We had the follow up visit with the surgeon, Dr. Mitchell, today - just to check and make sure she healed properly - which she did.
He thanked me for my 'package' - I copied him on the original complaint which was a fairly large document. AND he told me that he and Dr. Steed have been requested to present their research into chronic appendicitis to a group of physicians at Alberta Children's Hospital. This was one of the things I requested in the complaint.
I'm still waiting for the official response from Alberta Health but it sounds like maybe we made a bit of a dent in their rigid stance against chronic appendicitis.
