After we found out that my unborn son had a hypoplastic heart, it was time to start seeing the plethora of doctors who would help my son live after birth. My wife and I took many trips to many doctors in the following weeks. We almost got to know how to get around the labyrinth that is Colombia Medical Center. I was quite impressed by the caliber of the staff at Colombia. I knew that my son's life was in the best hands possible. His cardiologist literally wrote the book on HLHS and his planned surgeon was on ABC for doing this type of surgery on a child in Boston. I felt better about hypoplastic left heart syndrome, but was never comfortable. At least once a week we were driving into the city from Long Island for an as many appointments as could possibly fit into one day's schedule. Angel at Colombia was our "handler" and he did a great job with our schedule - a great asset to the hospital.
We were also given the contacts of several survivors with HLHS. We were not alone.
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