What a day

We left home at 6:55, arrived at the Immune Recovery Clinic at 8 and started IV Vitamin C and a few other things at about 9. That took until about 3, but during that time, I worked on Kaiser and we were able to meet with Dr. Pashkevich about treatment options. We met with Mr. Bradford, the CEO, from 4 until past 5. Started home and Jane was hungry. We ate some Chinese food then drove home. Jane went to bed at about 9 and slept until past 5 this morning. She looks and feels like after two days of treatment that she is starting to mend again. We are both encouraged.

I was on the phone with Kaiser departments for over 2 hours. Overall, Kaiser has been very good with Jane and her treatment over the years but we do have to go through the hoops sometimes. I feel that the problem with getting treatment since Dr Feuer dropped us has been a misunderstanding on what we are asking for and that, though very simple, was hard to convey.

They all, (Dr. Feuer, Dr. Horowitz, Dr. Koziare, Dr. Bodauer, Dr. Costagno, the referral department, member services, advice nurses) thought that we were asking for second and third opinions when, in reality, we are asking for treatment. If I had a dollar for every time I said that, all the treatment would be paid in full. Finally, Valerie of member's services understood the difference and started the process that ended with us getting an appointment next Tuesday with Dr. Jenkins at Piedmont Hospital. He is outside of Kaiser and outside of SEGO where Dr. Feuer is. Dr. Jenkins could do the treatment if he deems it appropriate.

Here is our path this week as we continue to trust God to open the doors He wants us to pass through. We will continue to go to the Immune Recovery Clinic (IRC) for all the treatment that Kaiser will not provide for us. We would prefer the IRC for all the treatment but that does not seem feasible at this point. If Dr. Jenkins will do the chemo, Kaiser would pay for that. In that case, IRC would do the immune system protection and rebuilding along with some alternative treatments as well. If Dr. Jenkins will not do the chemo, then we will have it done at IRC and attempt to get Kaiser to pay for it.

Thank you so much for your continued interest, prayer and support.

Dave and Jane