Health Issues and a Bureaucratic Mess

Normally, I do not post twice in one day. In fact, I am doing well if I post once a month.

However, the calm and uneventful stretch we’ve enjoyed has suddenly taken a turn. After speaking with the pediatrician today--being told she wanted to consult with a GI doctor--she called back. She decided it would be a good idea if Zane had another urine culture in the event his symptoms are caused by a UTI. So we dropped our plans (sorry, Justin) and headed into Durango. Zane’s urine was clear, so we are proceeding with an upper GI and blood work either tomorrow or early next week. I need to call the hospital tomorrow during business hours to see what they have available. We are also starting osteopathy again next week.

We arrived back in town around 6:00, picked up dinner, and stopped for the mail. I recognized the envelope: State of Colorado—Durango office. I opened it. Much to my surprise, the letter stated Zane’s Long Term Care and Medicaid benefits had been terminated as of July 31^st because we failed to return the redetermination packet. Of course, this is not at all true. In fact, Jeff hand-delivered the packet I completed at the beginning of July—almost two weeks prior to the July 15^th deadline on the paperwork. So, clearly they lost it.

Since it was after business hours, I left a message for the case manager who sent the letter. So did Jeff. Hopefully, she will sift through her piles of paperwork and find it. As Jeff said, “It is in that building somewhere.” I am hoping for a quick and easy resolution. If not, we are looking at scheduling a hearing. In which case, I will contact The Legal Center for a lawyer. We have never failed to complete anything surrounding Zane. Never. I don’t want to dust off those proverbial boxing gloves, but I will if I have to.  I've done it before when another agency spitefully tried to revoke Zane's Medicaid, and they lost.

Please think good thoughts. I’ll update when I find out more.