My Father Signed a DNR to Save Money While I Was Unconscious in the ICU — He Didn’t Expect Me to Wake Up

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I learned what happened next from Pat Walsh, our head nurse. She was at the nurse’s station when my father walked out of billing and found Dr. Richard Hail, the surgeon managing my case. She heard every word.

The second surgery, Dr. Hail explained, would cost between one hundred eighty and two hundred forty thousand dollars depending on complications.continue reading …