November 5, 2010

Yesterday I had Jessica come over to help me get the medical records together for the cancer diagnosis and the three-week stay Bill had in the hospital last year. I had spoken to a supervisor at the insurance company explaining that since the surgery our marriage had deteriorated beyond the point of just divorce but to restraining orders and a lack of cooperation. After the stunt with my paycheck, I am not feeling too inclined to cooperate either. It took us three hours to go through the 1000 pages from Kaiser. We finally copied three pertinent pages and wrote a cover letter stating the purpose of the three pages and summing up the total for reimbursement. It should come to $12,400. It would be very nice to get it. Bill agreed, through attorneys, that he would split whatever we get. As for requisitioning any other medical records, I don't know. That will be more for the attorneys. I don't remember whether or not we had received the records for his triple bypass. I thought we had. That will be an easier one to do. All we need is the proof of a heart attack and the number of days in the hospital broken down by days in ICU and days in a regular room. Then there's the hospital stay he had about six weeks after that. Those could amount to about another $6000. My half of that would pay for the property taxes---and then some.

Today I received an envelope in my mailbox at work. It looked just like the envelope that comes on the 5th and 20th of every month notifying me that my paycheck has been deposited into my bank account. Inside was a check, a check too big to be an extra-duty check and much too small to be my paycheck. It was, however, my paycheck. A paycheck roughly the fifth of my usual paycheck. The attorney's warrant had somehow nullified my direct deposit, the full amount for a month of spousal support had been deducted, and the remainder sent to me. I called my attorney to find out what the progress was with getting it changed so that the money is deducted twice a month. I had signed the form and faxed it back to him over a week ago but it needed to be signed by both Bill and his attorney. By the end of the day my attorney was threatening to go back to court and ask for legal fees if they didn't sign. Maybe by December, I'll be back on my old payment schedule.