Rare disease, Ebstiens malformation of the tricuspid valve, at the time there was one doctor in N. America that could perform it, fast forward 30 yrs later, one of the doctors in that surgery was a Canadian and brought his skills back, when they gave me the option where I wanted to get my surgery, the original doc was in Toronto, setting to retire, Winnipegs doc wasn't as skilled so I opted for Edmonton, newest facility the Mazankowski Clinic in 2010 and one of the best Cardio Thorasic surgeons in Canada. It wasn't cuz Canada sucks, it's cuz I was born with a rare disease.