Vacations and Insurance
Dan is getting ready for surgery #3 after his un-romantic work injury a couple of years ago (he was moving a desk). The workers comp insurance is paying for it, but because we are getting it done in Peru, there are been about a million and a half red tape wrapped hoops we've had to jump through to make it happen. We got here late Sunday night and had his pre-op stuff scheduled for Monday and the surgery for Tuesday. It is Wednesday night, and he has still not had the operation. For the past two days we have been making numerous calls to the USA and been back and forth to the hospital too many times. The funny thing is that the insurance company has been awesome (and when does that EVER happen??). The woman handle Dan's claim has been bending over backwards and forwards to make this happen for us. Finally this morning, we decided to just pay for the hospital costs on our credit card and handle being reimbursed by the insurance company ourselves. I think the hospital was much happier with this arrangement, and we think that the insurance company will repay us quickly so we can pay off the bill. Anyway, the surgery got rescheduled once because we still didn't have our paperwork in order then again because the OR was needed for a 12 hour cardio surgery today. Supposedly the surgery will be tomorrow at 10, but I am not going to believe it until I see Dan in the recovery room.
On a happy note, we have had a marvelous vacation in between all the hospital stuff. We've eaten out, done a little shopping, taken several long walks, and today went to see a new movie in 3D. Our hotel is beautiful, and I haven't woken up before 9am in 3 days. The boys are staying with our teammates back at Pucallpa, and I think this non-kid trip was what the doctor ordered for me. Last night I asked Dan if he missed the boys. He said, "Nope. You?" Hmmm. No, can't say that I do. I think I am a better mommy when I get to be away from them. Anyway, tomorrow comes soon, so I should get some sleep.