the road to Denver (fingers crossed)

For the past week now I have been on and off the phone with Nurses, the finance department and our liason for National Jewish Health (NJH) and it is crazy when it come to the different health care systems. The cost for NJH is approximately 20K which is so much more than I had imagined. It is a 10 day outpatient program but 20 grand - that's a whole lotta money. Obviously worth it for my son and any other child who suffers from severe eczema. Our nurse Sara, emailed me a 26 page package with all the information needed for our stay. The package is very detailed and through.

My first stop yesterday at my office was to call and find ot about the costs. I called Medical Service Plan (MSP) which is our care provider in Canada, and was passed all over the place. Then I called First Nations Health non-insured Health Benefits, only to be switched back to MSP where I found out I will need to get the refereing Doctor, our Allergist and Immunologist in Kelowna to send a letter to MSP. The letter must say that this care at NJH is needed for Cruz because there is no program of it's kind in Canada and Cruz is a prime candidate. So after getting off the phone with Dr. Appelt's office (Dr In Kelowna) I make sure she faxes them by the number MSP gave me for the Out Of Country Coordinator, who then will pass the letter on to the Ministry of Health which will be reviewed by a board, then back to out of country coordinator, then back to doctors office in Kelowna, and with either a Yes or No reply they will then contact me. The assured me it is a 7- 10 day turnaround. Ppppfeeeeewwwwwwwwww

Now the wait begins and that should give my family some time to fill out and get our passports in order.

Wish us luck we hear a YES in a little while. :)