Just as an update: Baby Colbi is still in the NICU, but she is doing great! They removed her CPap machine (the nurses said it just annoyed her too much!) She is moving around like crazy and hungry. They even said her tests are going so well that they may take her off IV today or tomorrow. I am hoping she gets to go home sooner rather than later! In more good news, Brooke and Dave got to hold her!
Due to my recent proactivity with my credit and paying off debt, I decided to give the hospital a call where I was admitted about a month ago and ask about my bill. I wanted to make sure I didn't miss it in the mail and I wanted to get an idea of what I'd be paying for my stay. I get on the phone with the billing department and the woman is just as nice as can be, really. She was surprised I'd even called her, considering I didn't even have a bill yet. She told me she'd sent the bill over to my insurance to be approved and paid but they hadn't heard back yet. "Just out of curiosity," I asked, knowing I would be responsible for 20% of the final bill, "how much was it?" What I heard next shocked me. "$61,000" she said. I said, "$61,000? I was only in the hospital for a night and only on anti-biotics, you can't be serious! My daughter cost me less than a third of that to give birth to and I was in the hospital two nights!...
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