“I’ve been at the hospital all day today. Our 13-year-old son had to undergo surgery on his right arm. You see, his arm was broken back in April during a spring break visit to Texas; when the cast was removed last Wednesday here in Alabama, doctors determined that it had healed improperly and would have to be re-broken to correct the problem. Additionally, the procedure would require a titanium plate, to become a permanent part of his anatomy. Mistakes happen. I understand this. Corporations and individual professionals no longer want to accept responsibility for anything; I understand this as well. (From the foregoing statements, you should conclude that I feel the doctors should have picked up the tab for this surgery. The child is not the one who caused his arm to heal at a thirty-degree angle. He was ready for summertime!) No, what I have never been able to understand is what I think of as the hospital drill.” (05/30/07)