Waiting, waiting, waiting for testing

Levi is still sick and I am still waiting around for the Australian Medical System. It seems really odd to me that we wait 2 - 3 working days for results in Australia that takes a couple of hours, tops, in USA. When I was in USA, I steadfastly defended the medical system in Australia. I assured people that I was sure that the care was the same. I was wrong. It all depends on how much money and insurance you have. The uninsured in USA are definitely worst off. Then there is the regular Australian and on top is the insured American. Over and over, I am now grateful that Frank was born and was sick and died in USA. I think that perhaps he would have been treated, and perhaps they would have made a diagnosis. I think that he would have perhaps lived as long, but I doubt it. He would perhaps have had the same amount of pain or the same number of bleeds. I would have chafed at a system that treats parents as extraneous extras. Frank would have had 5 other kids and their families in his room for every admission. The small amount of privacy that I had in Rogue Valley Medical Center would have been zero in the Royal Children's.

I don't think that Levi has anything scary. He is too tired and too white and too quiet, but he probably just has a virus. A long one (It has been about 2 and a half weeks). If I really look back at constant things like his swimming training, it has probably been as much as 4 weeks. Maybe he has Glandular Fever or some other long running but ultimately innocuous virus. I hope it is.