didn't know.
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A couple of nights later, it was obvious this was more than a cold. We took her to a doctor, who promptly insisted we take her directly to the hospital. Her oxygen was dangerously low. The closest hospital was unable to get an IV in her arm, and she was rushed to Children's Hospital, where she underwent an emergency surgery and ten days of rehabilitation to reinflate her lungs that had collapsed to 1/3 their normal capacity. Being two at the time, she was terrified, confused, and in tremendous pain. Her parents, who had always been her protectors, were standing by while strangers were poking her and forcing a strange mask on her face, forcing air into her deflated lungs several times a day - all while a painful hole in her abdomen from the surgery was draining fluid. Words cannot describe the helplessness and guilt I felt seeing our precious toddler in such a state. I felt like it was my fault and shed many tears. This could have all been avoided
