There are no words...
May. 12th, 2004 01:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hel_anaExcept maybe "buh?!?!?"
Utah woman lives without portion of skull for months as insurance snags (Especially squeamish types should note that there is some discussion of her condition.. if trepanation really wigs you out, this is probably not the article for you.)
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) - Briana Lane says she likes having her skull back.
One morning in January, the 22-year-old woke up in the hospital with her long hair pulled up on one side into a ponytail. On the other, she was bald, with only skin and sutures covering an area where nearly half her skull had been removed. She stayed that way for almost four months, a dent in her head showing where her skull had been taken out to save her life following a car accident.
After Lane was released from hospital in February, her skull remained in a hospital freezer while paperwork changed hands between the hospital and Medicaid to determine who'd pay for the surgery to make Lane whole again.
This is quite possibly my favourite (and not really in a good way) quote from the article:
She was given a plastic street hockey helmet to wear during the day for protection.
"You'd think they could give me something better protective," said Lane. "Like a skull, perhaps."
Oy vey.
Some days, I feel like I've landed in Oz.
Utah woman lives without portion of skull for months as insurance snags (Especially squeamish types should note that there is some discussion of her condition.. if trepanation really wigs you out, this is probably not the article for you.)
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) - Briana Lane says she likes having her skull back.
One morning in January, the 22-year-old woke up in the hospital with her long hair pulled up on one side into a ponytail. On the other, she was bald, with only skin and sutures covering an area where nearly half her skull had been removed. She stayed that way for almost four months, a dent in her head showing where her skull had been taken out to save her life following a car accident.
After Lane was released from hospital in February, her skull remained in a hospital freezer while paperwork changed hands between the hospital and Medicaid to determine who'd pay for the surgery to make Lane whole again.
This is quite possibly my favourite (and not really in a good way) quote from the article:
She was given a plastic street hockey helmet to wear during the day for protection.
"You'd think they could give me something better protective," said Lane. "Like a skull, perhaps."
Oy vey.
Some days, I feel like I've landed in Oz.
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Date: 2004-05-11 06:59 pm (UTC)that is a good quote and sums everythingup about insurance companies.
:/
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Date: 2004-05-12 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-12 02:41 am (UTC)The secondary "they gave her a hockey helmet instead of a skull" thing is just icing on the cake.
She's uninsured
Date: 2004-05-12 01:44 am (UTC)Re: She's uninsured
Date: 2004-05-12 02:39 am (UTC)