Well, its official! Greg has hit the $1 million mark with his insurance company, which means he's reached the policy limits. According to his coordinator at the insurance company, he's the 4th person she's ever known to have done this. And it only took 6 years, 3 stem cell transplants, 2 life-threatening illnesses, a dozen or so less serious infections and all the miscellaneous stuff that goes along with it. Don't panic though, my insurance just switches over from secondary to primary. The only problem is, he's going to have to switch doctors. He's approved to stay with Barnes through this transplant, then he has to switch to SLU when in St. Louis, and Cox when in Springfield. I'm hoping the Feds switch back to Premier this fall, but if they don't, we'll be looking for a new oncologist in town. I'm open to suggestions.
Greg went for treatment today and turns out he didn't need any. His platelets were 31! And, he hasn't needed red blood cells for well over a month. The CMV (infection) is a little worse, and the doc switched meds (from the $4800 a month one) to an IV he will give to himself through his central line. Yikes! He's at Hope Lodge now waiting for the home health nurse to come and teach him how to do it. He IS a doctor, after all.
The numbers are all looking good. I'm going up for the weekend, and will see Dr. Vij with Greg on Friday morning. I'm hoping he doesn't have much to say.
I'll post more then.
Thanks to all!
Love,
Us.
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You forgot to add in those scenic ambulance tours all over the state! ~did he ever get a snack on those, or was it just like any other tour?
Yippee for 31! Keep up the good work Greg and they will throw you out of there in no time!
Us
~the secret code word is 'verhach' ~ is that German for something?
One million $1 bills, 2200 lbs. One million $1 bills, 358 feet or .067 mile. One million $1 bills, Greg’s number of 31 and improving, priceless!
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