Week before last, Ricky visited the new pediatrician for the first time. She is great! She knows a bit about CF and is willing to learn more. So, yay.
This past week, Ricky was tripped (someone stepped on his shoelaces) in PE and fell on his knee and had his left thumb bend back. Took him back to the pediatrician's office and saw one of her partners; an x-ray confirmed that the thumb and small bones around it were not broken... But they were pretty sure that the thumb was sprained. So he wore an ace bandage for 5 days to immobilize it.
Ricky was supposed to go to the neurologist tomorrow, but I got a call today (yes Sunday) and found out that this doc doesn't take Healthy Families, darn it... so we had to cancel it. He'll have to see a neuro doc at Stanford where most of his other docs are. But it will take some time. Sigh. Good old insurance...
That's it for now. :)
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
general update
Ricky is home sick today. He has a sore throat, cough, and chest tightness. I think he got it from Misty, who is also home today (double ear infection). I am going to try to get him to the pediatrician just to check on things, since we are switching insurance after tomorrow (not by choice... Healthy Families has stopped having HealthNet and now we have to have Blue Cross again).
Ricky's pediatrician suddenly decided a few weeks ago that he was going to close his practice and start working in urgent care. His partner is transferring to a different pediatric practice, that unfortunately our insurance doesn't cover.
So I had to select another pediatrician for the kids. With the other two it is not as complicated as it is with Ricky. The first pediatrician I found whom I loved (talked to her on the phone) takes Healthy Families insurances but does not take CCS (which covers the CF stuff... pediatrician needs to be with them so they can refer to the specialists). I went with my second choice (there were only five on our insurance in the whole area who are CCS and are currently accepting new patients) and am having the kids' charts transferred there, which is a huge pain in the butt since the doctor's office WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALL. The only people left there are the partner and two nurses. The clerical staff all jumped ship. I found this out when I took Misty there yesterday.
Anyway, at least it is handled now but it sure is frustrating. Next week I am taking Ricky to the new doc so she can see him and officially refer him to all of his specialists. Oy.
Ricky's pediatrician suddenly decided a few weeks ago that he was going to close his practice and start working in urgent care. His partner is transferring to a different pediatric practice, that unfortunately our insurance doesn't cover.
So I had to select another pediatrician for the kids. With the other two it is not as complicated as it is with Ricky. The first pediatrician I found whom I loved (talked to her on the phone) takes Healthy Families insurances but does not take CCS (which covers the CF stuff... pediatrician needs to be with them so they can refer to the specialists). I went with my second choice (there were only five on our insurance in the whole area who are CCS and are currently accepting new patients) and am having the kids' charts transferred there, which is a huge pain in the butt since the doctor's office WOULD NOT RETURN MY CALL. The only people left there are the partner and two nurses. The clerical staff all jumped ship. I found this out when I took Misty there yesterday.
Anyway, at least it is handled now but it sure is frustrating. Next week I am taking Ricky to the new doc so she can see him and officially refer him to all of his specialists. Oy.
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