EDITOR:
If you read my letter published Oct. 2, it's obvious that I was frustrated and a bit confused by the situation that my family now faces with my daughter's epilepsy battle, our home foreclosure, and my being out of work. We are not out of the woods by a long shot, but I feel that I should share some of the events that have taken place since:
Yes, our prayers are being answered a little bit at a time... I wrote my first letter on Sept. 25. That same day, my daughter's Nov. 12 appointment with a specialist in Reno was moved up to Sept. 28 (still covered by insurance until the first). We spent about two hours with the doctor and she ordered a 48-hour EEG and blood tests right away and wrote a set of prescriptions (All were done prior to the first).
Before I had a chance to open the paper the day my letter was published, I got a call from a very concerned employee at Nevada Check-up whose boss had read the letter that morning and instructed her to find out what happened and to help get our information for processing.
She told me that the person I had spoken with a week ago was mistaken and that it should take less than 30 days to evaluate our application. She also e-mailed me some additional forms and then confirmed that she had received the necessary response information. Now it's just a matter of waiting to see what they say.
My daughter is still having seizures and has been out of school for the past week and a half, but we feel that we are making progress toward a solution.
At this point, it looks like my daughter may need to be hospitalized for more intense and controlled testing as the frequency of her seizures have increased. Amazingly, though, her own attitude has changed from one of self pity to one of concern for those around her and appreciation for the concern of many who are very concerned.
As for our home? We have applied for the state-mandated mediation and are awaiting a date for that to take place. I am hoping that a job might surface prior to that date so we have some negotiating basis. We know that we are in the prayers of dozens, if not hundreds of people and we are grateful for that. For those of you who don't believe in prayer, why not give it a try? It certainly won't hurt and you may be surprised. My wife opened up a 2007 daily devotional she found this morning for Oct. 6, and found Nehemiah: 4-14. I'm confident that we'll get through this as a family and be better people for it.
Dwight Olsen
Gardnerville
