One of my favorite sports columnists is Paul Zimmerman - Dr. Z - of S.I. He had a stroke a couple of months ago and is still in the hospital recovering. In an update on his condition, Peter King wrote this:
... as of now, he cannot speak, has difficulty reading because of the effects of the strokes on his eyes, and does not have full use of his right side, including his arm and leg. He gets about three hours of therapy per day and is being trained to speak and walk again. It is probably going to be a long haul back to normalcy for Dr. Z -- and now we have to hope that the insurance company will see that his case needs more time in rehab. That's the thing Linda, aka The Flaming Redhead [Dr.Z's wife], is battling now.
They hope his insurance company will see he needs more rehab time. Well at least the bureaucrats in Washington aren't make decisions regarding someone's health (which, of course, never happens in a socialized system anyway). We can be certain that insurance companies always have the best interest of the patient in mind.
May Dr. Z. get better real soon.
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