Merry, we found out that the hold up is the insurance company wants a peer to peer discussion with the Radiologist to discuss the requested palliative radiation treatments before they decide on whether to approve them or not. Unfortunately for Liz, the doctor is away until next Tuesday, which means we will have lost last week, this week and next week before treatment will be scheduled, if at all. Our Human Resources VP has called the insurance company representative for my work place and has asked if they can expedite the approval, based on circumstances. I explained to the HR VP that this treatment is Liz's only option at this point, since the chemo failed to control the tumor growth. The insurance company was supposed to get back with us today, but like everything else lately, this too was an empty promise. I will be calling again tomorrow morning to get a status.

Our daughter's name is Vicky.