(September 30, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(September 29, 2013 at 4:39 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Indeed. I came down with influenza after Christmas, got pneumonia as a complication, and spent a week in ICU. The bill: over $80,000.
That can happen to anyone.
Holy fuck, 80k!? Was your cannula coated in gold or something?
It was lifesaving treatment. I needed the services of an anesthesiologist to keep me unconscious while I was on a ventilator for several days.