MISSINGROSIE said:If work does not...do not hesitate one second to go to the hospital billing / SS department and get that paperwork started on his behalf. Do not assume that he makes too much...has too much...owns too much... Hospitals receive breaks from the govt and they must take on some cases for just what the insurance pays...OR if he is eligible for medicaid ( remember he is not working ) then they help get that started because in every case where the patients insurance does not pay all the bill ...the remainder can be evaluated to be written off....they will NEVER approach the family nor offer...the family or patient must do it. First, the patient must be proven "not eligible" for Medicaid. So either way...good info about help and what to do is collected and provided for you. Also, when evaluated for write off or even discounted services INCOME is looked at..not assets ..income...and he is not working technically. So house, car, that is not looked at.

So again, never assume that you or anybody you are helping is not eligible for patient assistance.

@MISSINGROSIE if I want to print JUST this reply how do I do it??? Don't want to print the whole thread

@gingin

You can copy and paste to your word processing program, if you have one and print from there.

Just open up the post itself. At the bottom of the post to the right you will see Post # .....

Click that and it will open just the post and you can print from there.

gingin said:

@MISSINGROSIE if I want to print JUST this reply how do I do it??? Don't want to print the whole thread

My way (which may not be the best way) is to highlight it ...copy.....and paste in in a note or an email and print that

I didn't know that! See..learn something every day

I use a tiny program called Lightshot and highlight whatever I want to print/save/copy etc, and just choose Print from it. It's an awesome program and really small & easy to use.
https://app.prntscr.com/en/dow...

Alex did get out of the hosp on Thursday. He's doing OK considering. Had a bit of a stutter in the hosp, but it seems to be gone now...at least as far as I know. No sense of smell for now and he gets frustrated because of a loss of concentration or whatever it should be called...had car keys in his hand and couldn't remember what he should do with them...getting thoughts together with words is also hard at times. All normal for now in the process of healing, but he gets frustrated with himself. Wants everything back to the way it was, but he wants it YESTERDAY. Time to just give the healing a chance...after all it's only been a week.

Ginger ... that is common with head injuries. Have they recommended therapy to teach him what to expect and what he can do to help himself through the recovery process ?

Some of that sounds familiar, gingin. My DH's recovery from his septic-shock, circling-the-drain episode in MICU years ago, it took a long time for his brain to recover. When they finally took him off most of the machines, he only remembered nightmares from the time before that in MICU. He was wary of the staff there, thinking they meant him harm in some way, wanting to go home immediately. Little appetite. He had short-term memory loss and some other impairments of the mind. He had to re-learn some things, including walking, didn't truly understand some things that was said to him at that time. It was hard...and scary! Hoping your son recovers completely...it takes time, I've seen amazing recoveries while hanging around hospitals and such.

Ginger, glad to hear Alex is home with some improvement, even if it's slow going for now So scary for all of you

Ginger, I am happy to hear that Alex is home, it will take some time to recover and he will have to be patient.

Ginger Prayers for your son, you & your family - I'm sure he's angry and scared at the same time. It will take time I guess. I've never had to deal with anyone with head injuries, so I can say anything with knowledge, just love. Take care of yourself in the meantime.

Thanks all ya'll....things have been crazy. I *think* his "bed warmer" is more toxic then supportive, but there is nothing I can do about it and neither can his boys. I can only be here for them, Alex and sons, but NOT her...there is other stuff going on as well. I know I need to do for me, but this is night 3 without dinner...just can't bring myself to eat. This too shall pass one way or another. On hopefully an up side, I traded my Poppy in yesterday for a 2009 chevy malibu. BIG change for me, but at least now when I go to the PO I feel like I'll get home and with things the way they are with Alex that's important. Silver lining.....dogs can get breezes from the moon roof as well as the windows

Congrats on the new car!!!! Got a name?

Don't worry about the gal pal. My experience is that by ignoring living poison it diminishes the toxic effect... All toxins need to be actively under the skin to be successful..if you ignore it takes away the potency.

Make like a duck...let it roll off.

@MISSINGROSIE has it correct: "Make like a duck...let it roll off." There's your silver lining.

And Ducks have a mean bite when PO'd too!!

yeah, just let the bed warmer be ignored by you!!

@MISSINGROSIE the new to me ride is named Dusty

Saw Alex yesterday when I picked up the boys...he was a whole lot better then when I saw him on Tuesday

Yeaaaaaaaaaaa! See mama ...they do OK and sometimes when we worry ..the next time..it seems like no big deal. NOW that being said...I wish I can REMEMBERS that too.

I just saw this post on FB, I cannot tell you how very sad I am.

Ashley Brown with Sharon Webb Brown.
26 mins · Nashville, TN, United States ·

Well, the most talented, gifted both in her art and in her writing and most beautiful woman in the world has left this world and has moved on to a better place. Sharon Webb Brown had many many friends and past students who have loved her dearly. More information about the services will be posted at a later time.

Mama you are my angel and I love you...
Until we meet again...

With- Alyn Brown