Tuesday, November 24, 2009

UPDATED: Prayer Request

UPDATE: We received the approval today and they are wiring the money. Thanks for the prayers.

I posted a few weeks back that we have been approved to go to Cincinnati's Children's Hospital for a 4-day evaluation for an airway reconstruction for Titus.

Becky and Titus will leave on Saturday, Nov 28 to drive to Cincinnati. Aidan and Noah will be going with her along with Lisa our nurse. Aidan and Noah will be staying with some friends in Ohio while Titus goes for evaluation. I was originally going to go, but after some prayer and discussions, we believe that having Lisa on the trip will be a much bigger help than me. I'll post more updates about the upcoming trip.

But here is our prayer request for this week.

Titus was approved for the Medically Dependent Children's Program (MDCP) last year. Being MDCP means Titus has Medicaid. Medicaid has some wonderful programs - one of which pays for any mileage/travel that Titus has to do. But, this program is incredibly time consuming. Becky literally spends hours each week on the phone with them.

Since November 5, Becky and Cincinnati's Children's Hospital has been calling and working on the travel for this trip. I cannot even begin to count the hours on the phone she has spent over the last 3 weeks. Each day, they ask for another form, another signature, another piece of paper which they didn't ask for they day before. Or, they state they have not received the fax.

So here we are several days before leaving, and they have still not approved the travel. Becky was in tears last night. Based on how the program is run, they have to approve and pay for any travel BEFORE it happens and not after. So, if it's not approved prior to Saturday, then we will be paying for the entire trip.

With this week being a holiday week, it really needs to be approved today or Friday. We would sincerely appreciate your prayers that everything will come together today.

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