Monday, February 19, 2007

Lyrica update and HBOT progress

I believe the increase in Jackson's lyrica has been helping him a bit in the mornings. He is not quite as gaggy and definitely vomits less. I called today to see if we could raise it a little bit more. We got permission to add another 25mg in the AM to see if that can help him get through the day a little easier. We have a neuro appointment mid-March.

Also, I have been wanting to do HBOT with Jackson for quite a while now. Today I called a local place to get some specific info on pricing and to see what the likelihood that insurance would cover it. They said that BCBS was the worst company by far for reimbursing for HBOT. Unfortunately, though I knew it would be expensive, it was about twice as much as I thought it would be and we just can't do it right now.

I called around to some other places though. I found a place in Madison (about 2 hours away) that is about $50 less per dive and they may be able to get us a grant. I really do not want to drive that far that often (usually at least 40 dives must be done to see progress) but I really want to pursue this as soon as we possibly can.