Broken Hearted no more...

We went back to Childrens Hospital this week to have Maya's post-surgical ECG and ultrasound tests done on her heart. We were so relieved to hear & see that her heart hole has completely grown over, the left side of her heart has already reduced in size and she's now considered to be 100% healthy & healed. Yipee!!!!

Over the past few weeks, we've reflected on how lucky we are to live in Canada and how lucky Maya is for that reason as well. In Canada, the only expense we incurred for all of these hospital & doctor visits, the testings and the surgery itself was parking. That's it. Maybe a Starbucks or two. Had Maya been adopted by a family in the US, there is a great possibility that the initial tests to discover the problem would never have been done due to expense, much less the surgery for it. As this was a 'pre-existing condition' that existed before she was adopted, I think it unlikely that any insurance company would have covered the costs of the doctors & hospital visits, the testings or the surgery. Definitely not for the Starbucks. Her heart hole may have gone undiagnosed, and likely untreated, for her whole life. We are so lucky to be here...