Pic of the Day ~ Becca’s Peek-A-Boo

… One day in my PJ’s and I think the world would be a better place from my perspective. Just one day … Today was not that day … Today was the day they numbed my stomach to make sure it was tissue bruising and not ulcers (or something nasty like that) causing me discomfort (ummm yeah let’s call it as it is PAIN!) Thankfully I am alright except for the aches of bruising. Damn the life-saving seat beat all to heck!

Our health insurance is for the dogs (actually I think dogs get better insurance here!) They are making no exceptions or allowances for the fact that Becca is like not even two years old and that her vision issues differ from that of an adult, and therefore has different needs. I so love it when one insurance representative tells me one thing, lulling me into a sense of false security, then the next guy ripping the rug out from underneath me!

One of our biggest struggles is the fact that the majority of Optomtists do not have a wide range of toddler sized frames if any at all. Now I am a vain and determined mother, that refuses to buy frames that are ugly. Becca is being viewed differently because she is wearing glasses (you can be all polite but you know it is true!), damn I am going to make sure she looks darn tooting cute while wearing them.

The Eye Specialist was very positive on Wednesday, stating that Becca’s eyes are definitely improving which is awesome. It is not quite at the level of improvement the doctor would liek to see, so she prescribed bifocals and a new frame (to hand the new lenses). The bifocals should pull Becca’s eyes even moreso, and therefore straighten them to perfection. By doing so we avoid an eye surgey, which is really my goal as a mom. Hence why Becca loves her glasses and cries when they are removed. Her and I worked on the concept of wearing glasses, and continue to do so. There is a lot of positive energy involved in making sure we are doing all we can.

So when the insurance company tells me that they are not helping us do the best we can for our daughter, I turn into a Mother Bear. The poor supervisor on the phone last night, I am so sure he was wishing he was on break when I called. I yelled, I cried and came so close to completely loosing it on his butt. Eventually we came to a compermise that is so not good enough, but will have to do.

We have purchased a frame from a children’s eyeglasses specialty store, after hunting and searching for alternatives that our insurance would cover. The frames sadly will be our cost to bear, so yeah whatever. The company will cover the new lenses (excluding our co-pay of course!) so that saves us a few clams. Dudes, you realize that in Canada we would have been able to get what we needed for our daughter (obviously within the limits of the company) where ever we needed to no questions asked and surely not the running around that we have had to do. I feel so terrible for Americans that have to fight like this for their children their entire lives! I get that our plan is not the top of the line, but it ain’t half bad either. *sigh* Living here is so stressful, I so am loving the carefree lifestyle of Canada more and more every day that we live here!

Speaking of Canada….Happy Birthday oh Sweet Country of Ours! July 1st is Canada Day!!! How I hate to be so far on such a great day! For those of you enjoying a long weekend (both Canadian and American!) have a great weekend full of BBQ’s, beer, fireworks and good times!

Tomorrow there is a special surprise for you, in honour of holidays, bloggers and all that jazz….

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