Mason is good but, Insurance Issues are a Pain!

Mason is a little happier each day. Monday he had a check up at our Pediatrician, Dr. Todd Whiting, and he was so impressed with how good he looks. He weighed in at 11 lbs 3 oz, which is back up to his pre-surgery weight! He is little but his growth is steady. His sats were good too. He still is just not sleeping too good, but Dr. Whiting gave us some Tylenol 3 to try and that has made a difference. He will go a whole 3 hours at night which is better! I'm assuming his headaches are worse when he is tired and when I lay him down. Although, I do try and keep his head elevated. However, his smiles are back, now we just need to give him some good time to fully recover.

The pain now for me is all the issues with our health insurance and Mason's medical bills! Sometimes it puts me in tears, cuz it is just not fair when you have a baby with very critical health problems, and you are having to fight with the insurance over bills they should be covering. And you don't ever get someone on the other side of the phone call who has any idea what you have been through! We did finally hear yesterday that we finally won something we have been appealing over Mason's January PICU bills. This was good, but it seems to be never ending! Mason received Institutional Medicaid as a secondary insurance for Dec. and Jan. because he was in the hospital for more than 30 consecutive days (48 to be exact), which we thought was a huge blessing, but to get our own insurance to coordinate and cooperate with them has been absolutely horrible! Mason did not qualify after January for Medicaid, because if you have more than $10 in the bank its almost impossible. We as Americans need better health care coverage overall!!!! That's my soap box for the day.

Don't get me wrong though. Mason is worth every penny and every ounce of stress! Mommy loves you Miracle Mason.