Q: In 2011, I arrived at the West Valley Hospital with a gunshot wound to my left leg. At the time I arrived at that hospital's Emergency Room, there were absolutely no other patients. I sat in one of their chairs with a large towel on my leg, wincing, for no less than thirty minutes after having signed in. While waiting, I noted that there were two nurses sitting at the front desk watching tv. Not to add an air of humor to this incident, but as we (myself and three acquaintances) waited in the ER "lounge" they attempted to commence having a conversation with me. As my ears were ringing quite badly (keeping in mind that this was a gunshot wound, and guns are by nature very loud), I replied by stating "WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! MY EARS ARE RINGING BECAUSE OF THE GUNSHOT!" This elicited calls from one of the nurses to "try to keep [my] voice down." Fifteen minutes after I arrived, signed in and indicated the nature of my injury, one of the nurses stood up and stated "well, time for me to look like I'm doing something", and walked away. Ten minutes after that, another nurse arrived at the front desk and was confronted by an acquaintance of mine who had accompanied me. when advised of the nature of my injury, the nurse asked two questions: the first being "a WHAT?", this quickly was followed not by "is his blood pressure dropping?" or "does he have any secondary injuries?" or anything of the sort, but by the question of "DOES HE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE" which was answered in the negative due to unemployment. This received the response of "WELL, THEN, HE'LL HAVE TO WAIT. WE HAVE OTHER PATIENTS WHO ARE INSURED." Fifteen minutes after that little jewel, I was finally ushered into one of the examination rooms. The secondary examination involved a nurse prodding the wound with her little finger, verbalizing the word "eww", and summoning the doctor who, in turn, told me that he was not about to try to stitch the gunshot hole closed as it "would take too much of his time." Instead, I was given a trial sized packet of aspirin, a trial sized tube of Neosporin, two bandaids, and four pieces of three inch long by two inch wide gauze. Further treatment involved encouraging me to obtain a catheter tube, rinsing some warm water through it, and using it to flush remaining gun powder out of the wound to prevent infection. I later attempted to file for AHCCCS to cover the cost of the treatment, but was told by the hospital that they would "encourage AHCCCS to decline the application." As this wound was due to the firing of a gun, the police were required by law to investigate the issue, which meant that they had to travel to the site where the gunshot occurred (they did) and interview myself and the three acquaintances which came with me to the hospital (they did this as well.) As a matter of fact, the interviewing of the witnesses and investigation at the scene was more time consuming than the "treatment" I received at the hospital. While the doctors and nurses were less than eager to treat me, the hospital's billing department could not wait to bill me for the expense of (again) two bandaids, 2 pieces of gauze, Neosporin and some aspirin) to the tune of $396.00. I have tried, on multiple (no less than five) occasions to speak with the patient advocate regarding this matter, but have been repeatedly ignored if not laughed at by hospital staff. The attitude of the staff at the West Valley Hospital is by far the most horrendous I have ever seen. Had this been a life-threatening injury wherein I had bled to death in the ER waiting room, there is no doubt in my mind that the personnel would throw a bill of charges at, and demand payment from, my corpse. At any rate, I have requested an audience with the patient advocate and anyone else at that hospital who would listen. Each time I have been (somewhat joyously, I might add) ping-ponged between agencies to the tune of "we don't know the answer to that question, call this person at extension XXXX"- This has been going on for three years. I have grown tired of the uncaring, disingenuous, and unprofessional manner in which the West Valley Hospital operates. I've seen better hospitals in so-called "third-world" countries. OPTIONS:
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Q: Dr. Gray is amazing! I bought a female yorkie puppy and found out that when I picked her up from the breeder that she already had ring worm. Dr. Gray was able to help us during this process, help our little girl and also treat our 2 year old yorkie boy as well- after her got it from her. She was very sweet to both our our dogs and extremely responsive when we needed more antibiotic spray and special shampoo to help the spreading. Needless to say she is the best vet we have had and I'm glad that when we moved her from WI we had made the right choice when choosing her.    ***** Animal Medical Hospital also has a great puppy plan which helps making all the shots and health visits affordable. And to top that, Dr. Gray told us they price match, so we have been able to save about $50 so far in the last two visits by comparing prices online while waiting.  :) OPTIONS:
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Q: more of the same.  the staff turns over every few months.  the sushi never tastes very fresh relative to places like Pure.  lots of scottsdale attitude for a place barely surviving from bankruptcy.  have you been on a weeknight? how OPTIONS:
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Q: Videography was a very last minute thing for my fianc\u00e9 and I.  We decided that it was needed and 3 weeks before we got married.  We contact Adam and Amy and it has seriously been the best thing ever.  They were amazing and were with us from the time we were getting ready to the time we left.   There was no time limit and they made us a trailer, boutique film, and then we got the whole ceremony and reception as well.  It was worth the money we paid because we will always have the film.  Personally the film is better than the photos our photographers took (not Adam and Amy) because you get the feeling of the day and not just a still shot.  If you are still deciding whether or not you want a Videographer I highly suggest it.   You will be so thankful you did!! OPTIONS:
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positive