Miracles Happen

Before everyone starts getting really excited No Stacia is not talking on her own yet.

We got the news sometime on Wednesday (28th) that our insurance was going to cover Stacia's Dynavox Maestro and that we needed to give the funding coordinator a call. Larry got this message when he checked his voice mail on his way home from work early Thursday morning.  I got to listen to the message when he got home since I was still up.

Thursday morning we called the coordinator back and found out that our insurance was covering 80% of the costs which means we only had to pay the remaining 20% this is getting better because we had figured at best they would cover 70% of the costs if they even covered it at all. From what I am finding out it is unheard of for private insurance to pay anything towards an AAC. We worked out what the monthly payment amount would be and got the paperwork faxed back.

I received a call at 4 pm that the device was being shipped and we should receive it the next day.  9:15 am Friday morning here comes UPS driving in, I went out on the steps without shoes and signed for her package. It was here.

Currently we are in the process of getting things set up and helping Stacia review how to use it. I say review because she did get some use on the trial one in therapy last summer.

We are all excited about her being able to talk more and have a voice.