Guest guest Posted June 7, 2002 Report Share Posted June 7, 2002 Trisha, Mackenzie was also a big baby! She was 9 lbs 10 oz & 22 inches long but was 5 days late...I sure wished that she had come a little earlier. Trisha wrote: > > I say GO GAIL!!!! I got a letter from my perinatologist about Braedens > size too...he was 9lbs 11 oz 2 1/2 weeks early so I hope that > helps.... > > Another Cigna Crasader!!!! Trisha > > > > Hi All, > > I lost my spark for a while, but I'm back at it and working on my > Level 2 appeal to Cigna. I think I'm on to something and want to get > your opinions and advice. > > > > I spent the morning at the hospital where Sam and Sara were born > going over all of our medical records. I think that if I can prove > intrauterine constraint I will have a good argument that banding is > reconstructive and not cosmetic. Has anyone pursued that route > before? In Sam's file I found several places where they said he > was " large for gestational age " . He weighed nearly 8 pounds at birth > (37.5 weeks). In Sara's file I found where the nurses in the nursery > made notes about the bruising on her back where she was stuck against > my pelvic bones. There is notations in both their charts that they > were breech. Does that matter? Then I got copies of all my > sonograms (done at least every 4 weeks throughout the pregnancy) and > the last few reports had a hand-drawn scketch of their position in > the womb, and it never changed. I think that all this combined is > enough to prove that my big, fat babies were pretty cramped inside me. > > > > Also, I think I have found the article that CIGNA alluded to but > didn't reference in our most recent denial, and there is a huge > section in there about tort, plagio and constraint. I think this > would counter the part they used that said plagio is " simply a > cosmetic problem " . > > > > What's your take on this? Do you think it will work? Any > suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > Gail, official Cigna crusader, Sam and Sara's mom, DOC grads > > For more plagio info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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