Birthdays, Thanks & Insurance Issues AGAIN!

Thanksgiving has passed but I will always be thankful for Dr. Fethke, Dr. Weinstein & the staff at The Children's Hospital of Montefiore for repairing Viola's heart. They did a great job and Viola seems to be recovering so well.  She ate a lot of turkey on Thanksgiving and fell to sleep after dinner, just like everyone else!  We also had her first birthday/recovery party!  Everyone had a good time and Viola got LOTS of gifts.  I love how a lot of the clothes had hearts on them!   Thank you to everyone who came out!  She also had her first day of daycare and did GREAT!  Let’s hope she keeps it up!

Now on to my latest insurance company vent.  Today as I was reviewing my bank records and notice some of my co-pays are thru the roof!!!  I order our scripts thru the mail so they send them every month.  Empire told me last month that they would “fix” my coverage to reflect Viola RSV shots to be a major medical expense (not under RX).  Well they fixed it all right…..This month’s scripts have cost about $700!!  The good news is that their hours are M-F 8-5 (you know the hours I WORK!)  And last month when they “fixed” this I was on the phone for about 4 hours!!!  Here we go again!  I know they are charging me the wrong amounts for my co-pays, but I’m wondering since I didn’t see it till now (after I received them in the mail) if they will reimburse me.  Well I sure the hell am going to try!  Its total BS!  I keep everyone posted!

Going back to work.... just in time for the cold...AND IM SO HAPPY!

Well it looks like I’ll be going back to work Monday!  This is great news because it means Viola is recovering SO well.  That have taken her off the Lasik (thank god I was going thru diapers like nobody business) but she is still taking the iron twice a day…We need those new red blood cells to be PERFECT!  The hole is closed and the tissue is already in place of the patch (i.e..raingear for my phone peeps!!  LOL).  Now her value, it still is leaking the same amount (no more, no less).  So this is a sit back and watch item.  But Dr. Fethke said the hole was the “cause” and now that it is gone it has a good chance of repairing itself.

So I officially called my FMLA and said I’m returning to work!  But my FMLA case is still open (this is why I wanted to save a vacation day or two…but the rules don’t allow for it(silly rule, but I just have to cross my fingers for a month!)  It’s gonna be hard to try and get her back into a routine, she was sleeping thru the night again for a week, but she is back to waking up at 2am again!  UGH!  And yes….she is SPOILED now!  She is sleeping in the bed once she wakes up from the crib, but I cant stand to see her cry after all she has been thru….That is the next BAD HABIT to break!  I gonna be tired these next few weeks but its all worth it!

Todays Doctor's Appointment...Nov 6

Today I brought Viola in for her surgical post-op appointment. She is looking great! Her incision is healing well and she did get the stitch pulled out where her drain was (She didn’t like that!) I thanked Suzanne for all of her help (she is THE BEST!) and told her to thank everyone at Montefiore for me. We have a few more follow up appointments and also still have to monitor her value, but the hole is GONE and she is recovering VERY well from it! GOOD NEWS.