college, PLT, and crying

[kiki_miserychic]

The director of my college called to tell me that she doesn't want me to come this semester. I'm supposed to be doing student teaching this semester and she doesn't think I'll be able to finish it. Somehow she heard that I was back in the hospital and now she thinks I'll replapse again. The college also wants a letter from my doctor saying that I no longer have MRSA before they'll let me come to class at all. I'm not any more contagious than anyone else, but I technically do still have MRSA. So the doctor won't be able to write a letter saying that I no longer have MRSA. Not only does the director of the college think I'm incapable of completing the semester, but she thinks that I'm going to infect everyone.

She couldn't have picked a worse time to call. I had just gotten out of the hospital and I was to take the PRAXIS PLT the next morning. I cried for an hour because everything is so messed up and I was feeling sorry for myself. I stopped crying, but one of my friends called and I lasted all of two minutes before bursting into tears again. I haven't cried this much in years. I don't know what to do. The biggest issue is insurance. If I'm not enrolled in college, then I'm dropped from my dad's insurance. If I'm dropped from the insurance, there's no way that I'll be able to pay the HUGEMONGOUS doctor bills on my own.

I took the PRAXIS PLT this morning. I studied quite a bit despite being in the hospital and such, but there was barely anything on the test that I studied. I'm worried about how well I did, but I don't think I failed. I know what I'm doing and I think I did ok, but I guess it could go either way. My friend's mother was driving her because the weather was so terrible, so she offered to pick me up on the way. I'm still not allowed to drive, so it was nice to have a ride there. We got about 9 inches of snow!

This is the longest I've been awake without taking a nap. It's kind of sad. In a perfect world I could take a semester off, but if the insurance is going to drop me, then I need to go to college, but the director doesn't want me to and is making it really difficult.

Comments

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

Oh god. I am so sorry for all of this.

Obviously, if you can, you'll want your doc to explain to your director that you aren't contagious. If your director is still being difficult - even after you explain that you need to stay in college to maintain your insurance - then you need to check exactly the terms of your enrollment and find out whether they are legally able to ask you to leave based on an (irrational) fear of contagion. There may be legal limits on how they treat students - it's possible that unless they have a legit medical basis for doing so, they can't ask you to take time off. So you should look into that.

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

Well, just because they "don't want you to come" might not mean that they will automatically officially unenroll you, right? There has got to be a middle ground--they should be able to let you take leave or achieve some other status that will also satisfy the insurance company...I mean it's LUDICROUS to think that a medical condition would keep you from being able to fulfill your insurance and then that's just it.

If you can't work it out with your school, then you will be able to work it out with your insurance. My brother got to be kept on my dad's insurance even though he was past the age limit and not in college because his health dictated that he had to drop out completely for a while. They like qualified him as super dependent or something (sorry, I don't know the details.)

These things always have loopholes. I swear, they do.

Sorry if I sound all strident, but I'm just really worried for you. Don't take this crap sitting down!

HUGSHUGSHUGS

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I know grade schools can't refuse if a child has MRSA as long as the wounds are covered. I'm not sure about colleges. Especially private ones.

I tried calling the insurance company, but it was already after hours Friday and it's the weekend. I'll try them on Monday.\

Thanks.

[kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com]

I get that they're freaked out I guess, but she wants a letter saying I don't have it. I said I'm not otherwise contagious, but she said I relapsed before and I might again. I tried calling the insurance company, but it was already after hours Friday and it's the weekend.