Dr. Evil

Dr. Stein. That's the name of the doctor at Bluecross Blueshield who won't approve a longer stay for my mom at Presbyterian Homes. We're completely shocked along with the Pres Homes doctors, the social worker and the Bluecross Blueshield case manager. Go figure. It's hard to imagine Dr. Stein as anything else than a shriveling soulless ball of evil who feeds on kittens and puppies and is incapable of love. Seriously Dr. Stein, how do you sleep at night? Perhaps, Dr. Evil, you've had some trauma in your life that has skewed your sense of humanity, but write a book or sell a lifetime movie script, just please don't take it out on my mom. The truth is though, I don't care what happened to you as a child. The truth is that somewhere deep inside there is still hope that I hadn't known was there and you, Dr. Evil, have threatened it. We all know what happens when a Houston woman feels threatened...RAGE. Lucky for you, I've promised to keep the perverbial guns in the holsters for Stanley's sake for the time being because there are still options. 

Last week before this villain barged into our lives we had been discussing her going to acute care. This was (and still could be) great news. It means that she's strong enough to do a lot more intensive rehab. The insurance hasn't rejected that yet and luckily Dr. I-have-no-heart-and-I-eat-puppies-and-kittens isn't involved.  There is also one more Hail Mary play for insurance approval for her to continue her stay at Presbyterian Homes, which we'll find out about tomorrow end of day. The ETA of the acute care is unknown so if she gets booted out of Presbyterian homes she'll have to move home which isn't equipped for her. 

I know I'm not the first one to feel the complete injustice of insurance. I'm not the first to be blinded by the huge contradiction of their purpose and their behavior. But here's the part that really kills me. This life that she's living is a result of a choice she made to live. She decided not to die. She took the challenge to stay and fight her ass off. Pardon my french folks, but that takes serious balls and in my book deserves monstrous amounts of respect and support. Two things Dr. Stein (and insurance) are denying her. Appalling.