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Queer hospice social worker, here to learn from you. Witness to how love is happy and sad. Endless supply of diapers in my🚙. #hpm + #hapc + #btsm content
Jun 8, 2019 14 tweets 3 min read
I spent this past year working with kiddos who needed some extra help breathing 🌬. Trachs & vents are incredible interventions for those who want them, and also have hidden medical costs at 🏠.

[Thread on one hidden medical cost for #pulm families, and how to try and help] /1 During my time with families, I learned about the increase in electricity bills when they get discharged. 💡

Families reported monthly power bills ⬆️ by $400-500 once they got home. This might be after a week, 3 months, or 2 years of living in the hospital. /2