Ok I do have words. Just none for the title. I can’t think of anything fabulous enough to say to express how happy I am right now.
This is more Synagis talk, so I’ll try to recap quickly: RSV (lower respiratory infection which is very dangerous for babies) has a season where it is contagious: September through April. If a baby with a heart defect or lung defect gets RSV, it can potentially be life-threatening. There is a shot called Synagis that provides immunity to RSV, but each shot is only effective for one month. Therefore, in order to be fully covered, you should have the shot every month from September to April. Synagis is very hard to get–it’s extremely expensive (it starts at $1,800 a month and goes up from there) and is only given to babies who are born premature or have heart or lung defects.
(here’s a CNN article about RSV)
In our case, our insurance was not given the correct information the first time Synagis was requested. Because of that, we were denied. We have been going through an appeal process to be covered but it’s a lengthy process and we are dealing with strict time constraints here with April 3rd being the date when she needs to receive her next shot.
And here’s the amazing part:
[post snipped to protect the identity of some pretty amazing people-May 8, 2008]
