Navigating Through Tricare

I spent most of the day on the phone, trying to navigate through the narrow, winding corridors of government health care. Tricare has taken care of us so far, but we are charting through new waters in this situation. I've always heard that things tend to get more difficult with Tricare when you have complications. So we are in a complicated situation, at least in relation to our other three births, which were a breeze. We just needed someone to catch the baby.

So now we have a case manager through Tricare, a woman named Gina who happens also to be a neo-natal nurse and will, figuratively, walk with us through the next nine months and afterwards. She is our direct line to Tricare and will ensure that we get the referrals we need for all of the special doctors necessary in this time. This is the first time I've heard the specialties of Perionatologist, Maternal Fetal Doctor and NeoNatologist, but apparantly, we will need to see each of them at various times in the pregnancy.

The blessing in the last few days has been that God has placed people in our paths that have given support, encouragement and good information to us. I feel like I am in the dark in terms of knowing what step to take next. One of Steve's co-worker's wives called me up last night and shared how to work out Tricare's benefits to cover all the specialized treatment we needed. My neighbor Annette has helped me process through the heart issues that this situation has brought up. Believing in what is true and not going with my feelings at every whim, knowing deeply and with confidence that God loves us.

It is one step at a time...