Happy Monday!
Things have been somewhat quiet at the Paradeis household the last few weeks. Dylann's Dash went so awesome! Thanks again to everyone who helped, contributed, and participated! It was an amazingly heart warming day! I can't wait to watch this grow year to year!
Our trip to Philly is coming soon. We will be gone Thursday 10/8 to Tuesday 10/13 for her first visit. This is for her casting redo on her feet. Micah and grandma will be tagging along too. He wants to see his bestie Alayna and I know he's starting to Feel a little left out of things.
The only issue were running into is me trying to get FMLA. I've gone around and around with our vendor and get nowhere. They've only approved my time in Philly but don't seem to feel the same concern for her recovery time in the cast when she can't be at daycare. We will make one last attempt when I go out on October and can get a MD letter and 4th version of the form. Otherwise it looks like I'll be in the market for hiring my own PCA or in the market for a new job. I'm working on locating potential candidates.
So knowing this might happen I spent the better part of last week trying to get medical assistance for Dylann to get PCA. Well apparently they are not too interested in giving us that with our income unless I pay a hefty parental fee for MA tefra. To even be considered for that she has to be certified disabled by Hennepin county's SMRT process. That's unlikely. The Hennepin county SW I talked too did tell me that I sounded somewhat intelligent so I could probably figure out the 30 page application and really anyone who was somewhat "intelligible" could do it. That brightened my day. :). I'll private pay :). So, if anyone knows a PCA looking for a new job, send them my way!
