Thursday, January 15, 2009

Need a Prescription?

Brian's been having trouble with his allergies so he went to see an allergist one day after school. The school nurse gave him a ride to the hospital, the allergist was able to see him, some tests were set up, and the doctor wrote two prescriptions on a piece of paper.

The next day Brian and I set out on a walk to get the prescriptions filled. The first pharmacy we walked to only had one of the prescriptions. This was a problem because both prescriptions needed to be filled at the same time to get them covered by insurance. We headed out the door and walked about a mile to the next pharmacy. They also had only one of the drugs, but said that they could call and have the other one delivered to the store in about 10-15 minutes. This was great news... until we found out that this pharmacy doesn't take our insurance. It was too late to walk to another pharmacy so the prescriptions wait for another day.

Another example of how everything takes longer here...