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Dec. 11th, 2008
and for this I pay how much per month?
Dec. 11th, 2008 02:01 pmBoth babies have serious plagiocephaly, aka, flat heads. In Ada's case, this is exacerbating (and exacerbated by) the torticollis, which is a problem with her neck muscles on one side (which in turn is largely due to positioning problems before she was born.) I've got early intervention working with her on the neck muscle thing, and we suspect that a lot of her physical delays are a result of the neck problem. In Kieran's case the worst result, long term, would be some degree of facial deformity. For Ada, that plus the torticollis could leave her with permanently lessened mobility in her head and upper side and would make correcting her current physical delays difficult.
So, back to the flat heads. You can fix it. You get a special helmet made which the baby wears for several months which, as their head grows, slowly corrects the problem. You have to get them into the helmets before they are 10 months old at the very oldest. The babies are now 7 and a half months old, so that window is closing.
Anyhow, I took the babies off today to get their heads scanned for the helmets (which was really cool in a tech-geek kinda way) and while I was there they went to put through the insurance and, whaddayaknow, declined. I'd been told to expect that it was likely that they'd only partially cover it (80/20) but not that they wouldn't cover it at all. And these helmets are $2000 each.
I've got three doctors telling me it's a medical necessity. It's obvious to me that it's necessary. And I've been talking to my insurance co, one person after another, and they're all saying they can't do a damned thing for me because it's cosmetic. I'm waiting for a call back from some manager-type.
Grrrrr. And here I was thinking I might actually, y'know, pay some bills in 2009.
So, back to the flat heads. You can fix it. You get a special helmet made which the baby wears for several months which, as their head grows, slowly corrects the problem. You have to get them into the helmets before they are 10 months old at the very oldest. The babies are now 7 and a half months old, so that window is closing.
Anyhow, I took the babies off today to get their heads scanned for the helmets (which was really cool in a tech-geek kinda way) and while I was there they went to put through the insurance and, whaddayaknow, declined. I'd been told to expect that it was likely that they'd only partially cover it (80/20) but not that they wouldn't cover it at all. And these helmets are $2000 each.
I've got three doctors telling me it's a medical necessity. It's obvious to me that it's necessary. And I've been talking to my insurance co, one person after another, and they're all saying they can't do a damned thing for me because it's cosmetic. I'm waiting for a call back from some manager-type.
Grrrrr. And here I was thinking I might actually, y'know, pay some bills in 2009.