When you get your medical file for your child, you probably get a few pieces of paper. If they have had some hospital stays, maybe you get a stack of 15-20 pages. Not Ben. Nope, we got a BOX of papers. There must be between 1500-2000 pages here! And this is only the papers from when he was inpatient awaiting transplant and post transplant. The pediatrician gave it to us today because they were trying to figure out what to do with it and asked us if we wanted it! Joe said, "Sure, we can scan it and then just shred it." So, we're going to go through all of these pages and scan them and then I intend to read through some of it. Probably not all of it. I can't even imagine how many hours/days it took the pediatrician to read through all of that. Now, when cardiology sends anything over, they just send their summaries. Back then, the pediatrician wanted everything. They wanted all x-rays, all echoes, blood draws, dr reports, everything. Now, it is a bit easier. Though, I am sure there is still a stack about 1/4 this size from things from March until now.
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