I had two different conversations yesterday about two topics that made me realize that I take two very important things fro granted....the fact that my baby/children DO NOT have to go to daycare and the fact that we have VERY GOOD and CHEAP health insurance. While at work yesterday, I was talking to another nurse. She shared with me how her sister just started leaving her baby at daycare. The baby is 3 months old. She said that she has had really bad "luck" and is having a very hard time leaving the baby. She has noticed that the baby has puffy eyes when she picks him up from crying so much. One worker made the comment that she had to "shake" him to make him eat, and she was told he gags a lot when he cries because he cries so much. This is not the first time I have heard horror stories about daycare. Another nurse told me one time that when she went to pick up her baby from daycare that the baby was cold and shaking because she was so wet from being in a soaking wet diaper for WAY to long! No way would I ever leave my baby somewhere like that! I cannot imagine being away from my baby for 9-10 hours a day only to come home to kiss them and put them to bed! All I have to say is Thank You God for the kind of Jobs that John and I have where one of us is always caring for our Children and I am so thankful that I do not have to work full-time somewhere....I know there can be a lot of controversy over working women/moms and we could go on and on about the choices one makes etc but for this Post.....I am making the point that I forget about how blessed I am with the situation that we have!!!
The second thing that I am grateful for is very good health insurance. My second conversation last night was with a fellow mom at church. She asked if I worked full-time at CHP and if the benefits were good. I explained that I only worked part-time and that only full timers at CHP get the free health insurance but that it didn't really matter to us because John had really good benefits. She asked how much we paid for health insurance for the family. I told her we paid $140 a month for the whole family (it use to only be like $100). She about fainted...literally!! Her husband has a good job...he is a computer/tech guy and she works from home doing graphic design. She said they pay $950 a month to cover their whole family! She is even thinking about getting a job at Starbucks part-time just to get the insurance. So I realized again, that I take this for granted. John may not make the biggest paycheck in the world but we have very good benefits. He gets great insurance and great retirement! I work for CHP so I am kind of biased a little but we just got named top 5 HMO in the country. My family has certainly had it's share of health issues. CHP has paid thousands of dollars for John's cancer treatment and followups. They paid for me to have a $15,000 elective heart surgery with NO questions asked. They paid for Emily to see a specialist out of town and paid for her to have numerous scans and then a $8,000 elective ureter reimplantation. We pay $7 for most meds. We pay $10 when we go to the doctor. We pay NOTHING when we have to go to the ER or ride in the ambulance (I know because I have ridden twice with a irregular heart rhythm) and pay NOTHING to have a baby, have a c-section, or admission to the hospital including Emily's stay at the children's hospital in Jacksonville. I have NEVER had to call and straighten out a bill or get a referral worked out or fought with ANY person over any issue regarding our healthcare. It really is a HUGE blessing that we overlook many days!
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