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[pnwmom]

304. Have you ever had any surgery? Of course the incision size is important.

That's why people have laparoscopic incisions whenever possible. Healing is more difficult and more painful, the bigger the incision is. I also happened to have kidney surgery, through a couple of half-inch incisions. No sane person would prefer open abdominal surgery if it could be done laparoscopically.

You are forgetting that the first doctor, the one in NV, probably didn't have the background or experience to do that kind of surgery even if it was indicated. No wonder the parents lost confidence. They were very WISE to get out of that Nevada hospital when they did. Clearly, the doctor did a poor job of explaining the situation to them -- but even if he had, HE wasn't the right person or in the right hospital to do the surgery.

Would you want to have a major surgery for a potentially rare and life threatening disease in a state with a 46th out of 50 safety record?