[mafree]

I'll pray for your brother and for the rest of you. My father, a Korea vet, always had a decent experience with VA and its hospitals- hope your brother's situation straightens itself out.

[MistyCA]

Thank you. I don't think one can be critical of those who provide the care at the hospitals. It is the bureaucracy that makes things difficult. My brother has received some excellent care over the years. Yes, there have been some mistakes and one takes a long time getting over having their records lost, etc, etc, etc. Many of the facilities have been vastly improved over the years. My sister did part of her residency at a VA facility and she is calling in all her chips right now too. They still call her to help them out with certain things and hopefully she will have a little clout.

ANOTHER QUESTION:

Suppose the VA continues to refuse the transplant. Does anyone know what we do to get Medicare to step in? And supposing that isn't an option, can't we just pay for it to be done?