Monday, January 17, 2011

Jumping Through Hoops

I had a tough time coming up with a name for this post. Some other options were: Watching My Money Go Down the Drain, Positive...or not, or Could it Get Any Better!. Here is what has been going on in the past week at the Troedel house: We got the information we now need to apply for Delson's green card and then can apply for his Certificate of Citizenship. Good news right?!?! But as with everything that comes from the government this too comes with a price. I won't get into all the details, but want to get to the meat of things. One of the things we need to do is have Delson get a physical at a Civil Surgeon (aka Federal Government Approved Doctor!). In order to get him this appointment we need to first get him in for a TB test. Simple right?!?! WRONG! We took him in last Friday so they could read his scratch test and he had a positive reading. Now, before you panic, the most likely reason for this is that he probably received a vaccine while in Haiti that would cause a false positive skin test and therefore would need to do a chest xray in the future to rule out TB. We have NO documentation of him having had vaccines while in Haiti, but it is possible. So today we had to bring him back to the clinic for a chest xray and also lab work (5 Tubes of Blood!). I had to cancel his appointment we had for tomorrow with the civil surgeon because we first have to have the proof that he does not have TB, so now he goes next week. Did I mention that we are unsure whether insurance will cover any of this since it is elective testing?!?! Great!
To put icing on the cake Delson also failed his eye screening at school (especially the depth perception part) and we need to bring him in for an actual exam ASAP...did I mention that we took him in April and they found nothing so insurance will not cover it unless we wait till this April to bring him in...
So there you have it! On a good note, I think that I am making some progress on my resolutions. This is a VERY good thing. And after all, it could ALWAYS be worse!!! Melissa

2 comments:

Angel said...

Melissa, Did you know that you can get a passport instead of a COC? I know you have renew it every five years, but it is still cheaper in the long run to get the passport. Your passport is the proof you need. I have been talking with a lawyer. Do you know any other details?

Cara said...

Melissa, I feel your pain. In yours and our circumstance, with the Humanitarian Parolee's, you are stuck paying the fee either way. The fee is to reclassify their citizenship, the Cert. of Citi. is sort of a "free-bee" (that you pay a lot for!). I know in "regular" cases you can get a passport, but not for us special ones!!
The TB test hopefully just indicates he was exposed, as a lot of the kids were.
I know it feels like it never ends...probably because it never ends...keep your head up!
Thinking of you and saying a little prayer...