Baby Heart Operation this November
Today we went to see her surgeon, he explained to us why the operation is necessary, basically if we don't do it now, as she grows older her condition will damage other parts of her organs, such as her lung, by then it would be another kind of problem that we have to deal with, so best is just do it now and solve the problem at its root.
We asked if there is alternative to open-heart surgery, he said for her case no because he needs to patch the hole, problem is there is a missing part, so he needs to use some of her tissue for patching. He mentioned that most likely in her lifetime she only needs to do it once, hopefully that is the case.
So now we fixed the surgery date in Nov, they also emailed me the estimated cost for C and B2 wards:
Seems like C or B2 I probably don't need to pay any cash, all can pay by Medisave, but I will just choose C, no point choosing higher and pay more.
We asked if there is alternative to open-heart surgery, he said for her case no because he needs to patch the hole, problem is there is a missing part, so he needs to use some of her tissue for patching. He mentioned that most likely in her lifetime she only needs to do it once, hopefully that is the case.
So now we fixed the surgery date in Nov, they also emailed me the estimated cost for C and B2 wards:
C Ward |
B2 Ward |
Seems like C or B2 I probably don't need to pay any cash, all can pay by Medisave, but I will just choose C, no point choosing higher and pay more.
Comments
But I think it's ok, reason why baby needs open-heart is because her surgery is not that straightforward to do with non-invasive procedure, have to patch the hole with her tissue as it is a missing part, not just a hole.