Hospitals In Seattle

So with all of my excitement over 2019, I was a bit taken back by changes in the Seattle medical field!

I was in college when I first had to use a hospital - stupid here, tangled with a roll of razor wire, aka concertina wire.
The powers that be shipped ASAP to the nearest Emergency Room, Highline Hospital!
Two of the core-men passed out, as did my Sargent!

The razor wire had caught me behind the right  elbow, around rhe arm and down to the first knuckle of the thumb.
132 Stitches and it almost looked like an arm.

With only the two core-men on its side, Fort Lewis' medical team got a big FAIL from me.
Highline got a PASS.
And no matter where I was living in the world, or staying at the time, I held off treatment until I could get to Seattle and Highline!
The worse it ever was, was the day the Polish government failed and I was injured and trapped by politics.  28 hours to get them t
o release me and 10 more to make it back.  In the meantime I was calling and getting apppointments so there would be no hang-ups!  Being a medical emergency has its advantages, with most governments.

In 2015, I again needed medical help and Swedish was the choice, since the best surgeon in the Seattle area did not work in the Highline Hospital.  Weird but what-ever.

And Swedish became my hospital of choice!  Except that their nursing staff was straight out of a Nazi horror film!  It really was not funny and I swore never again!

Come 2016 and I needed some heart tests that were done by UW Medicine and Swedish.  This time around, both got a passing score.

Now we come to 2019 and my how medicine has changed!

In 2018, I bought my insurance and 90 days later my policy was rolled up into a HMSO. As explained it seemed to be no big deal, just more paperwork for everyone!  But in 2019 that concept was failing badly!  Virtually ever doctor I relied on - retired or now works for Loew's Hardware!  The new batch simply will not play the HMSO game and referrals are impossible to get.  Further, hospitals have collectivized and list of "I don't work with group"
creates a bit of a problem.

So some examples:
We knew in August I would need heart surgery.
I got my team lined up, even hassled through the facility issues!
The approval came 5 days after my aorta had ruptured and all work was done last day of October as an emergency!
2.5 months for heart failure work!
REALLY?

I will never deal with an HSMO again .....

Then it seems that Highline, my hospital of choice for most of my life, no longer actually does medical stuff.  They will do bandages and kiss your boo-boo's.  But injuries are shipped to Harbor View in Seattle!

The staff are happy at Harbor View.
The in room food is pretty good to.
The nursing staff understand you are a living breathing paycheck for them!

But best of all - they talk to you!
Yes, they ask questions, they listen to answers and they speak English!  No big uncommon words last used by some veterinarian at the Battle of Sparta!

So, it is a pain to get to, but they are now my hospital of choice!