Re: Price for DOCbands added vent sorry y'all for the vent!!

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I am sorry I meant to say $3,000 not $6,000. I guess all this

frustration is messing up my typing

> > The web site is a great idea but I am soooo stupid when it comes

to

> > computers I know I will never be able to figure that one out. I

> have

> > tried and tried to make a webpage for him just to show his pics

and

> I

> > have no luck at all. Maybe I will practice over the weekend. I

am

> > not going to let the price stop me but it sure is a shock that it

> > cost so much and I can't believe medicaid won't pay for it. Do

> they

> > think that Plagiocephaly is something that is not important to

> > correct or what? What happens to children whose parents just

can't

> > come up with $6,000? Do they just suffer and go without

> treatment?

> > I don't know how in the world we will come up with $6,000 but I

> won't

> > stop til I do. I am just getting so upset thinking of the whole

> > thing. has other medical issues too and money is sooo

hard

> > to come by. He has been diagnosed with Bilateral Kidney Reflux

> Grade

> > 3. He has been in and out of hospitals since 3 weeks of age with

> > those problems. Medicaid does cover those problems but since we

> live

> > in a tiny town we still have to travel each time he has an appt

and

> > it cost money for us in gas, food, and sometimes hotel stays. I

> just

> > feel like crying when I think of him having a problem that needs

> > attention and money plays such a big part in getting him help

> > is my miracle baby after 3 miscarriages and 11 years of

> > infertility problems and it saddens me so much that he is going

> > through all this at such a young age. I will do anything to make

> him

> > better but now it looks like it may take a little time so I can

> find

> > the money first. I am sorry for the vent but I feel so helpless

> > about everything from the pediatrician not getting us a referral

> from

> > the torticollis (if she had helped us maybe he wouldn't have the

> > plagiocephaly now)to medicaid not helping with the price of the

> > DOCband if needed.

> >

> >

> > > ok here is one i think i can answer: The payment plan we were

> > offered was

> > > $600 a month for 5 months. That is still steep, they might be

> able

> > to works

> > > omething a little more reasonable out with you if you ask.

There

> > are lots of

> > > other ways to try to raise the funds, I made gracie a webpage

on

> > geocities

> > > and people started sending me dollar bills in the mail. no

> kidding!

> > The idea

> > > was, if everyone who saw my page sent a dollar, then that would

> go

> > a log way

> > > towards the cost. i offered to pay it all back but they all

came

> > without

> > > return addresses. There are also churches and stuff who might

be

> > able to

> > > help you out. i would say dont let $$ stop you from doing this

> for

> > him if he

> > > needs it, i know all too well thats easier said than done. And

if

> > you do

> > > make him a webpage I will donate to the cause!

> > >

> > > kari & gracie DOCBand escapee

> > > north carolina