On A Medicaid Paperwork Phone Calling Binge

Or something like that! I have been working hard the last few days to get Maizie's Medicaid Waiver stuff from hell finished (if there is such a thing as being finished), Respite Care Provider has been chosen and will be met with soon and Maizie was squeezed in for a last minute psychiatry appointment. Whew! I have been working on these seemingly simple tasks for weeks...no...months.

I signed and mailed my divorce settlement papers today. I will be divorced in a few weeks! Wahoo! Writing this settlement has taken months. It is well written and takes Maizie's long term needs into account. J is pleased with it and I am as well. Big sigh of relief!

Everything seems to be falling into place. I'm walking on air.

It is amazing how ongoing processes like this can weigh a mom down and cause ongoing burn out. I feel like a new person. This will be the first time that Maizie has qualified for services.

So how did I finally get these services for Maizie?

Lets see...my husband had to take off with another woman (divorce encouraged me to move on a new path with better options), Maizie went through testing to be diagnosed as mentally retarded which qualified her for the mental retardation waiver since child support caused her income to be too high (ridiculous) for services. (Yes, I do hate those words and that diagnosis but I can't change the state's requirements and the terms they use.) Moving to a different state where there are better benefits has been the high light. Ah, what a wonderful process. Sigh.

For the moment the planets are aligning. I feel happy and positive.

Knock on wood.