We've been very fortunate in all of this. The very biggest problem is with insurance. Firstcare allowed me to be admitted into Providence Hospital, but are refusing to pay for the doc's visits while I was in, to the amount of $1,200.00. Also, Fistcare tried to get me to go to a pediatric opthamologist for my second procedure. It's as if the bean-counters at Firstcare don't know any medical terms, and only have a stamp that says 'approved' or 'denied'. While we were driving up to the emergency room, my wife called Firstcare, and they wanted to know if we had called in advance of the emergency to get approval to go to Providence. There I am, bleeding out of my eye, going into shock, and Firstcare wants to know if we'd gotten approval for the emergency visit. I swear. I wish someone would give everyone at Firstcare a bad case of explosive diarrhea, lock them in the building and turn off the water! Please! Someone do this!