i've been getting medical bills from rowan's hospitalization last year, totaling over $2k, and i've been really dreading dealing with it... worrying that medicaid was refusing to pay for it for some reason, and i'd have to spend hours arguing and haggling over the phone. so this morning i finally called both collection agencies who've been billing me, and both customer service reps i spoke to were wonderful. i got pretty much the same response from both: "just toss the bills; it's not your problem, it's ours. so sorry!" in one case they had me listed as the patient instead of rowan, and that's why medicaid wasn't paying. so they're just going to re-file under the correct name. in the other case, the billing department had just failed to submit the bill properly, or something. at any rate, i am so relieved!

we just ate a late lunch, and the kids seem bored and restless, so we're off to the park!