Posts Tagged ‘insurance’
Oh My! My Eye!
When you go to have eye surgery done, don’t wear a shirt that you go at a blogging conference.
I spend most of my surgery talking about blogging, but that’s cool. Yep, I was awake for the sty removal. It ended up being 5 (yes 5!) stys on my eyelid. However, the surprise was that even though it was actually looking better, it was not. Once he got in there, he ended up removing part of my lower eyelid. What looked like skin was actually a big puss ball. Yummy, I know. They ended up sending the gunk they got off to get tested. Of course, I forgot to ask what they were testing for (it’s not like you get sent to Preparatory School before surgery so you know what to ask).
Now, I know the overriding question is if I’ll need surgery to fix what they took out. It depends how it heals. There is a definite divet in my eyelid. However, I don’t think it is all that noticeable. I notice it because I know its there. I’m not too sure if others do or not. I’ve spent the better part of the last couple days not being able to drive or see. Bill and Grandma did the honors of taking the kids to their respective independent schools).
At this point, it’s wait and see. I’ve got a follow up appointment in 2 weeks and I’ll let you all know more then! (However, I am leaning towards the not getting it fixed if insurance isn’t going to pay to fix it).
Early Intervention . . .Here we come
I spent yesterday morning with a shy crabby kid and three therapists in my living room. It was a tad nerve wracking on my part, since at first, all Will would do was throw their toys back at them. It took about twenty minutes and at least he started to do what they wanted. We got good and bad news.
Now, to qualify for Early Intervention, Will had to be 30% behind. On both occupational and development skills I think he scored out at 21 months (he’s 25 months). That isn’t enough to qualify for services. However, like we all thought, he scored at 17 months for his speech which means he’s 32% behind. He qualified!
Now, we have the fun part. Since early intervention is a state funded service, I had to literally sign my life away. Okay, maybe not my whole life but damn it was a lot of papers. First, they have to send something to my health insurance which they will most likely deny. This will take 2 weeks. Then they have to verify Bill’s income to come up with what we will owe monthly (yeah, I wish it was free but it’s not). Then they can finally set up a therapist. I am thinking Madison might be in school before this all gets set up. We’ll have to see.
Needless to say, I am happy. I am hoping this will help him talk better and more and end a lot of the frustration in our house.
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