Friday, January 11, 2008

Insurance Navigation

Well, there have been no new developments with me physically. Still no cycle. Monday will be six weeks of waiting, then only two more to go. At least it is going fast! I am grateful for that.

Today I contacted the nurses at the clinic in town where I do my monitoring (also my Ob/Gyn's office). Due to my new insurance as of Jan 1st, I now need a referral to ensure the highest possible coverage of my treatments. My RE (reproductive endocrinologist) in Mpls is not in the network (in fact NO RE is!).

It's fortunate that I understand my insurance policy enough to take care of all this in advance. I'm sure there must be people out there who don't understand their insurance policies or who are going through infertility for the first time, and I feel for them. Infertility is stressful enough without the headache of managing unexpected insurance problems and exorbitant medical expenses.

Hadley is still battling her ear infections. I took her back to the doctor last Friday because after finishing her antibiotics Monday she still seemed in pain. Sure enough, the doctor said they were still there and the drugs had not worked. She has been on a stronger one for a week and I am not sure that they are gone. It is hard to be sure because she is cutting molars as well. If she doesn't better by Monday, I might call again. I would feel better having someone tell me it is only teeth. Poor girl...she crawls along with her head tilted to the side (ear to shoulder). So cute, but sad because she's hurting.

Here are some new pics - she got into the toilet paper!

Her face is so hard to resist...It's pretty obvious why we want another one!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, she is so cute! And she is growing so fast! What a big smile!