Welcome to my nightmare…
Well, just a song I like. This is me moving my blog from Spymac to Blogger. I had about a hundred visits to my Spymac blog (and only 50 were me!)
Morgan’s MRI
This is a bit of a rant, so bear with me. Morgan's MRI was on Tuesday. I took the day off work to go to the hospital with him and my wife. Now, I spoke to his teachers at school and told them he would be out on Tuesday. I also called their absent child hotline. The school set that up so they would know if a child was really out of school or was missing. Not a bad idea. I don't have a problem with it. I also let the bus dispatcher know that Morgan wouldn't be riding the bus on Tuesday. So what annoys me is that I have to send a note in to school with him the next day to excuse his absence. I don't get it, but then I guess I don't have a bureaucratic mindset. Plano schools are supposed to be the best in Texas, and I believe it, but sometimes I have to shake my head in wonder at some of the things they do.
Rant, part two: We got to the hospital at noon (for a 2 o'clock procedure, more head shaking). When we were checking Morgan in, we found out that this MRI was going to cost us around $230. The lady checking us in said that it was about 10% of the real cost of the procedure. Apparently we have to pay 10% while our insurance picks up 90%. Now that's a good deal. I know that. It just pisses me of that yet again, we get blindsided with a charge I didn't budget for. I just have to wonder why no one bothered to tell us. The treatment coordinator must have known. The person who pre-registered us the week before knew. HELLO PEOPLE! A warning would have been nice. Had I known, I would have scheduled it for just after payday on the 15th, when I could have actually afforded it.
THIS SUCKS!
Fortunately, that's the last test as far as I know. I love my son and I don't begrudge him the tests. We need to know if he has anything other than autism. Still, it would have been nice to deal with people who understand that not everyone has $230 to throw around like it was nothing.
Rant done. I feel much better. Thanks for your attention.
I don't know when we'll get his results from the MRI. I'm expecting them back soon. Also, once we got into the hospital and the procedure started, the nurses and doctor were just great. Everything went smoothly and Morgan was in and out by 3:30 p.m. A very pleasant experience all around except for that first part.