about 3 weeks ago my son comes running up to my husband and i screaming and crying that his little sister swallowed a battery...a battery! she runs into the living room (they were playing back in his bedroom) and acts like shes got something in her throat but we couldn't see anything. so what would any concerned parent do? we take her to the emergency room to make sure she's ok. i know that battery acid can be fatal and she's just 2 years old, so we weren't about to wait overnight to see if something would happen (also this was around 8 at night so no doctors office was open where we live). so as we are driving to the hospital we're trying to calm our 5 yr old son down because he thinks the doctors are going to have to cut her open and also making sure our daughter is ok in the meantime. when we finally arrive she gets some x-rays done and the doctor comes in saying all it clear (wow what a relief!!). but recently we received her hospital bill and guess what??!! insurance didn't pay a penny!!!! i called and they told me that the doctor claimed that it wasn't an emergency...do you believe that? ok...did i not just say that battery acid can be fatal? let alone with a two year old! i'm fighting my insurance with this one and i also contacted the hospital and spoke with three different people...luckily the last woman i spoke with said if she were in my situation she would have done the same thing...finally someone on my side! she also does the medical coding and told me she'd send it in again to insurance...bless her heart.
so anyway i was wondering what you guys think and what you would have done in my situation. you know its crazy to think that people murder their children because they don't care and that some get away with it, but i think its beyond crazy that when someone does care about their kid...sometimes it just doesn't matter or pay in their favor in the end.
sorry for the long post, i'm just a little irritated right now.
thanks for listening everyone and have a great day!!!
