As the Collarbone Turns

What a shocking turn of events. The doctor in NY was so helpful to squeeze E in, and the staff was helpful with getting all the information to the insurance company, and things were looking like they were moving along. Then yesterday morning I got an email from E's mom that the insurance company had booked her on a flight home at 6:30 last night!! Well, this did get changed, but now she must fly home today instead.

So the insurance company didn't want to pay the $30,000 for the surgery and associated costs, so instead they have booked her back home to receive the free care she can get back there. She has an appointment with a surgeon on Monday and will hopefully be rehabbed enough to fly back in time for our trip to Florida the first week in April.

I was absolutely floored when I heard that this was the option they were going to pursue, I couldn't believe they would do it, but now that I have had time to think about it, of course they would. They would have lost over $25,000 on her on this incident. It all comes down to the bottom line. Her parents are furious because this insurance was sold to them by the agency over there as one of the best they could get. And the school's insurance is secondary, so it will pick up extra cost, but can't be asked to pay for the entire thing. So we are stuck with this decision.

And this is where it stands. Kevin is now looking into getting an upgrade for her to fly there, her dad thought he had but it turned out they only upgraded her for the flight back to the US, which is now scheduled for April 5, but that's subject to change.

And in other news, our group of swimmers going to Florida, we are up to 27 now and still counting with two days of swimming to go. Molly had a bath and the groomer misunderstood me and cut off all her fur!!! She looks like a lab and she was shaking and trembling, then had a seizure that night. She seems recovered now, but she still has no fur on her back. Just has a bad comb/cut job. I took a picture to post but perhaps you can't tell exactly how lab-like she was. They also charged me $20 more than I usually pay, and didn't reverse that when I told them that this wasn't what I had asked for. And now, we are about ready to head to the airport.