[crash] how to help

After drafting a long-winded and vague description of what we need help with, I finally took pheromone's advice and set up a web site to coordinate these tasks.  Thanks to Erik H. for suggesting lotsahelpinghands.com, which appears to be tailored to exactly this kind of activity.

If you have time and opportunity to come help, let me know and I'll send you an invitation to the lotsahelpinghands.com community that I set up for this. (The URL is http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/11181/ but it appears that I've got to invite you before you can sign into it.) I've created open tasks for the things that we need most right away (childcare and meals).  I'll add other tasks, like helping me organize the house, as soon as I figure out how to explain to people what needs to be done. :-)

It feels incredibly hard for me to ask for help.  Thank you all for making it possible for me.

[crash] better late than never

.... or something:

Dear Member:

After careful review by the Clinical Coordination Department of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, I am pleased to inform you that the request for hospital services made on your behalf has been approved.

Place of Service: Inpatient Acute Care Hospital
Type of Service: Medical Care

An "acute care facility" is what we were fighting to get keyne sent to after MGH, since her surgeon had stressed the importance of her getting "active, aggressive physical therapy" as soon as possible.  Because they would not approve acute care, on June 14 we accepted their offer of a "skilled nursing facility" instead.

The letter is dated June 16.  We just received it today.  Imagine -- that their costs have risen so that they have to use fourth-class mail for everything!  It must be horrible for them.  Just think, soon they may not even be able to afford enough staff to reject every initial claim that gets filed.