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Originally posted by wolf
. . . Most health care facilities give you a phone in the room as a matter of course, but then you have to make collect calls, third-party billing, or use a phone card.
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For each of my 3 kids (born 13, 11 and 9 years ago at lovely Johns Hopkins Hosp.) I had to
buy a phone for the room. There were no set-up or installation charges, just the $5-$7 for the cheepie phone. Each came home as a souveneir of the "big day" and when they're old enough for phones in their rooms (a day that's coming all too soon, I fear), I'll give 'em to them for a laugh.
I must say, given what we know about the high likelihood of catching some dreadful disease at the hospital, I didn't mind paying for a clean phone.
BTW, [feeling sorry] I'm up typing at 3:20 am because one of said offspring had an upset stomach, with all the ensuing clean-up. I've wiped, mopped, and scrubbed, and now I'm hosing the area down with alcohol -- who knew a kid could
hold so much? [/for self]
03-01-2003, 02:22 AM
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