14 years of happiness. My wife Natalie and I are legitimate soul mates. Standing through thick and thin, always willing to go where the the military sent me. Those dimples have never faded - until now. Over the years we have lost multiple children to miscarriage. Each time, while devastating, we kept hope. "Next time" we would say. Specialist after specialist applied their vast knowledge in an attempt to diagnose and correct the problem if possible. And no one could figure the problem out. That is until last year, we became pregnant with our son Henry. And from the start our little guy had something special about him. And for the first time, we thought the stars would align for us! It was then we met the greatest doctor in Dr. Pamela Carbiener. And it was her that gave us hope. She successfully diagnosed my wifes condition as a weak cervix. With this knowledge she fought tooth and nail against medicaid in the fight for Henry's very life. And my brave wife was in the hospital for weeks stuck in one position. Almost super human, she endured. We were fairly sure that Henry was going to born early, very early. Even so, we felt if we could just hold on long enough - he would have a fighting chance at life. Henry fought like hell, and so did we. In the end though he was called back to heaven. And again we were crushed. Until Dr. Carbiener told use of a surgury that would allow us a 99% chance success rate at a full term healthy birth. About 11 years and we are finally being told we can have a baby! We we did our due diligence and crossed every T and dotted every i. There are less than a handful of doctors who perform the surgery as the condition is rare. We were interviewed and selected as candidates for him to perform the surgery. Scheduled fo October 17th 2016 in Chicago. We started planning and saving for the trip to Chicago. Then Medicaid sent us a letter stating our request had been denied. They stated that the procedure was not a covered service. Following the rules we requested a hearing. At that hearing it was shown that medicaid didn't even look at our claim. And "rubber stamped" our claim. So after a short scare, we won the appeal. Everything was a go, the only thing left was to have the surgery. Last week we recieved a letter stating Natalies insurance has run out. And in order to re-enroll she would need to be pregnant again. Here is the catch 22. We have to have the surgery before becoming pregnant. In order for the insurance company to cover the surgery, we have to be pregnant. We felt so close to realizing our dream of having a child, then it was ripped from us. Furious and determined, we called every agency and resource we could think of. Only to be told there is nothing that can be done. Lawyers say we do not have a case. We want our shot. Terrible people have children every day, and we cannot? It doesn't make sense. So here we are, with my attempt to make our dreams come true. I have to come up with $7,000 to pay for this surgery out of pocket, with no insurance. I have some saved as I've said, but times are tight for everyone. If your reading this, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for even listening to our story. Even if you, yourself cannot donate anything, please just share our story. Maybe enough people will help where they can and we'll have our baby. Thank you and God bless,