[fatlazyless]

Well......more on this duck itch saga........yesterday......the emergency room bill for my girlfriend came in the mail from Speare Hospital in Plymouth......and it totaled out to about $929 for her one hour E.R. visit to treat her two swollen hands and arms on the first Thursday after Labor Day at 5:30-pm......the duck itch was contracted supposedly from the invisible parasitic microscopic worms in the shallow and very wavy(at the time) Winnipesaukee water on late Monday, Labor Day afternoon;

........about $929.......which gets broken down to........325 for the medical doctor to examine and prescribe prednisone.......600 for the emergency room for the nurse and the hospital visit.....and 4 for two prednisone tablets....plus getting the prednisone prescription filled was additional.....not sure how much at this time...


.........what a bunch of crooks! ......how the H can this one hour E.R. visit cost so much.....and after her insurance company processes her claim.....I expect to be left paying her $500 deductible.....


.....so what has happened to paying about 65-dollars, total, for a visit to the local E.R. ?

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One thing I have noticed lately is that this time of year, there is always a group of about ten or so ducks directly in front of my spot on the lake......diving for the acorns on the sandy bottom.....which fall from the two large overhanging oak trees....the ducks seem to just love eating those acorns ......and these mallard ducks will swallow the newly fallen acorns whole....apparently with no problems....