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Lori Titus said the program was considering her total revenue and not just her profits.
She asked the program to take another look at her application but went ahead with the surgery as planned, taking the hospital's word that they would work out a payment plan with her if needed.
"They really encourage people to do what they feel is right and worry about the money later, which I believe is the right thing to do, but at the same time it's still very frustrating," said Lori Titus. "I knew that I was racking up a bill with the hospital that's the price of a house."
The Tituses were ecstatic when all three babies survived the surgery, but Baschat, their surgeon, reminded them to think only in small victories.
"I've done this for a long time, and there are stories that are heartbreaking," said Baschat. "We always say, don't thank us before you hear the babies scream."
Three months later, at three months premature and just one week after she was cleared for state health insurance, Arthur, Brannon and Charles Titus were born. Charles needed to be resuscitated at birth and received a blood transfusion, but by all other accounts the triplets did exceedingly well.
In September the triplets came home. While they need to be closely monitored for developmental problems, the daily challenges for the Tituses now are daunting in a different way.
Diapers for the triplets run $300 monthly, and there's always the possibility of mistaken identity, forcing the parents to keep the babies arranged in alphabetical order - Arthur, Brannon and Charles.
"A couple of weeks ago we flipped the order we keep them in, and we switched them up," said Dave Titus. "Lori had the hospital footprints out to match up which one was which."End.
"Miracles really happen. Just have faith."
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