Wednesday, March 10, 2010

One more shot!

Yesterday we did find out that the insurance wont cover the Avastin that I told you all about. They said it's because FDA hasn't approved it for John's cancer and they don't want to be responsible if the medicine were to hurt John more than help him. LAME!! I tell ya!
Anyways, finally the lady from the doctor's office called me and she said we have one more thing we can try.

There is a reimbursement link on the Avastin website that Dr. Gray told us about. He told us that if we apply for it they may pay for everything or give it to John for cheap. So this is what we are hoping for. Genentech is the name of the company and they require that you try your insurance first. So yesterday after we found out, John went and signed the paperwork for Genentech. They will be calling us soon to verify our income and we will see from there.This will be the last shot to get this medication, without help the proceedure and drug would cost $10,000.00 dollars every two to three weeks. So it's not cheap. It's unforunate that we have the drug in the United States and it is this hard to get it for a 25 year old who needs it! We are hoping still and I will let you know as soon as we find out!

Thank you everyone for your support and love and prayers!! We love you all!!!