Making the Decision

Since the doctor had been trying to talk me into doing IVIG for almost 5 years, I knew that this chat was coming. A month ago, she told me that she thinks I should really REALLY consider trying it with Sarah. I had already done my research and the idea of doing this terrified me. She asked that I would let them start the process with the insurance company. She told me it would take weeks to get things approved through them and they would probably have to appeal it and everything.

At this point, I started praying for a sign that it was the right thing to do. The following week, Sarah was getting worse instead of better. So after a morning of a big dose of steroids and several breathing treatments, I took her into school late. As I was talking to the nurse, I found out that she had done this therapy when she was younger. Then I called the doctor's office to chat about what was going on with Sarah, and the doctor told me that the insurance company had approved the therapy for Sarah within 2 hours, and they approved it for 10 YEARS! So not even as a trial basis or anything. Then, my friend who used to be the IVIG coordinator for the office she worked at called me because we had been trying to get together to chat about this and it hadn't worked out. And then, I met a lady whose daughter had just the therapy 6 weeks prior. All of this happened within about 4 hours, so I would say that I got the sign that I needed that this was the right direction. We just know she cannot continue to go down the same path with illnesses that she has been. She is almost never well.