7/5: Our Medical System is a Mess

Leo is off all "treatments" now, except for the decadron. We need to start antineoplastons soon! Had a horrible night, though. Leo woke up at about 11pm with difficulty breathing. He threw-up all over me, but still didn't feel better, so I took him to Lutheran General ER. They did a CT scan, x-ray, and blood tests. No changes in anything, except that his calcium and potassium levels dropped tremendously, so he was going to get those via IV until morning.

First day back at work today. Everyone is very supportive. Several hundred e-mails in two+ weeks of absence, but luckily no fires -- just some smoke.

Spoke to Dr. Szymkowski and it turns out they need all of Leo's medical recods. Just asking for these wasted several hours today. At least Lutheran General said they'd do it today and actually did a few hours later. No disclosures, no nothing, faxed straight to me. Children's Memorial, though, what a mess. I needed to get their disclosure on-line after being told that it'd take 7-10 days and fax back to them. Spoke to Stephanie @ Dr. Goldman's office, who said she'd help if there were any delays and then the Medical Records people said they should be able to do it much sooner...like tomorrow morning. We'll see. I'm sending Grandpa after them!

I work in IT. After Leo gets through all this, we will start the journey of becoming the richest person in the world by fixing the medical system in the US. It's no wonder costs are spiraling out of control and nothing gets done. I welcome everyone with ideas.