Update:
1. I do not qualify as a donor. ..So that
is disappointing.
2. After Chris’s
semi-annual check-up this August, in Arizona, his transplant coordinator told us
that we don’t have much longer to wait…a year at the most. Please cross your
fingers and say some prayers.
3. Chris started a new job. Now that
is better news! Chris is now working as an inside sales rep for a company that
sells just about everything China makes ;-) the upside is flexible work hours, sense
of accomplishment and another health insurance coverage. We are so blessed that
he will now be TRIPLE covered. How many people in the US can say that they even
have some coverage? We are lucky folks, lucky. This means no co-pays and less
out of pocket for when he does get called for his transplant. Phew…we even got
a letter from the new insurance company saying that they will cover our travel
expenses to the Mayo Clinic and my lodging while we are there for his
transplant. Whoa.
4. After a lot of
pressure and prodding from his social worker at Fresenius; Chris applied to be on
UMC’s transplant wait list in addition to the Mayo Clinic. We were both
hesitant at first b/c UMC was sanctioned a few years back due to the high mortality
rate of their transplant patients. But
we did our research and found out that after rigorous testing and recertifying it
is a viable option for us. Well….we got the call last week saying: hey, you
have been accepted, but, neither of
your insurance companies will cover services at UMC so…you can go out of pocket
for the cost of the transplant or choose not to be on our list. Uh…did that
even deserve a half a thought? No, it did not. We will stick with Mayo. There has
to be some reason that the top two insurance carries in the country do not
cover services at your facility.
5. In July of this
year we began the adoption process through Catholic Charities of Southern
Nevada. Unfortunately…the average wait time for a child is 3 years and longer
if you want to be paired with a birth mother that did not do any drugs or
alcohol during her pregnancy. In Las Vegas that is a bit of a long shot…but we
decided to pursue our dreams of a family any way.
6. In October we found
out that Chris’s new insurance covers a portion of IVF! We discussed this
option at length and decided to take advantage of the benefit. The hard part
about making this decision was putting a hold on the adoption process. Catholic
Charities is pretty strict about not pursuing a family 'naturally' while waiting
to adopt. And rightly so. We totally get it. So we committed to three tries of
IVF and if after that we cannot get pregnant we will un -pause the adoption
search.
7. Today, December 1,
2014 we are beginning our first fertility treatment cycle. It is hard…I have
logged over 5 hours of phone calls with the insurance company and the meds I am
on have presented with a variety of not so fun side effects. But if all goes
well I will have my eggs harvested on the 14th and then two embryos
implanted on the 19th of this month. So this could be exciting.
Because the only thing we want more in this world than a family is two kidney’s
and a pancreas. So with any luck, God will bless us with both this coming year.
As
always, your continued love, support and prayers keep us going. Thank you.
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