Just one more thing before you go....

Well, we're finally packed up & ready to go. The van is so stuffed,if the load shifts I know we'll turn over. I'm going have to keep my eyes peeled for all the runaway truck roads, we may need them.
Our week did not end without it's crisis. On wens, 1/2 an hour before I was to go to work, the clinical director called to say our insurance "Cigna" denied Ben's admission b/c "he wasn't sick enough". WHAT! She said I needed additional paperwork from Dr Wooten (Ben's neurologist) and I had to get it that day( apparently they wanted a precise description and total count of all his different seizures. They also wanted a physician's note. I guess even if Wooten says he needs the diet, they want to determine if he needs the diet. So I called everyone. Dr Wooten is out of town until Monday & his nurse praticioner was leaving to go to the airport. The secretary was really helpful, but ironically the clinic nurse was the one who gave me the hardest time. A lot of sighing & "well we definitely can't do this today, maybe by Monday". I told her that I was sorry for the last minute request but I really didn't cause the problem & could she just please help me out. She said "I'll see what I can do" but her tone told me that she wasn't going to do anything. Luckily I was able to get Ben's last neuro clinic note from Duke & they faxed it to JHU. Case closed right?.......Wrong!

Then today (Friday, I got another call from the clinic director stating that she got the fax & it looked good but that we are out of network & that the coverage is 60/40.I can't believe it, less than 18hrs to go before departure & we're having paperwork problems. It's like we're living in the new Michale Moore movie.
Middleclass folks just can't get a break.

Anyway, this time I called Cigna myself. No more relayed info. Turns out Cigna doesn't even have the written request for pre-approval. And they confirmed that JHU & it's Drs are all in network. PHEW! So, if it looks like it wasn't Cigna's fault (at least not this time). We just need JHU to submit the pre-spproval paperwork & I guess we're good to go . what worries me is that it seems like the JHU insurance people are confused by Ben's admission. I just know that we're going to get some crazy astronomically high bill about 2 weeks after we get home. Oh well, take one day at a time& we'll deal with it when it happens.

Now that we're almost there I'm getting a little nervous & anxious. I'm excited to go but I'm scared to death that the diet won't help or we can't get Ben to eat it.
What's there to do but try.

Well, wish us luck. We pull out in the morning. I'll keep posting as often to keep everyone updated. We'll be home in 2 weeks. Keep in touch.

-Meg