This letter showed up last Friday. Do you see that bold sentence? "The patient meets generally accepted guidelines for a medically necessary liver transplant and he is appropriate for listing with UNOS." It's like even the insurance company is saying "yep, even we can tell that your liver is screwed buddy." It's funny how when you get in to this process, you get excited to get letters telling you that your loved one is sick because that's progress towards something. It's the days with no movement forward where everyone starts to get stir crazy.
I find it very funny that they haven't approved a hospital stay along with the transplant approval. You'd kind of think the two would go hand in hand. Drive through transplant anyone? Sorry there big guy, looks like this has to be done as an outpatient. Knowing Ben he'd be ok with that. Anything to get home sooner and back to his big screen tv and comfy couch.
Hurray! One hurdle down, huh? As sucktastic as it can be to deal with the insurance company, occasionally they come through...
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