What God has done for us this week

Rascal has to have an epipen (a certain kind of shot) with him at all times. It is what will save his life if he ever has an anaphylactic reaction to nuts. These shots contain just enough epinephrine to give us 30 min to get to a hospital. They expire in a year and have to be refilled every year. We have always gotten our epipens for free with our previous insurance but we have a new insurance this year and it has no copays and a high deductible.
It's been great so far until we went to pick up Rascal's epipens. Since we don't have a copay, the coupon we previously had used to get them for free didn't work for us anymore. This meant we were left with paying $300 for the epipens. I left without them, hoping to find another way to get them at a MUCH cheaper cost.

I called our pediatrician and they tried everything they could but didn't leave me with another option. Fast forward a few weeks, someone at church unfortunately had to take their daughter (a teenager) to the er when she had a reaction to nuts after eating nuts all her life. They left the er with 6 epipens. Since they didn't need all 6 they gave us 2. We were extremely grateful.

All of us food allergy families have to look out for each other.

I got home and realized the epipens we were given were not the same dose as Rascal's usual ones (since she was a teenager the dosage was different). I decided to call and double check with his pediatrician and make sure we couldn't use these. I talked with a different nurse and explained the entire situation to her. She told me that I couldn't use the ones we had been given but would call me back with some good news hopefully. After a few phone calls back and forth and some MAJOR work on my pediatrician's part, they were able to get their drug rep to sign some papers and order us some epipens to give to us for free!! We were beyond thankful for their hard work and willingness to go the extra mile to make sure we got what we need without having to pay so much out of pocket.

God is so good and this is one of the MANY ways He meets all our needs.