The Breast Pump Saga

If you were a follower of our story on CaringBridge, you may remember the breast pump saga. We had a TERRIBLE time getting a breast pump when Gabby was born. We needed a hospital grade pump, and our insurance would not cover a penny of it. I could write a lengthy account of what all we went through to finally get a pump, but I'll just say it was something I'll never forget and something that caused me to miss out on some precious time with my daughter. Now that Gabby has been gone for 5 months, we received a notice telling us that the breast pump would not be covered and that we would owe several hundred dollars. I thought there was possibly a mistake in billing, so I made lots of phone calls (with an impatient 5-year-old interrupting me the entire time). Making the calls was very emotional for me. Finally I called the medical equipment company and asked them about the total charges. They remembered us and our situation. The very nice lady said she needed to look at the billing info, so she put me on hold. After a couple of minutes, she came back to the phone and said, "The entire bill has been written off. They (the owners I assume) figured you had been through enough and this was the last thing you needed to worry about." I cried and thanked her. I was amazed again at how God takes care of things.

It is very hard, emotionally, to owe for medical bills for one's deceased child. We still owe about $1700 to the hospital for a fetal echo and the c-section. I never knew that seeing a statement in the mail could make me so emotional.

McKenna started therapy this week and hopefully Olivia will start soon also. McKenna will probably be having some testing done to determine whether or not she has Asperger syndrome. She was unofficially dx with it a few years ago via a phone conference with a child psychologist. But we were unable to have testing done at the time due to insurance issues. Please pray for McKenna as she continues in therapy. This is greatly needed and long overdue.