Rare Complication: Heart Transplant

OHIP Dept: She has had frequent rejection episodes and more recently has developed recurrent post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, a rare complication, according to The Star. But it s considered experimental here, and OHIP has refused to pay for Julia s out of country treatment, which costs $60,000 to $80,000 per three-week cycle and julia Morreale had a heart transplant when she was eight months old, but that was not the end of her battle. Doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children believe the best hope for the 6-year-old is CTL therapy, available in the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.