Whoo-Hoo!

The "Super All-In-One Value Speedball Fabric Screen Printing Kit" that I ordered online showed up today. It's only a matter of minutes before custom printed T-shirts are rolling off our production line. For those of you who don't recall or weren't following at that time, refer to my "Off to the OR" post from June 18.

Actually, I expect that there will be considerable trial and error before we get a successful print, but whenever we get something presentable we'll post a photo.

The other thing that started showing up this weekend? The medical insurance statements. We have a sort of informal pool going, but I'm guessing a quarter of a mil before all is said and done. I'm going to try to keep a running tab, just to see how close we get.

So far...

$250 - OMS visit in the Loma Linda ER

$17,835 - ER at Inland Valley Medical Center

$180 - Additional expense from IVMC

$2,336.50 - Ambulance

$3,643 - Additional expense from IVMC

$170 - Trauma MD at LLMC

So, if my calculations are correct, $24,414.50 so far. Of course, that's the gross amount billed. Since the providers are "in plan" they get paid significantly less by our insurance carrier and our responsibility is, well, not peanuts, but way less than the $25K it works out to.

Doesn't matter, cuz I'm using the gross amount for purposes of our little pool. I'm adding this all to Jake's tab to see if he will eventually become the "$6 Million Man."

Tip for parents: You might want to consider cash incentives to encourage offspring to engage in less risky behavior. Maybe the balance of whatever you don't spend of your annual insurance deductible. "Here's 50 bucks, put on that helmet." "I'll give you $300 to NOT attempt that BMX hip transfer!"

(A hip transfer is, we think, what Jake was attempting when he cratered. Note that the rider in the video is sine galea. I believe Bell Helmets had the tag line "If you've got a $10 head, wear a $10 helmet.")