January 23, 2009

• Tithing blessings

  With the cutting back on everything in order to survive the slowdown with work there are a few necessary costs that come up that make me cringe.  On top of my regular OB I have to see a Perinatalogist as well because of my blood clot disorder, miscarriage history, and ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE (and oh how I love to hear that one).  The Perinatalogist is very expensive and they require full payment at time of service.  I had an appointment last wednesday and they called me the day before to let me know my portion not covered by insurance was going to be $680.  YIKES!  I seriously thought about canceling and calling my OB and telling him I’d take the risk of not seeing the specialist.  We decided to go anyway.  When I got there they figured out that I had a new insurance than the one I had with Weston and the deductable had already been met and so my portion would only be $80.  WHEW!  That was a major relief…but it gets better.  Then the receptionist comes out and hands me a post it note with $109 written on it.  It turns out that when I  had the amnio with Weston the insurance paid more than they expected and therefore I had a credit.  (I wonder why they didn’t send me a check back in early 2008 – I wonder how many other such folks are holding onto such “credits”?)

  There has been at least one incident per week that I consider a tithing blessing.   Funny thing…the blessings seem to be adding up to how much we are paying…hmmmm.

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