Interesting insurance issue...

The people at Froedtert are scheduling Carl's surgery and pre-op appointments and procedures. They were trying to get insurance approval, and sent in for the approvals on Thursday, January 13, 2011. The approvals should come back by the next day. I called the Dr.'s office late Friday afternoon, there was no answer from the Insurance company. I called the Dr.'s office later in the day on Monday, Jan 17, 2011. Because of Martin Luther King Day, most insurance companies are closed, and the Dr.'s office has not yet gotten approval. Perhaps this is one way of keeping insurance costs down. The earliest the insurance company will approve this procedure will be on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, when the approvals were requested Thursday, January 13, 2011.

In any case, it looks like Carl's surgery will be Monday, January 24, 2011. Please keep him in your prayers, and add him into the prayer chains at your church.