No worries guys, my wife is ok now. About 6 months back, she had to be hospitalized to get rid of a migraine as she is a chronic migraine sufferer. It was the worse one she ever had and nothing she could get at the pharmacy via her dr was helping. So we went to the hospital. She was in there for 6 days. The first 4 on a constant morphine drip and the last 2 just on normal stuff to get her off the morphine.
Thing is, that little stay in the hospital cost us about 8 grand out of pocket. We had to dip into my 401k to cover the costs and whenever you do that, you get the crap taxed out of you. Thank god we got our accountant involved and he finagled a way to help us not get taxxed as bad since it was for medical costs, but we will get hit some anyway.
Before her migraines got bad about 2 years or so ago, she was a workaholic and was making decent $. She has since quit her job and when she tried to go back to work is when she got the killer migraine that put her in the hospital.
So, between losing her income and the hospital bills, it's been an annoying year financially. With what I make, we can live and live well, but it's an adjustment none the less that doesn't allow for $8,000 hiccups.
Thanks for your concern though. It's appreciated. She is fine and has been pretty much ok for about 4 months now, aside from the occasional headache. It's a battle that we have been going through for about 4 years.
