Medicaid and Stomach trouble

Ok, so Medicaid is NOT solved yet.  I called to give the hospital Natalie’s Medicaid number today and they said she was coming through as ineligible for the dates of service.  So, Social Security still maintains she is eligible for SSI from 1/11/11 to 2/11/11 and, therefore, eligible for Medicaid while she receives Supplemental Social Security.  Social Security says they do not administer Medicaid so they can’t tell me why it is coming across as ineligible so I should call social services.  After I got all this, I called up one of our DSS case workers and was sobbing by the time I got her on the phone.  Why is this so confusing?  She felt very sorry for me, I think.  It looks like the retroactive Medicaid application was perceived to be a duplicate application.  I was supposed to have it turned in by 5/4 so of course now it’s after that.  The case worker said she had a record of receiving our duplicate application on 4/19 so hopefully she could get the right people to accept it.  The particular case worker doesn’t know the rules about retroactive decisions so she couldn’t tell me what the answer would be but at least was trying to help me find the answer.

All that to say, I’m VERY confused about government programs right now and VERY discouraged that it might not come through.  The case worker told me she’d try to have an answer by the end of day tomorrow.  Please pray that Natalie would be eligible for Medicaid for 1/18 to 2/1.

Also, Natalie has not been pooping as much as usual- something like 3 to 4 times this week.  She’s seemed ok and still her happy self.  Right when I hung up with DSS, she woke up screaming in pain.  I’ve never seen her so hysterical.  I couldn’t call her down.  Her stomach felt hard, she screamed when I touched her scar, she screamed when I bent her legs to get gas out.  I finally decided to try and feed her and it helped a little til she fell asleep.  I called the pediatrician and they suggested a hot bath to try and see if it was blocked gas.  I’ve done that and some massage to expel gas.  She’s called down and happy again but it does make me nervous that her stomach is getting blocked.  Can’t believe I’m saying this but please pray that should would start pooping again.

Amy