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Belly ache: choosing between family doctor and strangers at the hospital

doctorAngie’s List is rating medical services, and since we’ve been writing about medical related issues on the Blue House Blog, I thought I’d share my recent experience.

I had to take my mom to the doctor on Tuesday. She’d been having sharp pains in her stomach and couldn’t sleep due to the discomfort she was experiencing. My grandmother and I kept trying to get her to go to the hospital, but she decided to hold out and wait for her appointment with her doctor.

I couldn’t understand why she was purposefully prolonging her suffering. Continue reading ‘Belly ache: choosing between family doctor and strangers at the hospital’