He's definitely giving me a break on the cost, but it is still very expensive. When he did the first surgery this shunt would have been about the size of a thread and would easily be missed. The question is why did it fill out and form? His liver attained it's normal size and there was no portal hypertension, which basically means that the blood didn't get backed up in the main vein going into the liver. Usually second shunts form when the liver fails to develop and cannot handle the increased blood flow. That was not the case with Indy. But bottom line is, we're back to square one. If he doesn't have the surgery he will die and all the money I already put into saving him won't have mattered anyway, so I don't have much choice. It wouldn't matter whether they gave me a break or not. As my husband says, I have turned him into a terrible mamas boy, and I'm proud of it! |