My story is long. It all started the week of Thanksgiving 2009. My 3 little girls all got sick. So I took them to the doctor and was told that they are fine. 2 days after Thanksgiving my 3 year old fell from her bunk bed and hit her head. The Er Cat Scan said she had mastoiditis and gave her medications. My 1 year old was overly cranky... and kept running a fever. So back to the doctor we go to be told that she is fine. Most likely teething they said. My 5 year old did get better thankfully. More trips to the doctor for the younger two came with no answers and no relief. On January 4th of 2010 Riley the 1 year old woke up with a large lump on the side of her neck. I figured it was a lymph node but took her back to the ER. This time she was diagnoised with having a 3rd brachial cleft cyst which they drained. After months of fighting with medicaid to help with her hospitalization as well as her upcoming surgury to remove the cyst as well as assistance with Ciara ( the 3 year old) mastoiditis we were denied medicaid.. but appealed it.. won Texas Chips only to win our appeal for medicaid for a few months. Then the fight to get into the program that the doctor and the hospital would accept left us having to reapply for medicaid. Which we have been denied. We will be deemed to Texas Chips I have been told. Riley's surgury has been scheduled for September ..... Ciara's mastoiditis has been cleared. Add to this I lost my job... found a new one but lost my job because of numberous call ins due to my childrens health and car troubles that finally left my family useing a 17 year old car because it is more relaible at this time.
My finace had his wallet stolen. And is currently trying to get his idenity issue solved so he can find work. He is unable to obtain any records with his name on it. All were either lost in a fire or misplaced. He has an attorney... but the judge refused to sign the documents. So he has to appeal which could take up to a year. He has horrible rotten teeth that needs to be extracted and replaced with dentures. His self esteem is none existant. Then last friday his heart stopped and restarted ( thank you God!!) Several times. So he spent 4 days in the hospital and had multiple tests and procedures. With no answers. He is home now. But we don't know if it will happen again... and if it does will we be able to get him help? Will his heart restart??? He has no insurance so he is unable to follow up with a doctor. Medicaid turned him down. We haven't seen a bill yet... but we know its larger than life.
Then add in my ailing health. I have psoriasis and psoratic arthritis so bad the thought of walking to the bathroom makes me cringe... but if I don't keep going we won't have anything... The bills from my health aren't that overwhelming individually.... but they do add up.
I don't even know where to start. I am sure I need to fight to get help... but I don't know where or with whom.... I feel like I am standing in a sink hole that just keeps getting bigger by the second. I am fairly certain if we could get my fiance working we could find our way out.... but how?
