There are patient advocates on staff who do this for a living. Make sure someone has contact info for Mac's regular doctors and therapist so they can get any necessary records, then let them deal with it. You've got much more than enough to cope with already.

I like how we have people who know what they're talking about on any given topic.

I like how we have people who know what they're talking about on any given topic.

Whenever I can't figure something out, I consult the Buffistas before Google.

From asshooks to zunes there is always someone who knows something.

I know! It is so helpful.

I have no words for how sorry I am about this whole thing, msbelle. But you have our love and concern and we are thinking about you through this. And mac. Not to exclude him, just to say, don't lose you in all this.

One day, I will know something. One day.

oh fuck, msbelle. I am so sorry. Insurance is a bitch in every way possible (even when it is working perfectly).

I wish I had words to reassure you.

Msbelle, I'm sorry. My heart is aching for the both of you.

Elisabeth! You were LyraJane in the before times.

Plei, how is the peachfest going? Tangentially, my friend got married this weekend. For favors she made jam (peach and blackberry and strawberry) for all of the guests.

I feel like I'm stuck in an infinite peach loop at this point. Oh, and my mother and I can differently, so having her up to help might not have been very helpful. Or so she said on the phone to my Dad.

(I'm more of a paranoid control freak than she is.)

Hi LyraJane! Long time, no see! So glad to see your pixels around again!