Day 416 - Cool Tees 😎 & Medical Exclusions 😡

Saturday, February 19th, 2022

James sportin' a new custom 18 mth hand made T-shirt from Mom's college buddies Ash & Maria. #H3B #CoolKid 

And yes those are Buc-ee's boxers! Mom also squeezed him in a 9 mth fishing T-shirt that he never got to wear from "Cousin" Mary!

Dad made more pancakes 🥞 and we watched more Disney movies. 

Update on Helmet: We recently found out that Cigna denied the coverage for his medical helmet needed because of James' plagiocephaly (flat spot on baby's head). Why did they deny it? There is an exclusion for this on our Cigna policy. So even though our secondary Medicaid approved at first, because there was an exclusion with our primary now Medicaid will deny, says the Helmet office. AND out of pocket this helmet costs $2700 which at 14 months there is a good chance this may not even help at this point. WTF 🤬 The number one reason we are so upset with this situation is because we could have started looking into this back in the PICU and it would have been covered while at the hospital. James was stable with respiratory while in the PICU from 6-8½ months. 

Dad's excellent photography skills 😂

P.S. Do you follow James' journey? James would love to read an email from you. His email is JamesWestonAbramowitz@gmail.com. How heartwarming for him to receive these and fun for you to get a response from him in like 10 years...

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