Update 6-14-12

Update on Josh - HE IS HOME!!! God is so good. Josh is in his bed all hooked up to IV's with heavy duty antibiotics. The home-nurse was here and hooked it all up and showed us how to care for Josh. They have a 24 hour phone line if we need any help. Josh will be taking other meds orally as well. He is set up with doctor visits in the near future to check on things. He will have blood drawn at times by the home-nurse. As I mentioned before, the infectious disease doctor said that Josh needs to be on these IV's for 6 weeks before he can have surgery and the wound doctor said it would be ok to have the surgery on time (June 26th). We are going to get a second opinion from another infectious disease doctor on this. I will keep you posted on the surgery date. Josh requested bratts on the grill for supper tonight. We were very happy to supply that meal to help fatten him up. ***THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS*** God has given me a wonderful Medical Case Manager through our auto insurance. I still have not met her in person, but she is going to help me with making sure the hospital and all the doctors involved bill our insurance companies correctly. Somehow they are not processing the bills properly and thus, they are not getting paid. And guess who is getting the bills and threats of collection. We have always done the proper thing and paid our insurance premiums and now they want to do this to us. We went through all of this 8 years ago. It is soooooo very frustrating when we are trying to just stay afloat with the medical issues at hand consuming our time. Among the many things that Jennifer (our case manager) is going to do for us, she will take all the bills and our insurance information and take that burden off my hands. She will contact each provider and help them understand what to do. She is a God-send. I can feel the weight lightening off my shoulders. When I finally meet Jennifer in person, she is getting the biggest hug ever.