Medical claims. Are they in English? It doesn't seem like it. I work for a third party insurance administrator. You would think that I would understand insurance and billing and claims. I do not.
McKenna has a "thing" scheduled for June 18th. When things like this come up, I'm reminded again that she has issues. Sometimes, I forget. That may seem funny, since she is the size of a 39 month old child, but really, I just DO. I think all moms of little people get this. You don't look the size of your child or the diagnosis or the medical issue that is before you. You just see your Angel Baby. You see the little gleam in her eye when she teases her sister. Or you see the way her face softens when she cuddles her puppy. Or you see the look of concentration when she is drawing something special for you. But what you DON'T see are the hips that are dislocated or the spine that is crooked.
But alas, these things have to be addressed, and we'll do that on June 18th. We have to have this at the main hospital, at the downtown Cook Children's Hospital. She will have general anesthesia and then have MRIs of her hips and then go to the operating room for arthrograms by our wonderful Dr. Gray. We are so blessed to have a dwarfism specialist so close to us!
When this is done, we will have to make a BIG decision: Do we fix her hips or do we wait? This is the $64,000 question. My hope and prayer is no. But we will see. We will depend on the Lord and Dr. Gray for guidance. But ultimately, we are her parents, and it's our decision. Wow.
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