Literally nothing surprises me anymore when dealing with the medical system. I double-check everything since, twice, almost being given penicillin, to which I'm allergic as it says in my chart in BIG letters.

A friend wrote her allergies on her forehead with a Sharpie before being admitted to a hospital. And I knew a man who was scheduled for knee replacement on his left leg and inked a big cross over his right knee with an arrow pointing to the left and the words "Other Leg!!" below it. And yet we still hear stories of the wrong operation done on a patient or some other preventable screw-up.

So I borrow the Reagan credo of 'trust but verify' lol.