@Ragman,
Labs differ re what they can do (believe me), but I'm not sure there would likely be a swifter result from a closer lab, maybe it was an internal snaffoo. We never took three weeks. In the last lab I worked in, one work day once we got the specimen, plus result distribution. Possibly one more day for discussion. Back then, that result was by mail, pre computerization. But stuff takes a while to arrive when sent from half the globe away, which happened in our specialized lab.. even in the seventies.
I worked at the VA once in the '60's, sort of. UCLA and the very nearby VA worked together sometimes - at least I remember re one of our research papers. When I got the job of setting up a lab at ucla, the building was still in the construction process, so I was trained in a VA lab by a uc department person. Later loved the job.
A friend was an RN there, and I can only guess she was loved, how could patients not. She was wise at a young age.
My second serious boyfriend was an intern there (no, I met him at a bar in Manhattan Beach, a group of us female friends walking the beach, one with a leg cast that day, and stopping at a place for a beer). He developed into an excellent doctor, was already good back then.
My father and later my mother were buried in that VA cemetery. I could hear taps from my lab window, often did. I could probably join them if I still lived there, read something about that, but that's unlikely.
Anyway, I want the VA to work well, do well.
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace