u/lostmymarbles1177

Location: Massachusetts. I had my appendix out last month in an emergency type situation at a local hospital. I was in acute pain and was told the scans showed appendicitis and that it had to come out. I was in the hospital for around 12 hours from around 9 pm to 9 am. Today, I received a notice dated 06/01 from my insurance company stating that they had denied the procedure due to lack of response from the medical provider regarding documentation of medical necessity. They stated that they had reached out to them multiple times and the provider had failed to respond. They stated that I had 30 days from the time of the notice (I had been away the past two weeks so just received it today) to get the provider to respond to appeal the decision, and when I messaged the doctor, I got a vacation response stating that they would be away until the 28th. Im guessing that they went on vacation and missed the notice, my question here is will I be liable for the 60k bill if the provider fails to respond?

Hello, I have two littermate kittens, age six and months Gus (male) and Miko (female). They are more like full grown cats at 10 lbs and don’t really know how big they are yet. Typically I play with them a LOT and they are very well behaved. They also have interactive toys as well that they like.

I just had my appendix out a couple days ago and it was bad timing because my SO is away on business so I am running things alone. I am Gus’s preferred person and he is used to sleeping on my stomach and getting lots of pets and cuddles and play from me. Miko likes me but has mostly been languishing by the door waiting for my SO to return and sleeping quietly next to me.

The problem is, I cannot play with Gus as much and he cannot sit on my stomach as he jumped off me roughly earlier and ripped some of the surgical glue. I have been gently moving him and also have ignored some of his play requests due to being tired and in pain and it’s making him MAD.

Every time I gently remove him, or throw a toy for him instead of getting up and using his teaser wand like he wants, he will have a veritable temper tantrum and destroy something or knock something down.

This morning, he swiped a rather large glass framed picture off the wall, and he also swiped my tea onto the floor. He climbed the drapes today and bent the rod and now as I write this, we are in a standoff with him on the dresser leaping repeatedly towards the now bare curtain rod trying to grab the cord for the blinds.

Please help me. He is pulling Miko into his shenanigans and they are also fighting. I feel like a terrible cat parent and have tried so hard to set limits and not spoil him but he is acting so rotten.