Sam

Sam has been home from RTC for 5 days. There really is not enough time to tell the tale. I am mostly too tired to even begin trying. Suffice to say that we are still awaiting Tn Care's review of medical necessity to find him a level 2 group home. I am in hope we will hear something POSITIVE this week. Tonight Scott and I sat with a level two in home intervention......there are not enough words of frustration. We listened to this man;s life story, to how busy he is, to how much paperwork we had to do (but did not get done because he was too busy talking about himself). Frustration. This man will be in our home for family therapy at very LEAST three hours a week...an hour a visit...three days a week... He wanted to know when would be a good time to schedule those meetings....well, a time that would not interfere with our schedule. There is not time that will not interfere. We knew with Sam coming home we would be in the midst of big changes. We were also told that going to the beach over Christmas would be detrimental to Sam's therapy. So in effort to make up for that we will have to see him 4 or 5 times a week until Christmas. Just frustrating. Not frustrating if we felt he truly could offer anything to Sam and our family.

If TN Care denies help, we will be stuck seeking other avenues. I will have to enroll Sam in school (and that will likely be a disaster). I really hate that insurance dictates the help a child can receive. Sadly, such is life.