Waiting

Well Zachariah and I made it through his MRI on wed. We had several obstacles this week to get to this point and GOD is still good. First obstacle was the Dr called mon to tell us Anthem never put Zac on the insurance policy so he had no insurance and the hospital wouldn't do the procedure without pre authorization or payment. Nice since we did the paperwork as soon as we arrived home to have Zac added and they just didn't do their job. So here we sat not knowing if he would be able to get the test he needed or how we would get it without insurance, After many phone calls and getting a little pushy we finally got him added now they didn't want to pre approve in time for his test because he wouldn't be on the policies system for 48 hours. GOD bless our ped nurse. She called and pleaded out case and asked them to please give us what we needed so we could get the test done on schedule. Well they relented but with a note saying that they may not cover it because he isn't the system. That was all I needed. We'll figure out the rest latter Zac just needed that MRI. You know it is really sad the state of health insurance. We paid for decades and never used it. Felt like a big waste of money. Now we need that insurance and they make you fight at every turn to pay for services. There are way too many loopholes and the CEOS make way too much money for 1 human being and families have to fight like crazy every step of the way to get the services they pay a HUGE chunck of their income for. The thought of socialized medicine makes me cringe. What happened to the good ole days of you get sick you go to the Dr. You and the Dr make a plan for treatment insurance pays their part no unnecessary testing no protecting your career no sueing and no fighting tooth and nail? Can't we go back to that once again? Anyway back to Zac. We drove in to the hospital an hour and 15 min drive on a good day. Well we'd had another snow storm so the raods were mostly 1 lane all the way and 35 mph all the way. We had Angels looking out for us and we made it. They prepped Zac and he was very brave. I signed my life away and that I know some very bad things can happen with the procedure ( yikes) and off we go to the MRI room. It took 3 nurses and 1 Dr to pry my little guy off of me to get him on the table even after he passed out from the meds! I cried a bit and settled into the corner with my ear plugs and Ted Dekkers latest novel and off we went. 10 minutes later I hear a gasp and look up to see Zac climbing out of the tube!!!! BIG Yikes. I fly to the machine to stop him from falling out and in runs the team to redose him. 10 min later we have again a little man starting out. Wow this child can hold his sleeping meds. an hour and a half later we are finished. I carry him back up to his room and try to wake him up. It took him a little while and woke up wanting me to give him kisses~~~ Wahoo so I gave him way more than he wanted and we were back to mao mao and wiping them off~ I knew he was fine then. He ate a ton of food and a few juice boxes and started jumping off the bed~ How he does that with a dislocated femur I don't know!~ He had to stay in observation for at least an hour and boy was he letting me know he was stir crazy! I was happy to see him running out in the hall and jumping off the bed crawling under the bed etc.... it meant we could go home and the meds had no ill effects on his system. He is such a little champ and I am so proud of him. I had been so worried up until that point and wondered if I could be strong enough to do all of this. It was such a relief to finish up the day and think wow we did it and while it is not what we imagined it wasn't as hard as we thought it was going to be and yes we can do this. We will get through this and GOD will work it all out and give us what we need to run through it. I just wish I could remember at the begining of trials that GOD has it and to just stay calm and not freak out. I can never stay calm and not worry over every little detail. You'd think by now I would be able to just say Oh a pot hole in my way cool. No I don't want any more practice but I wish I could stay calm and not freak out or my mind would stop playing out every worst cases scenarios and just GODs good plan! So now we wait for the impressions of Zacs scans and where to go next. We meet the IA Drs next week for their opinion and to see if we are missing a piece of the puzzle. I will just be so glad when we get to a complete diagnosis and onto making life better for our son. He deserves the BEST Life has to give him. He is a perfect work in progress and while we don't know what lays ahead or how we will do what needs to be done and will probably freak a whole lot more on our journey with Zac we are very very thankful to be walking the journey with him. We are Greatful and feel blessed to be called his parents and will never ever take that role lightly. THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS AMAZING GIFT YOU HAVE GIVEN US IN ZACHARIAH!!!!! He is such a wonderful child.
Zoe wants to know when her sister is comming home she is earnestly praying for her!!!!!