Micayah finally had his blood drawn today to check the length of his telomeres.  On January 23, the request was sent to Aetna to do this testing.  On February 1 it began the evaluation process.  On February 10, it became clear that Naomi needed a second transplant and so on Monday the 13th we inquired about the status of this pre-approval.  Aetna said that a decision would be made by the end of the day Wednesday, February 15.  That was a slight problem.  Ideally the test would be completed on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday and sent to Vancouver for processing via overnight delivery.  The doctor’s office and I both called Aetna each day to try to push it.  On Wednesday night, we received the go-ahead to schedule the blood test.  At 10:30am today, Micayah had the test completed.  Now we wait to know the size of his telomeres and confirm that he is still a good match for Naomi.  Here is a video that explains why we did the telomere test.

Telomeres – Danielle Townsley, M.D.