Her gastro doc performed an endoscopy on Her today. Looking for the source of Her recent gastric distress. Doc found little more than we already knew: two (benign polyps) in addition to the expected hiatal hernia and gastritis.
Doc said that if She continues to suffer, we could progress to a CAT Scan to get a better look at her innards.
She tolerated the anesthesia drugs very well this time. Didn't get sick at all after leaving the hospital. Much better than most often.
The hospital charged $3200. Insurance allowed $1374, and covered 80% of that, resulting in Benefit Available of $1099.20. Patient Pays remaining $274.80. Doctor and anesthetist fees separate.
All that effort, all that money, all that time, and we find nothing. Finding nothing is a good thing, because you can rule out a lot more things now. But finding nothing is a bad thing, because whatever "it" is that is hurting Her, "it" is being elusive. Hey, let's spend thousands more dollars running tests and more tests and more tests......
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