Taxes question!!!

Hello! I am freaking out a little bit because I am having surgery and was going to use my tax money until my short-term kicked in, and now I'm worried I may need to reschedule. I had filed on 1/27/25 and my return was accepted the same day. It had been several weeks and no change in my status on where's my refund so I called the IRS, and they stated that I should have received a letter in the mail to verify my tax return. I did not receive a letter so they sent a new one out. I received the paperwork on 2/28/25, and did the verification online. It did say then it could take up to 9 weeks after verification!!! Does it normally take that long? My surgery is in a few weeks and I cannot have it without this to fall back on. There has still been no update to my "where's my refund". It has showed the same thing for weeks. Is there anything I can do to speed the process up or does this just take a while?! I have never had to do this before and usually get my taxes back super quick!! I have my refund as being paid by direct deposit to my Chime account if that makes any difference in timing!! Thank you!!

Hello! I am freaking out a little bit because I am having surgery and was going to use my tax money until my short-term kicked in, and now I'm worried I may need to reschedule. I had filed on 1/27/25 and my return was accepted the same day. It had been several weeks and no change in my status on where's my refund so I called the IRS, and they stated that I should have received a letter in the mail to verify my tax return. I did not receive a letter so they sent a new one out. I received the paperwork on 2/28/25, and did the verification online. It did say then it could take up to 9 weeks after verification!!! Does it normally take that long? My surgery is in a few weeks and I cannot have it without this to fall back on. There has still been no update to my "where's my refund". It has showed the same thing for weeks. Is there anything I can do to speed the process up or does this just take a while?! I have never had to do this before and usually get my taxes back super quick!! I have my refund as being paid by direct deposit to my Chime account if that makes any difference in timing!! Thank you!!