The Miracle of Modern Medicine 1

About a week ago, my son dropped a hammer on his finger.
No - he didn't do it on purpose, so you can bypass that old
"what did he do THAT for?" question.

We brought him to his doctor, who ordered an x-ray. The x-ray
showed a fracture. The finger was put into a splint to hold it in place.

We were then scheduled to visit the famous kids' hospital in the 'big'
city. My son and I spent 4 hours there the other day. A new x-ray was
taken and lots of paperwork was filled out. The end result being: the
finger is fractured. It is healing. AND THAT'S IT.

Somewhere around hour number three, it dawned on me that modern
medicine works something like this: if what ails you isn't going to
kill you SOON, it will heal by itself. If death is imminent, the doctors
may try something. Either way, it's billable.