Worker's Comp and All It's Glory

More phone calls today. Trying to get Rassie's physical therapy figured out.  He hasn't seen a physical therapist since December 9th except to do an evaluation to be accepted into the physical therapy at S&W.  On December 9th, Dr. F decided it would be best to do PT as an out patient at the hospital instead of as a home patient because one physical therapist or PT assistant wasn't cutting it here at home.  Especially when he had no use of either of his legs and had 3 falls during PT at home. 

Waiting, waiting and more waiting.  Lots of phone calls and what... 2 weeks later?  We finally got some answers today.  I happen to be calling about our insurance statements because our personal insurance is being billed for the worker's comp related medical stuff.  Got that straightened out and in then I was told that just yesterday the worker's comp insurance had called and denied Rassie for PT.  She said it was a verbal denial and they would not know the reason until they received the paperwork and we should also receive a denial in the mail ourselves.

Lots more phone calls.  Rassie's nurse case manager for worker's comp is on vacation until January 3rd.  After calling all over, getting voice mail after voice mail saying to call this number and that number and several messages left, we finally got a call back.   Dr. F had suggested aquatic therapy at the pool.  Apparently aquatic therapy is TOO expensive and that is why they had him doing home patient therapy.  Well, they canceled the home patient therapy on December 9th when the suggestion of doing out patient therapy was made.  So once again he has been left without any 'real' therapy since then.  Then the case manager proceeds to tell us that Rassie's initial diagnosis of neurapraxia should already be healed and there shouldn't be a need for PT any longer.  Well he's not healed!  Not to mention, all the discharge papers say paraparesis.  They are similar but the healing times are different, etc.

SO, we have another appointment with the rehabiliation doctor, Dr. F tomorrow to try and clear things up with what is going on.  Physical Therapy is a MUST.  Hopefully we will get somewhere.

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Rassie's CML seems to be doing ok.  No labs this week.  He has to do labs on the 6th of January and then on the 7th we have an appointment with Dr. W to go over how things are going and pretty much just check up on everything.   The last labs done, Rassie's WBC was at 7,500.  His calcium was low, uric acid was good, sodium was border line low.   That's about it for now.

God Bless & Good Night