Update: Well we have been home for 2 weeks now and starting to get into the swing of regular life. The day after getting back, Tina called Urgent Care and they had us go to Ambulatory Care because she was going to need x-rays on her chest. Nothing broken or fractured, thank goodness. She did have a case of costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilage in the rib cage) so they gave her pain/muscle relaxer pills. Definitely helped her sleep and its getting better. All her bruises are gone, good thing because they looked bad.
I went to my primary care doctor last week and they took x-rays too. They said there was still some air under my skin on the chest but it will dissipate over time. Overall things looked good. Gave me some antibiotics to help with the redness where the chest tube entered.
Two days ago we met with a lung trauma doctor. He pretty much said things looks close to normal considering what happened and he was happy with the progression of the healing. I am still pretty sore in both shoulders, neck and right chest. Definitely cannot lift anything heavy. Hoping to get back to normal and somewhat surprised that I am actually still as sore as I am. I want to do more but don't want to push it.
Medical bills, oh boy what a mess so far. We are trying to organize everything as it comes in and its getting overwhelming. Luckily we got a case manager with Tina's employer and she is helping out. She told us that the hospital and the air ambulance never got authorization from our insurance company. We have Anthem Blue Cross but its a special policy under the hospital that Tina works at. Apparently they called the normal Anthem and didn't even call the authorization number on the back of the insurance cards we gave them. The case manager is trying to get things authorized after the fact but who knows. Auto Insurance paid their $5k and they are done. We haven't seen the bill from the ground and air ambulances and we are still bracing for what those are going to be. We are discussing selling her family's property that has been handed down from her grandparents when her father passed away to provide some additional funds but we will wait and see. I had to fight with the insurance company on my truck on what they first offered me but I finally got $39,750 for it. They first offered me $31,500. Well all of that is going to medical unfortunately.
I appreciate everyone's kindness and especially those who are still helping us. We have never been on the receiving side of help and the raptor community has really humbled us. Tina has told me that she definitely wants us to stay off-roading because of the joy it gives us and all the friends we have made over the years. We cannot wait to see others again, most likely though it will be TRR 2021. See you then!