Day 419

Okay so I mentioned part of this already on my Facebook but it is so epic I have to mention it here as well.  So, hubby went and picked up Cassie's new prescriptions last night at Rite Aid.  No biggie...Chris has great insurance through the state (a sh**ty job, but great benefits) so we are shocked sometimes when a prescription falls into the 3rd tier (which means there's no generic for it and it is a specialty medicine) like my Nexium (seriously, aren't we due for a generic soon??).  3rd tier meds cost us $25...and I shouldn't balk at that because I know we are damn lucky that we have the great benefits we do because a lot of people pay that for a generic med (or worse).  So, imagine my surprise when my husband shows me the actual cost of the medicine before insurance:

You are reading that right...that is $1,047.99 for DHE nasal spray.  Oh, and that is 8 doses...EIGHT!  That's, like, a half a month's pay for me...that is nuts!  So, we are thankful that not only did it only cost us $25 but that it can only be used sparingly so it should last us at least a month.

She tried the spray last night and it worked really quickly...to the point that her headache was a 4.  We had her take her other medication in the hopes that once the headache was down the other meds would keep it down...but that didn't work.  This morning she woke up and her headache was an 8 again.  So, the spray is good for social circumstances and that is about it and because she can't take it every day it isn't good for school.

Speaking of school, we had our welcome call with VLACS last night (New Hampshire's online school).  Cassie is excited to take the class and I'm happy for her...although it looks like she'll have to use my computer.  She has a netbook and it just isn't powerful enough to handle the art software she needs (she did it but it lags so bad).  Also, I got a call from Nashua North because they said I needed an updated doctor's note...signed by the doctor.  Okay, so we were just at the school on the 14th and at first they said I needed a note excusing Cassie from school...which they had, but they had to find it.  You think they could have told me at the meeting, or the meeting before that, or the meeting before that, or when I gave them the damn note in the fall that they needed it signed by a doctor...Cassie's note is from who she sees and she is a nurse practitioner. 

Oh, it gets better...she then asked me if I could include a timeline of when Cassie will be back in school.  Are you serious?  We just talked about this!!!  If I had a damn timeline I would have shared it with the school...plus if there was any way she could attend school she would...ugh, dealing with these people is like watching a chained dog run around a tree...I get nowhere fast all the time.

So yeah...I'll get them that note...when I feel like it.  Stupid school.

Hey, so an idea for a fundraiser if we have to go to Michigan...a Cassie roast!!  What do you think???