We got our approval for a September spend down from Medicaid today in the mail. 
: That's the first step we've been waiting for in getting help for our sick 2YO. They say we only have to pay $524 out of over $27,000 so that is good news. That will make it easier to get a spend down for July and then finally to apply to actually get her covered. Yay. So we got the letter today. Does anyone know what happens next? Do they just pay the bills? How does that work? This is my first run through with the system.
On the down side, we are still really struggling in the present. We literally have no grocery money for the month. I have come up with about $25 to spend on groceries. We have a good store of meat, we get milk delivered every week (which we aren't paying for), we have like 7 dozen eggs in our fridge - so, um, we're good for protein. But we have no vegetables or fruit. What do you think the best way to find cheap veggies is? We are usually an organic family but I'm letting go of that. **sigh** What's the best way to stretch this money?
As far as an update. We are still on the list at modest needs although we've not making much progress - which is why we are so strapped. At this point if maybe, maybe they still come through for our January mortgage payment we will be ok. I haven't paid the electric and am praying they don't turn it off. Lila is doing all right, we got some bad news that her lungs are weakening. But we have had two angels in our wonderful community who told us last night that they are going to put in the HVAC system the doctors say she needs.:::: I am stunned and humbled. We are involved in MDC HH (I have no need for anonymity 
) and have been floored by the help there. So we are making it. By the grace of community and friends. We continue to be blessed even in the midst of our hardship. Now if I can just figure out the best way to keep my girls fed for the next month...
: That's the first step we've been waiting for in getting help for our sick 2YO. They say we only have to pay $524 out of over $27,000 so that is good news. That will make it easier to get a spend down for July and then finally to apply to actually get her covered. Yay. So we got the letter today. Does anyone know what happens next? Do they just pay the bills? How does that work? This is my first run through with the system.On the down side, we are still really struggling in the present. We literally have no grocery money for the month. I have come up with about $25 to spend on groceries. We have a good store of meat, we get milk delivered every week (which we aren't paying for), we have like 7 dozen eggs in our fridge - so, um, we're good for protein. But we have no vegetables or fruit. What do you think the best way to find cheap veggies is? We are usually an organic family but I'm letting go of that. **sigh** What's the best way to stretch this money?
As far as an update. We are still on the list at modest needs although we've not making much progress - which is why we are so strapped. At this point if maybe, maybe they still come through for our January mortgage payment we will be ok. I haven't paid the electric and am praying they don't turn it off. Lila is doing all right, we got some bad news that her lungs are weakening. But we have had two angels in our wonderful community who told us last night that they are going to put in the HVAC system the doctors say she needs.
:::: I am stunned and humbled. We are involved in MDC HH (I have no need for anonymity ) and have been floored by the help there. So we are making it. By the grace of community and friends. We continue to be blessed even in the midst of our hardship. Now if I can just figure out the best way to keep my girls fed for the next month...
to your DD
