Yeah, this is kind of like a thread when a poster has a very specific question about a college’s policies and posts here instead of actually calling the college and finding out. Why are you not talking to your son-in-law? Wouldn’t he be a better source of info than us?
I obviously don’t know what the daughter has, but I can think of something else that has similar symptoms and they may use morphine for. About 20 years ago I came down with a nasty gram negative infection, I was running 104,105 degree fevers for a week, couldn’t hold anything down and had a tough time fighting off dehydration, antibiotics didn’t work. I ended up in the hospital, and because of the scope of the infection (it hit everything in my body) they gave me morphine based pain killer because I was in that kind of pain, headaches, etc. I agree with others, the only real way to know is to talk to someone there, either the SIL or maybe the hospital. Someone had to tell the OP something, so I wonder if maybe the hospital, like with me, still doesn’t know what is going on with the D.
Is the daughter married? I thought they were engaged.
Whatever, same difference.
Even if he was “just” a boyfriend, he’s still going to be far more knowledgeable about all this since, you know, he lives there and the D has lived there for several years.
A boyfriend/spouse may not be au fait with medical costs for foreigners resident in his country.
Better chance than people on a college forum populated with mostly Americans…
Healing thoughts to your daughter and some peace for you. This must be a difficult and scary time for you. I hope she improves rapidly.
Any news on how your daughter is doing today @fauxmaven ?
I’d have probably come here with your questions too. It is remarkable what CC members can help on. Your SIL may not have the answers either. I’m from the UK and know I am no longer covered by national health insurance but have no idea what or if I’d have to pay. I doubt my brother who still lives there would have a clue. I took my daughter to the ER once and they didn’t charge me. I don’t think any charges would approach being as high as in the US though.
But there’s too much here that we don’t know. Including, does she have the Swedish coverage (which ex-pats can qualify for) or “European Health Insurance.” That’s something the husband/bf should know.
fauxmaven, I hope your daughter’s illness is quickly diagnosed and she is on her way to a speedy recovery. It’s so hard when loved ones, especially children or an age, are in distress and far away.
Still don’t have a diagnosis. Morphine drip was because she was in a lot of pain. They stopped drip today, and she was in a lot of pain, hardly able to move. Then she wasn’t breathing well so they put her on oxygen. Apparently in Sweden there are no doctors in on Sunday! We are thinking of flying out to Sweden on Tues night, depending on how things progress.
Nothing happens on Sundays in Sweden. We will be on phone early MON to talk with doctors.Still no diagnosis yet. She has no insurance as she was moving to Netherlands in 1 week, and thought she could wait,
Well, you don’t see much of doctors in US hospitals in Sunday’s, either.
We talk to her husband several times a day, but there is no news.
If there are no doctors, who is making decisions about morphine and whatnot?
The doctor ordered yesterday.
If you are talking to her husband several times a day, there’s really nothing we can add. Best of wishes for a speedy recovery.
pizzagirl-that was rather mean spirited of you. I was hoping for support, not medical advice.
^^ Your original post was asking for information, @fauxmaven . You said
Pizzagirl was not offering medical advice. She suggested that you get information about the Swedish healthcare system and residency issues from your daughter’s boyfriend who lives there. Nothing mean-spirited about it.