Our journey started a few months ago when we found out my father needed a liver transplant ASAP. We looked for medical insurance here in the United States and were unable to find anything that would cover him quickly. My father is self-employed and has been for a long time so he doesn't have health care in place. He also has Cirrhosis of the liver which is considered a pre-existing condition.
Finally we looked into "medical tourism" and found www.worldmedassist.com which is a program based in CA that connects people like us with doctors overseas. We have gone through the process and approved for the program and I have been chosen to be the donor for my father. WorldMed Assist allows us to do a liver transplant if we have a blood related, living donor to provide half of their liver. Luckily the liver regenerates itself quickly in both myself and my father.
So today was the day we were scheduled to leave to New Dehli, India and we received a phone call from Wouter at WorldMed Assist on Saturday telling us that the doctor can't do surgery on us until the beginning of April. Although it was a big surprise, it's great we knew before we made the trip and had to hang out at the hospital for another 2 weeks. We already have to be there 2 weeks early to do testing for surgery.
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