As We Wait Upon the Lord

From Mom

This weekend we got to take our girl out on a four hour pass. It was nice to even have her in the car. I kept looking back to see her sitting in her seat because it’s been so long since she’s been in there. She and her sister were very excited to be out together. This is how it is supposed to be, the four of us together. But as nice as it was to have her out with us, it was a sobering reminder that she is not ready to face her life just yet. She still has some work to do and now our challenge is going to be convincing the insurance company of that. The peer to peer review on Friday was denied. The facility requested an expedited appeal today which is taking place as I write this and they’ve asked that I call and present our case as well. They are hoping that hearing from mom as to how things are going and how she is doing will persuade them to give us a little more time. So, I started my day with several phone calls to the insurance company. They transferred me here and there until finally, after a 55 minute wait, I was able to leave a message for the person that I thought would be able to help me. When she called me back and I tried to tell her all the reasons I had for thinking that my child still needed help and why I felt she met the criteria she stopped me and told me she was not allowed to hear me out. That if I wanted to, I could write a letter to the appeals committee and email it to her and she would attach it to the appeal for review. And so now we wait and pray and hope that they rule in our favor.