It's Official!!

Today we got a call from the State of Texas Medically Dependent Children's Program. We've been going through their process of trying to get approved for respite. Normally it's a 3 year wait, but I have stalked the right people and we are officially approved!

Our case manager, Tammy, got Steven approved for 42 hours PER WEEK of respite, two weeks of camp, one weekend of camp, and medicaid. This will help us out soooooooo much!

We have had Sarah working for us about 6 weeks and she will become contracted with the agency. We also recently hired Christina and she will begin next week.

We have a few hoops left to jump through in the next 24 hours, but they are relatively easy. Today at 11:00am, I will drive to the nursing home to do a 2 hour intake session and provide medical history. Then, at 2:30, the nurse from the agency will come to do the 2 hour intake session their agency needs.

Our last hoop to jump through is a nursing home stay. The stay is normally 30 days. Yes, 30 days. Evidently, they cannot assess Steven's needs and behaviors in less time????? Tammy, the case manager, found a way for Steven to stay "24 hours or part of two calendar days" ......tonight we check in at 11:45pm and leave at 12:15am. That meets the "part of two calendar days" rule.

We are so excited at how this will help our family!