tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post22186938760766947..comments2023-10-30T09:41:15.375-06:00Comments on just showing up: A happy goodbyeBrianna Heldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08224838737334231065noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-39481744523960814382009-07-02T14:44:35.509-06:002009-07-02T14:44:35.509-06:00I don't think I stated what I meant clearly - ...I don't think I stated what I meant clearly - I was suggesting that she assumed he HAD been in foster care and that you had adopted him, as foster children retain their Medicaid after being adopted. <br /><br />I guess as a social worker and member of a multiracial international adoptive family that has zero tolerance for racism on any level, I wouldn't have batted an eye at that comment. Medicaid is just a fact of life for the people who deal with the paperwork day in and day out, no second thoughts, no judgments, no stigma attached. <br /><br />And I'm anonymous because I'm not on blogger.<br /><br />KaliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-34101000179706877952009-07-01T10:56:05.186-06:002009-07-01T10:56:05.186-06:00that is horrible- especially if your children were...that is horrible- especially if your children were in earshot...they might not get what that assumption means now- but someday down the road they will. I wouldn't have confronted her in front of my kids either but a "heartfelt" letter would be arriving to the office addressed to the doctor! good luck finding a new doc.<br />MegMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042120171525403080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-2634607502601388412009-07-01T08:49:55.025-06:002009-07-01T08:49:55.025-06:00TOo bad you don't live in MN. I know a great P...TOo bad you don't live in MN. I know a great Pediatric Opthamalogist with appropriate waiting room cartoons (Finding Nemo, Cars etc.).<br />On another note I hope that you do bring Biniam to another eye doctor. It is possible that they didn't want to change his prescription because they assumed he was on medicaid and wouldn't get paid for the upgraded glasses. Just a thought.<br />I'd go for the warranty on the glasses too. Try looking at places like Lens Crafters, Pearl Vision or Target/Walmart optical stores. <br />Good Luck, <br />ClaudiaClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01487662921403129334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-54636036992604016802009-07-01T06:51:21.652-06:002009-07-01T06:51:21.652-06:00why don't you try Children's Eye Physician...why don't you try Children's Eye Physicians near the Park Meadows Mall? That is where we take our Yabeserra who has accomadative esotropis from malnutrition. I wouldn't say that the doctor is especially kid friendly, but he is competent!Joshua and Lydia Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258010904441312392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-77135959781076591122009-06-30T20:56:55.118-06:002009-06-30T20:56:55.118-06:00All About Kids... ironic.All About Kids... ironic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-14519566987100879962009-06-30T19:27:56.295-06:002009-06-30T19:27:56.295-06:00look for kids glasses with a warranty. We have two...look for kids glasses with a warranty. We have two pair and trade off while the one pair is being repaired. they will only replace the lenses once but the frames they will replace for a year no matter how many times. we have repaired mangled glasses more times than I can count. everything from they fell off and sister jumped on them to the dog stole them and chewed them.MoonDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707506968348810606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-60890919002878604552009-06-30T18:54:36.601-06:002009-06-30T18:54:36.601-06:00anonymous, i'm well aware that she may have th...anonymous, i'm well aware that she may have thought he was a foster child. i just didn't appreciate the assumption that he couldn't possibly be my son, or that if he was, we must be on government assistance based on the way we look. <br /><br />and jeannett ugh, i KNOW. it was weird.Brianna Heldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224838737334231065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-3709495003256527712009-06-30T18:45:47.759-06:002009-06-30T18:45:47.759-06:00oops, it's Jeannett...oops, it's Jeannett...andy gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137770860906001693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-49465086069359108202009-06-30T18:45:35.727-06:002009-06-30T18:45:35.727-06:00That, or my guess is that she assumed that you wer...That, or my guess is that she assumed that you were a single mom with lots of different baby daddys...and therefore, low income and needing medicaid. I really wish you would have called her on it and asked her why she would have assumed that. And MADE her explain herself. Crud like that ticks me off. Ugh.<br /><br />Glad you are changing offices. Hang in there!andy gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137770860906001693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-63361325712361004912009-06-30T18:41:01.059-06:002009-06-30T18:41:01.059-06:00She assumed Medicaid because she saw that he was m...She assumed Medicaid because she saw that he was most likely not born to you, and automatically thought he came to you from foster care. Kids who have been in foster care can be on medicaid until they turn 18 as an incentive to help more people with lower incomes or really expensive insurance adopt. They are usually also on Medicaid while in foster care, so most doc offices are pretty used to that, especially in a metropolitan areas. <br /><br />So she made an assumption that was probably informed by a lot of personal experience, but still an assumption and the incorrect one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14252293.post-56564293692582393042009-06-30T18:03:10.260-06:002009-06-30T18:03:10.260-06:00They most certainly are NOT "all about kids v...They most certainly are NOT "all about kids vision!!!"<br /><br />Medicaid, huh? <br /><br />Where are we supposed to file that?Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874232257064291731noreply@blogger.com