Back to Square 1...well, sort of...
It looks like our fears have come true.
Maegan's doctors cannot justify keeping her in the hospital any longer. They tell us that the insurance 'Nazis' are auditing her charts. Because most of the treatments she is receiving are considered outpatient procedures, they are telling us that we are to be discharged sometime tomorrow.
The specialist helped us a lot, but basically her hands are tied. The only way Maegan can be seen by her is through the hospital. Her clinic is not covered by our insurance and so everything would have to be out of pocket. The good news is that she was able to refer us to and get an appointment with an equally qualified specialist just right down the road. We will be staying in a hotel tomorrow night and the appointment is this Friday at 1.
This is definitely bittersweet. We are sooooo ready to get out of this hospital and get home. But on the other hand we are getting an appointment with the exact same specialist our Nacogdoches neurologist recommended over a month ago. Maegan is still in no shape to try to travel by car, but we no longer have a choice.
Basically this entire week has come full circle and wound up being nothing more than waste of time. She is in the same condition she was in when we left Nacogdoches, she has been started back on almost the exact same medicines, and we are going to the same outpatient specialist we already had an appointment with over a month ago (did I mention that yet?).
The communication has been broken down since we got here. We haven't known what was going on, the doctors haven't been talking to the specialists, the nurses can't get in touch with the doctors...frustrating all the way around.
All in all, we know that God has brought us here for some reason. We don't know that reason yet, but we can trust that God is bringing us through this and as long as we continue to be faithful, the blessings will continue to flow.
Keep praying knowing that God to do something awesome,
-Philip & Maegan
Maegan's doctors cannot justify keeping her in the hospital any longer. They tell us that the insurance 'Nazis' are auditing her charts. Because most of the treatments she is receiving are considered outpatient procedures, they are telling us that we are to be discharged sometime tomorrow.
The specialist helped us a lot, but basically her hands are tied. The only way Maegan can be seen by her is through the hospital. Her clinic is not covered by our insurance and so everything would have to be out of pocket. The good news is that she was able to refer us to and get an appointment with an equally qualified specialist just right down the road. We will be staying in a hotel tomorrow night and the appointment is this Friday at 1.
This is definitely bittersweet. We are sooooo ready to get out of this hospital and get home. But on the other hand we are getting an appointment with the exact same specialist our Nacogdoches neurologist recommended over a month ago. Maegan is still in no shape to try to travel by car, but we no longer have a choice.
Basically this entire week has come full circle and wound up being nothing more than waste of time. She is in the same condition she was in when we left Nacogdoches, she has been started back on almost the exact same medicines, and we are going to the same outpatient specialist we already had an appointment with over a month ago (did I mention that yet?).
The communication has been broken down since we got here. We haven't known what was going on, the doctors haven't been talking to the specialists, the nurses can't get in touch with the doctors...frustrating all the way around.
All in all, we know that God has brought us here for some reason. We don't know that reason yet, but we can trust that God is bringing us through this and as long as we continue to be faithful, the blessings will continue to flow.
Keep praying knowing that God to do something awesome,
-Philip & Maegan
posted by p-melt at
5:04 PM
3 Comments:
Man, that's rough to hear. I feel your frustration. Hang in there, though. I may have a couple of options for you guys to avoid a hotel stay. Give me a call and we'll figure that out.
That's definitely irritating. Praying for resolution swiftly. Ready for the Meltons to be back in Nac.
Did you or did you not have an appointment with this second specialist already? Was this one just referred or did you have an actual appointment? Sorry that this is the way things have wrapped up. I know that's not what you guys wanted.
We had an appointment already but cancelled it because we were being transfered to Methodist.
Everything is working out now, but this has definitely been a frustrating journey.
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