Christian went to the ENT today. This week he's gotten his 6th or 7th ear infection in the last 10 months. So, we discussed putting tubes in his ears. It's a surgical procedure that will only take about 5 minutes. It will reduce the risk of ear infections over the next 2 years.
I went to set up the appointment. The lady told me that there was a 365 day waiting period before they would consider covering the surgery. And because we weren't on BCBS within 30 days of his birth [because we had Tricare], all of his ear infections prior are considered pre-existing conditions. Therefore, they won't pay. Unless we wait until next year.
The actual doctor is only going to charge about 600 dollars. The hospital, however, is going to charge thousands of dollars. I don't have that kind of money. Are you kidding me? I work at Babies "R" Us! I'm hardly making over minimum wage as it is. Cut me a break.
Uhm, anyway... I haven't had much sleep in the last week. Last night I had about 3 1/2 hours. Thanks to my son wanting to party at 4 am.
His birthday was last Saturday [the 12th]. A lot of people showed up and we all had a great time. The cake was amazing. I had a lot of help from Tiffanie and I'm thankful for that. We went up to the party site the night before to decorate some, and there were painters in the house painting. So, we ended up getting an upgraded area and it was much more accomodating.
Pictures will hopefully be up of that soon, but for now it's nap time.
I went to set up the appointment. The lady told me that there was a 365 day waiting period before they would consider covering the surgery. And because we weren't on BCBS within 30 days of his birth [because we had Tricare], all of his ear infections prior are considered pre-existing conditions. Therefore, they won't pay. Unless we wait until next year.
The actual doctor is only going to charge about 600 dollars. The hospital, however, is going to charge thousands of dollars. I don't have that kind of money. Are you kidding me? I work at Babies "R" Us! I'm hardly making over minimum wage as it is. Cut me a break.
Uhm, anyway... I haven't had much sleep in the last week. Last night I had about 3 1/2 hours. Thanks to my son wanting to party at 4 am.
His birthday was last Saturday [the 12th]. A lot of people showed up and we all had a great time. The cake was amazing. I had a lot of help from Tiffanie and I'm thankful for that. We went up to the party site the night before to decorate some, and there were painters in the house painting. So, we ended up getting an upgraded area and it was much more accomodating.
Pictures will hopefully be up of that soon, but for now it's nap time.
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