Hegwein Family Blog

The Cost of Medical Care and How Do the Rich Eat?

A Short Hospital Stay and a Large Bill!

My Thursday through Sunday stay at the Doctors Hospital in April for elevated blood pressure amounted to the impressive sum of $4,350. This was only the room charge! I also was charged for my two hour visit in the crowded emergency for some $1,374. Assorted other items (pills, usage of various testing machines, etc.) amounted to $6,488. So the whole hospital excursion came to $12,212.00 I have not received a wake-up bill from my new doctors, Padmini Rajan and Arthur McMullen.

But wait, I have another short story which is a cultural MUST know. Here you gain insight to the recent Gala Dinner our president and Laura gave in honor of Queen Elizabeth (*4-21-1926) II. My source of the info is of course impeccable. Here is the menu:

Spring Pea Soup with Fernleaf Lavender

Dover Sole Almondine

Saddle of Spring Lamb

Chanterelle Sauce

Fricassee of Baby Vegetables

Aragula, Savannah Mustard

Rose Blossoms

The Chef, Chris Comerford (female) designed the festive menu! I copied it exactly as shown. I was unable to record appropriate wines due to the lousy quality of my copy, written in Vladimir Script # 8. These two short stories will enable you to entertain acquaintances and dear friends at your leisure. It is always interesting to know how other people spend their money and what the rich and royalty eat!