To Heidi

[Guest guest]

Hello there Heidi,

I am so glad you have been feeling better and I hope you have a

wonderful day with your daughter choosing THE dress! What a

pleasure for a Mum!1

I understand the point about the teaching hospitals, in a way. I

suppose there is always a balance to strike. If it's a good

university teaching hospital, you know they will be at the cutting

edge (excuse the pun!) of surgical and medical research and are

unlikely to have been left behind. They attract the top profs after

all. I must admit I might be inclined to worry a little about other

hospitals just in case they are either insufficiently up-to-date or

possibly lacking in top specialists in an area as rare as CP. On the

other hand, it's true that teaching hospitals are always running

research and clinical trials and patients are needed for these! I

suppose on the whole I prefer the teaching hospitals for something

like CP but maybe not for more routine matters. I don't suppose you

can generalise; it must depend on which docs happen to be in which

hospital.

Whatever happens, I wish you the best possible treatment and I know

you will weigh everything very carefully before coming to a decision

on surgery, for example. You do deserve a pain-free time. It's our

dream, isn't it? I hope the current meds are sorted as well. I'm

sure your docs know that you are not going to exaggerate your need

for help with pain!

Enjoy your weekend Heidi and keep well!

With very good wishes,

Fliss