Not So Fast

Well we really thought we had finally caught a break. Lord knows we could use one. And then, not surprisingly, another road block.

Iva's surgery may not happen. And as usual, money is the culprit. We thought by going to a private hospital, that they would have some sort of charity program to assist with the financing of her surgery. She has been told their foreign patient fund is depleted. Road block.

We tried to get her an American Social Security number to assist with applying with other programs. She was told she doesn't qualify to get one. Road block.

She was informed she would have to make a deposit, but no one can tell her how much the surgery will cost. She waited hours on hold. Waited hours for someone to return her call. Waded endlessly through the bureaucracy that is the American medical system. And all she knows for all her trouble, is that she will get a 40% discount and that she will have to pay an unknown portion of an unknown total amount. Road block.

Tomorrow we will have to make an appearance there to try our best to convince them that Iva deserves this chance. That this is her only chance. And that if they could just make a humane decision, rather than a business one, well, there is nothing in it for them except the peace that they did the right thing.

In the meantime, if anyone has an extra $50,000 and wants to contribute to a very worthy cause . . .