Well, looks like pneumonia will be a common occurrence with Tyler. We went back in the hospital again on Wednesday, 9/3/08 just a little under a month after the last time! Seems like the pneumonia is definitely asthma induced, so now they have put him on a 2-times a day asthma medication for at least the next 6 months. Hopefully that will keep him out of the hospital and will eventually bring his lungs back up to normal capacity so he won't be as susceptible to pneumonia!
Man, I can't tell you how boring it is to be stuck in the hospital for 3 days when you're not the patient! I just about went crazy! At least we were close to home this time and didn't get sent out of town to the other hospital. Our local hospital is soooo much nicer...and WAY cleaner! And the nurses were way more attentive to him than the other hospital staff was last time.
Curious to see how much insurance actually picks up since they haven't actually paid for the last visit yet. At worst, our portion of the hospital stay is $200 per admission + the $100 ambulance ride last time. That would be 2 admissions + ambulance for last time ($500) and just the 1 admission for this time ($200). Hopefully our secondary insurance will pick up the copays that the primary requires. Oh, and the new asthma medication is ridiculously expensive! A 15-day supply for $30 our cost after insurance. Again, thank goodness for insurance because the pharmacist said that the medication is over $180 a box without insurance. That's over $360 a month...YIKES!
Now, we have to follow up with a pediatric pulmonologist for the asthma and an allergist to see if the asthma is allergy induced. Just watch, the kid will end up being allergic to cats and dogs...that could be a problem! Anyone want 2 free cats???
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Thats no fun! You have pretty good insurance then, I'll trade you our 20% that insurance doesn't cover for those 2 amounts! Is he back home now? Hope he is feeling better soon & stays healthy.
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