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[quote=Anonymous]OP again - quitting our jobs is not an option and paying for a nanny is definitely where we are leaning.  We make enough and have saved enough that we can handle the cost of a nanny for a year though it will be financially painful.  Much less painful than pausing a career and potentially having trouble re-starting.

Home health could be an option - we have an LPN overnight that insurance pays for.  However I don't think a nurse is really what we need because 90% of the baby's care is normal baby care stuff and we really want that part to be done right - just that feeding is very different and the caregiver needs to be conscious and comfortable with keeping her g tube and central line clean, monitoring the pulse ox machine, and using the CPAP mask.

Finally, the prognosis for the baby is very positive - once chemo is complete she is expected to be likely to develop normally.  So we are really only looking at needing something for a year.  This isn't a tragic terminal cancer situation (or at least it is not expected to be - obviously anything could happen to any of us!).

Sound like we should be offering $35-40 which seems like its getting pretty high since the LPN through the agency would be $45 and I'm sure the agency takes a significant chunk of that.  [/quote]

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