re: Part of the Reason Hospitals are being Overcrowded?

Baby girl had pretty obvious signs of Croup at 12:30 (she had it before). Go to the ER. Checked in through triage, she’s been happy because she’s always a happy girl, and she doesn’t sound like croup. Hour later get back. Breathing treatment that did nothing (albuterol). Tell doctors and nurses she sounds the same (a little croupy, but she’s still happy, so they don’t hear it). They go to discharge us.

A literal hour goes by. We both fell asleep. Wake up, not a soul in sight. Finally wave someone down, they get our nurse, they come in “Oh, she sounds like she has croup.” Second breathing treatment that has the little girl panicked and screaming, but works.

Finished, she sounds great and crashes on the bed. Wait ten minutes (when they said they’d be back) and again I have to go find someone.

I think hospitals are overcrowded. That’s because they lose people and no one ever gets checked out of the system.