The only test she has tested positive on is the one where she raises her hand over her head and then measure her pulse. I think the test was called the allen's test and it was a doplar study. I am not clear on what type of surgery it will be other than that the doctor plans on going in through the arm pit and removing the first rib. He says that the worst thing that could happen is that the surgery is unsuccessful and that the symptoms remain. He says that he has never made anyone worse. He also teaches at the local university in the vascular surgery department.

We are worried that if we delay surgery he will become annoyed and not want anything further to do with us. It took a long time to get a surgeon's interest. But, at the same time we are worried, based on the location and some reading on the internet, that the surgery might cause worse problems down the line.