In the past week...

Sorry for all Dad's followers for being slack...in the midst of everything else we have had going on this summer...I had two birthmarks removed last week.  The doctor said that they may never become anything, but with the family history now, he would rather be safe than sorry.  So now,  I get to be a weeble wobble like dad...like father like daughter...and when these heal, they will go back in on one leg and get the rest.

So for dad...

• we have put his car in my name and proved to DSS that he no longer has ANYTHING to his name.  Now we are playing the waiting game to see if we can get any help from DSS for dad's Temodar. 
• we have started to see a NEW doctor...go figure...a Neurologist, Dr. Wiese.  She is not happy with dad's dilantin level at all.  She said she had never seen someone on a level like dads.  She has now prescribed Vimpat for dad.
• but...dad's insurance wants prior approval from Dr. Wiese for the medicine she has prescribed so until that goes through, his medicine is $1046.00 for one month.  Luckily, she gave us a 14-day free trial that we only really last 11 days in the hopes we can get all the prior approval stuff straight.
• In the mean time, we have applied to 2 different foundations for help with dad's med's.  I faxed the paper work last week, mailed a copy, and made a copy incase I need to "remind" them in a few weeks if we don't hear anything.
• Dad and Billy went to the VA today.  Dad did 12 years in the National Guard many years ago.  They would help him buy a house, but no help there with his drugs.  The guy there did however get us another contact for some help, so I will be calling them tomorrow.

With all this going on...Billy's old shift became dad's MIRACLE tonight.  Thanks to the wonderful people on that shift, dad will be going to get his first dose of Temodar tomorrow.  I will never be able to repay them for their generosity, but please know that the 3 of us, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts...and a special thank you to Connor!!  He turned 8 this past weekend and shared his birthday money with dad so he could get his medicines.