The next couple of days my parents and I discussed the situation at hand, but the most important factor was who was going to perform the surgery. At the time, there were two surgeons we were considering, the surgeon who came to see me at Overlook Hospital, and the surgeon who my general practitioner wanted me to see at Columbia. At that period, there was no question in my mind nor my parents who we wanted to perform the surgery. We both wanted the Drs. from Morristown Memorial Hospital.
From my perspective I thought they showed a lot of initiative to come to see me after my initial diagnosis. And the hospital was fairly close to my house so my family and friends could visit me instead of driving a few hours away. Also, I was told that Columbia is a teaching Hospital, so I could have ended up having a surgeon who was a fellow in their last term performing my surgery instead of someone who had years under their belt.
The charisma and passionate story of the coordinator that we had met the day earlier also didn't hurt when she mentioned that her son had undergone open heart surgery when he was a young boy and the team at Memorial performed it and did an excellent job, so thats why I say she sold us on who was going to perform the operation.
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