Our God

Over the past few weeks/months we have been combing through websites, reviews, support groups, etc trying to research the top surgeons for Chase.

In the last few days we have met with surgeons via technology from various parts of the country to hear their opinions on what is best for Chase. This journey I have compared to car sales men. They want to sell their method and they all say they are the best.

We had a zoom call this past Saturday with a Dr.Reinisch who to be honest didn't Impress me right off the bat. However, as he spoke and the conversation flowed and he was gaining my confidence. He answered all our questions and was honest about possible problems that we may incur in the process. We left that call with a change in what we had originally thought was best and with new ideas of possibilities.

Today Tuesday 1-11-22, I spoke with the insurance and scheduler with Dr. Reinisch‘s office. The ladies I spoke to were phenomenal but had to break the news to me that despite the monthly premium we pay every month our insurances were only going to be paying a portion of the fees and we would need to come up with all the fees upfront.

We are your average middle class family, my husband, Scott works in management and I am a local school teacher. We don’t live pay check to pay check but we do depend on them to keep coming. We knew there would be out of pocket costs associated with this procedure but we were not ready for a 6+ digit number. (Average out of pocket is between 35,000-90,000)

Hearing the news broke me, I have tried to be as strong as possible during this whole process as it was for our baby. The idea we may not be able to provide what our baby needs broke me. When I got myself up off the bathroom floor, my co worker reminded me that God has a plan for us and I just have to be patient. I began to question whether this surgeon was truly the right move for us to pursue.

About two hours ago we began yet another virtual meeting with a surgeon from a different part of the country. The conversation started about the same as all the others went, telling us about his method and how he has perfected it over his years of experience etc. until the conversation took an unexpected turn. The dr who specializes in rib graft surgeries asked us if we had considered the MedPor route. He proceeded to tell us about a dr in CA he would highly recommend. we stated we had spoken to that Dr. Reinisch recently. This is the part where I was expecting him to start saying bad stuff about the product or method….except it didn’t happen! The dr who in a sense was trying to get our business told us to go elsewhere! He looked at us as a family trying to do what’s best for our child and he was honest and a good enough person to say “it’s not me, go to CA”.

Our hearts were already leaning that way and for a complete stranger to look at our son and lean us further that way is only Our God!