Should I quit my job to clean toilets?
(this is no joke about cleaning toilets. My Country forces people to take any possible job and there are a lot of cleaning vacancies,)

My 15 month old daughter is scheduled to get an MRI at a children’s hospital 100 miles away this Wednesday. This is the closest hospital that can do it because she will have to be sedated because of her age. It is very important that she get this done because they suspect that she suffered brain damage at birth that has resulted in motor and language delays. The problem is that we do not have the money right now to drive this far with gas at a gallon. Where can we get help to get our daughter to her appointment?

I live in rural Michigan. There are no buses that drive this distance and no big towns in between. I have already been trying to find help. Everyone is hurting to much from losing most of the jobs in our area to have money to spare so nobody is able to take us.
It is probably true that every hospital will sedate in an emergency. However, this is a planned MRI and the risk of injury due to the sedation is higher because she is a baby. The hospital (and us) would rather send her to a place that specializes in sedating infants and children. They don’t want to be sued and we don’t want our daughter to accidentally be hurt because the anesthesiologist is not use to sedating infants.

forget a 4 year college
This goes to show how a 4 year degree is becoming obsolete and a burden. A recent article on msn stated that almost 60 percent of America’s workforce, those with college degrees, are working in positions in which they are over qualified for. Many positions do not even require a college degree.

GO TO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL! There are many excellent vocational programs out there and now is the time to join. Since many trade workers will be retiring soon there is a great need for people with special skills: like electricians, crane operators, and welders, to replace the workers who are retiring.

In the medical industries field there is a great shortage of MRI techs, Radiology Techs, EEG techs, RN’s (even with a 2 year voc liscense), surgical techs etc. And don’t forget about the computer industry. (Think about Bill Gates.)

Also there are a lot of excellent on line schools out there that offer just as much as the brick and morder schools do but for a much less price.

We as a country need to stop the strangle hold that 4 year universities and colleges have on us. As someone who is suffering with student loan debt even many years after graduating from an overpriced over inflated 4 year university, I know the importance of giving my children the advantage of training for a good job without the burden of large student loan debt. With the US fluctuating job market, it is often a crap shoot on wheither or not one can find a high enough paying job to payback his/her student loans. If one cannot, forget about any kind of financial future such as being able to buy a house. There are many, like me, who are working in jobs in which we do not even use our 4 year degree(s). When I first started working in the health care field no one cared that I had a BA degree in Journalism. That would not even get me a job as a Patient Services Rep. I had to work my way up to that. What hospital employers cared about is what kind of experience I had. Up to 45% of us are working in jobs in which are degrees do not apply.

So unless you are going onto law school, medical school, or a career in social work. Forget about it.

It is time as a nation that we stopped letting 4 year institutions of learning bleed us dry.

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So it got me to thinking why should I waste my time and money on a business degree in Accounting/Finance when I will most likely not be working in my field.

This was the article I was reading.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2008/08/08/transfer-students-feel-the-pinch-when-money-is-tight.html

I’ve been reading that people were going to school for radiology tech, then getting MRI training on the job. I don’t know if you can do that anymore.

I explained the current legislation plan for a public option and he said, “man i wish I could have that”. He was all for it.

Please comment if you think our insurance costs and medical bills could be better.

My question, has anyone had MRI-guided ultrasound therapy for this condition? How id it work? Any leads on where it might be performed (other than Mt. Sinai) in the Northeast?

Thanks