GREAT NEWS

Scott & White Physical Therapy called today to let us know Rassie was approved for physical therapy FINALLY!  *sigh of relief*  Thank you worker's comp insurance for finally getting your act together!  He has an evaluation appointment scheduled for Monday, March 1st (along with the MRI and Oncology appt).  From there they will schedule his PT visits.  I am thrilled that things are finally looking up.  I know that this physical therapy is going to help Rassie so much. I can just feel it. 

This was just a small update but a BIG one at the same time. Just wanted to share with everyone the good news.

God Bless & Good Night

Quick Update

Just a quick update since it's been a while. No new news in the way of Rassie's CML. The last labs came back good.  Rassie's next oncology appointment is on March 1st, so a week away.  We should be able to update then on anything new the doctors have to say.

We're still fighting the worker's comp insurance in the way of Rassie's injury.  We're doing what we can at home to keep his legs worked out and moving.  He uses his left leg quite a bit to get around. It's the right one we're still working with to get feeling back.  Zurich is giving us the run around, better yet, they know how to work the system and they're doing it.  We got our 3rd denial for physical therapy.  It's a joke!  We have a letter written out that we are sending certified to Texas Dept of Insurance to request a benefits hearing. Hopefully then we will get something accomplished. Rassie has been without physical therapy since early December and this is just not acceptable. I can't understand why they (zurich) would not want to help someone walk again when the doctors keep saying that he will. Instead they want the doctors to change their diagnoses and say this is as good as Rassie will get!  What sad is that without therapy he could lose muscle tone and much more and not get as good as he could! They need to quit putting him off period! It gets old. I get impatient. I am so ready for this to be over with!

On another note, Rassie is still having his blackouts.   He passes out or goes into a daze.  Some days are worse than others.  The doctor had ordered an EEG but because of worker's comp it took us 2 weeks to get it approved and then they had to schedule it.  AND they scheduled a regular EEG instead of the 4 hour video EEG that the doctor had ordered. When we caught their mistake they had to reschedule which pushed us back even more. So finally this coming Friday, February 26th Rassie is having his 4 hour video EEG.  This will serve 2 purposes. 1) To see whats going on and why he's blacking out 2) To see where the conduction of the nerves are slowing down causing the paralysis in his legs.   Then on Monday, March 1st. He has 2 MRI's that will be done simultaneously of his upper back to see if there is something they missed when focusing on the lowers half of his body all this time.

Thanks for continuing to keep us in your prayers. They are much appreciated. I'll update when we know results from all the upcoming appointments

God Bless & Good Night

Just an update

Yesterday Rassie went and saw Dr. F the rehabilitation doctor.  He was out of his pain medicine dilauded and has to be seen for a refill. We asked for a lower pain medication so he was prescribed vicodin this go round.  We'll see how it controls his pain.   He is still having blackouts and sometimes goes into a daze.  We were supposed to hear back today on whether or not the tests were approved.  The worker's comp insurance company is supposed to respond within 72 hours of the request but for some reason its been a week and we're still waiting. It's really hard to be patient.  We called today but couldn't get a straight answer. Looks like we'll be making more phone calls tomorrow. 

Rassie had bloodwork today for his CML.  We should find out tomorrow the results from those.  Fingers crossed everything is still looking good.

God Bless & Good Night