There are few things I need to mention.
I stayed at Baylor's new heart hospital when I had my heart attack. The facility was great, nice woods, comfy inviting rooms etc but the staff all seemed like rookies. At Presby the facility looks like One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Its all tile and linoleum and those awful hospital paint colors. Everywhere you go it looks like you could hose the place down at night (I shoulda checked to see if there was a drain in the middle of my room.) Anyway, the staff were all pro's, at every turn you felt like this was business as usuall, quality practices were the norm and there was an esprit among the staff. I had zero concern about the staff, with one exception.
During my recovery there was the snotty girl from physical therapy. You could tell the staff didnt really like her and I of course joined right in when she began to downplay my restance to her recommendations. She had this poorly written sheet of excercises that were not specific to my surgery, and stated over and over again that my surgeon really wanted me to do these...
Otherwise everybody was great.
So it may be that those fancy hopitals make up for their inexperienced staff with great facilities and food. Or maybe the hospitals with bare bones facilities make up for it with better staff...either way it is a no-brainer for me...spend the money on experienced team oriented staff and hose down my room at night.
Having said that I got the intial bill yesterday for the procedure....$66,0000 after discount. I was in shock for a bit...over 12k a day. Okay, maybe I shoulda got a great room with an ocean view, three gourmet meals a day for me and my family, some spa treatments, AND a great staff.
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Welcome to my world (now you know why I drive an older car..my docs and hospital directors get all of my coin.) And having experienced big B and old P - I'd vote for Presby every time. In fact, everyone knows that if I collapse in front of Baylor to kick my body down the highway until we get to Presby. Sounds like nothing has changed staff-wise there since 2002.
But on the bright side, you'll soon officially be the "million dollar man." Glad you're mending, and glad the spunk continues to increase daily.
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