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Expanding on my post from the other night...with some added insight. A thread on #ChildhoodCancer
My sons Surgery to remove tumor cost $189k
Radiation treatment $127k a month for 2 months
His Inpatient chemo $23k just for room/board. (1/12)
My sons Surgery to remove tumor cost $189k
Radiation treatment $127k a month for 2 months
His Inpatient chemo $23k just for room/board. (1/12)
Once you add in #chemotherapy drugs it was a 40k minimum.
Outpatient Chemo cost $1600 per dose
There were 9 cycles of chemo. That means 3 outpatient and 1 inpatient for every cycle.
While doing Radiation 5 days a week for 2 months he also had weekly Chemo. (2/12)
Outpatient Chemo cost $1600 per dose
There were 9 cycles of chemo. That means 3 outpatient and 1 inpatient for every cycle.
While doing Radiation 5 days a week for 2 months he also had weekly Chemo. (2/12)
Add labs, MRI& #39;s, CT& #39;s, office visits, OT, PT, Hearing, Eye, Ortho, Endo, Drugs, ER Trips, caretaker for Derek, gas money, hotels, meals, therapy sessions, anti-depressants, leg braces, shoes that fit leg braces...
It adds up quick.
Over 1 mil in 22 months. (3/12)
It adds up quick.
Over 1 mil in 22 months. (3/12)
I want you to think about this as you head to #vote nationally and locally.
Many of you have stood by our side through Derek& #39;s Cancer Battle.
You donated money. You watched the dog, watered plants, attended fundraisers, shoveled the walk, made a casserole. (4/12)
Many of you have stood by our side through Derek& #39;s Cancer Battle.
You donated money. You watched the dog, watered plants, attended fundraisers, shoveled the walk, made a casserole. (4/12)
You were there for us.
Here is how you can continue to be there for us.
Locally vote for politicians that will expand #Medicaid in #SouthDakota. There is no reason we shouldn& #39;t be getting federal dollars from the #AffordableCareAct in this state. (5/12)
Here is how you can continue to be there for us.
Locally vote for politicians that will expand #Medicaid in #SouthDakota. There is no reason we shouldn& #39;t be getting federal dollars from the #AffordableCareAct in this state. (5/12)
We just got a letter from #DSS that Derek will not be covered to see his Proton Radiation Doctor @MayoClinic anymore because there are services like that available in South Dakota.
No, DSS, there isn& #39;t.
No place in #SouthDakota provides proton radiation therapy. (6/12)
No, DSS, there isn& #39;t.
No place in #SouthDakota provides proton radiation therapy. (6/12)
The specialists at @SanfordHealth sent us to @MayoRadOnc to save Derek& #39;s life.
Expansion of #obamacare would allow Derek to continue to see @n_laack .
Now if we choose to continue to see his specialist every visit to Mayo is out of pocket for us. (7/12)
Expansion of #obamacare would allow Derek to continue to see @n_laack .
Now if we choose to continue to see his specialist every visit to Mayo is out of pocket for us. (7/12)
There is no reason that any South Dakotan should have to rely on @gofundme, Church Pancake Breakfasts and bracelet sales so they don& #39;t lose their home due to a devastating sickness. If we voted to expand the #ACA no one would have to. (8/12)
I have a really hard time reconciling how kind and good people who have shown such love to us through Donelle& #39;s breast cancer and Derek& #39;s brain cancer are supporting a #POTUS who has repeatedly attempted to end the #AffordableCareAct (9/12)
Destruction of the #ACA means that #insurance companies would no longer be legally obligated to cover pre-existing conditions. Donelle and Derek could very easily lose coverage. Hell I could lose coverage. My mother. My in laws...so many friends and family members. (10/12)
I know what "he" says in interviews, that "he has a plan" & "no one will lose coverage"; but every single aggressive act he takes against the #ACA is a direct attack on my family.
Period.
#Election2020 can& #39;t be about party.
This has to be about #humanity. (11/12)
Period.
#Election2020 can& #39;t be about party.
This has to be about #humanity. (11/12)
In #SouthDakota we care for one another, we lift one another, we are good neighbors? Right? We& #39;re still that, aren& #39;t we?
Then prove it at the polls.
Vote for compassion.
#VoteBlue2020
#fightDerekfight
#childhoodcancerawarenessmonth (12/12)
Then prove it at the polls.
Vote for compassion.
#VoteBlue2020
#fightDerekfight
#childhoodcancerawarenessmonth (12/12)
