I currently live in Spring Hill, Florida.That's about 45 minutes north
of Tampa and 90 minutes west of Orlando.
kaye allard wrote:
God Jeremy, I am pissed with you. Please keep us posted. What city
are you in by the way?
Kaye
On 7/13/07, *Jeremy Dickinson* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Yesterday was a bittersweet kind of day. I had a meeting with Voc
Rehab
and Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program (BSCI). Voc Rehab is
currently
paying tuition, books, and nursing while I'm at school. BSCI pays
for my
nursing outside of school. Everything has been ok, until the
meeting. At
the meeting, BSCI told me that they need to cut my services to their
guidelines starting in October. Basically what they told me is
that if
I can't cut my nursing services down to 3 hours a day (I get at
least 20
hours a day now) they will terminate me from their program. That
means I
will not be going to school and I will not be able to move out. My
parents would have to take care of me 24/7. This is is so
frustrating to
me. My condition did not improve enough to not need nursing. I wish it
did. How can they help and support me and then tell me to cut back? I
can get attendant care and personal care but those people can't
give me
medication (which I get every 3 hours), they can't cath me, nor
can they
put oxygen on me (which I sleep with). I told them to put it in
writing
and I'm going to appeal the process. I'm just so pissed. I don't know
what else to do. Thought I'd share.
Jeremy Dickinson
C-3 Quad, 24
6 1/2 years post
--
"The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that
they provoke."
-Octave Mirbeau
