Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday Afternoon


As Barbara said I was having internet connection problem the other day and then I did not want to post last night while everyone was preparing for the storm and now while everyone is waiting for the storm but a lot of people have been emailing me and asking me and my brother Seamus why I have not posted so here it is.

MikeyD had a good night Friday night with Cookie she is great with him she bought him a couple of no spill cups so he can have some water himself he was showing people how they worked. Cookie thank you so much for staying with MikeyD for us we really appreciate it.

Saturday afternoon he started getting stomach pains and did not want to eat anything, he was real happy to see the Provenzano’s and Ryan Bragg even though he was uncomfortable I could see the difference that the company made him feel much better, I knew he was not feeling good when Leon went out and bought Pizza and soda for everyone and he would not even have a piece of a slice and he loves pizza. While Leon went to get the food with Ciara and Ainsley. Marla, Jonathan and Ryan  got to go to OT with MikeyD   I even had the boys to join in and help move his legs around. Saturday night after Ciara, Ainsley, Will and Harris left he had real bad pain in his stomach and I was up with him all night trying to make him comfortable I had to call the resident doctor to come in and see him around 6 AM Sunday morning. He could not eat any breakfast and was getting all his medicine which I knew would make his stomach worse. He could not eat any lunch either. He had a nice surprise when Tracey Tucci and Barbara Amodeo walked in with Paul, Dominick and Anthony even though he had not eaten since Saturday at noon and was uncomfortable it made his day he had a big smile when he seen them and it really changed his whole afternoon he had a lot of fun with everyone especially Tracey and Barbara they had him belly laughing again. Barbara Cassin sent me my favorite brownies and he even ate a little piece of the brownie the first bit of food since Saturday at noon. You may not see it but we do when you guys come to visit he is 100 times better than when he is just by himself with us laying around the hospital. I think he feels more comfortable and not so deserted wondering where he is and if he will ever get out. I know that your company will help him to ten fold in his recovery.

We would like to thank you so much from coming to see MikeyD this weekend it means a lot to him and  to us.

Mikeyd had another rough night in pain last night and Moya was up all night with again last night. They just took him down to do some X-Rays to see if they can find out what is causing him all the pain it is so hard to watch and not be able to do anything for him. I hope they find something that will give him some relief soon.it is bad enough to be laying around with two casts on your legs and not be able to tell anyone how you are really feeling. We will hope and pray that all of you and you families are safe during this storm.


Keep the faith and Believe in Miracles .
Please keep Praying and Posting.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Friday Afternoon



MikeyD is sleeping better since they changed his medication on Monday Thank God.
he had a good night sleep on Tuesday  and Wednesday night he still wakes up every couple of hours for water and does not sleep through the night but at least he is getting a couple hours of sleep a night.
they say that sleep is the best thing for a brain injury we really believe that all your prayers are working. The Dr. is talking about injecting MikeyD with Botox shots to help relive the muscle spasms that he is getting and are causing him pain we hope they work. Cookie is going to stay with MikeyD tonight, the girls are going to stay with Aunt Gail and Moya and I are going to go out to dinner. We also have my Mom sister Diane, Jean Marie and other family members and friends offering to stay a night here and there with MikeyD which is great we will work out a schedule for that. The support from all of you on the blog in the many different ways is greatly appreciated by my whole family. We cannot thank you all enough for posting all your kind words of love and support for MikeyD we are so happy to see the post from all of you on how you check the blog morning and night.
it was great to see the post from the Tucci family and read how happy Paul and Dominick were happy to see MikeyD smiling I was happy to see Paul and Dominick smiling. I know MikeyD was happy to see them. When they came on Sunday MikeyD was not the same as he was on Saturday due to the fact that he did not sleep on Saturday night at all so I thought they did not enjoy the visit I was happy that they all enjoyed the visit with MikeyD. Makes us all happy to see the post from Barbara Cassin that she was driving out of town and seen all the Green ribbons. It is great to see that Dawn Gervase said that her family will add this prayer to the list of prayers they already say for MikeyD along with the post from Donna McCann and all the rest of you offering help and support.   We are looking forward to the day  that MikeyD can say to Peggy Dunne thank you so much for being my prayer warrior . we would like to thank all of you for your prayers and support.
Please pray that MikeyD will speak soon again one day.
If you can visit MikeyD it will be greatly appreciated it. I do agree with the Dr. that familiarity is the best thing for him right now. If you are planning to come see him ask the kids to think of questions that can be answered yes or no. Also tell him you have a lot homework even if you don’t then ask him if he has any homework.(it will make him smile)
You can also remind him of stories of thing that happened in the past.
Visiting hours are from 1 in the afternoon to 8:30 PM at night. Weekends are good and if anyone can make it after school during the week would be great as it is very quiet for him during the week.

Keep the faith and Believe in Miracles .
Please keep praying and posting.
I would also like to  remind everyone to please say the Novena from Sandy for three days.
Copied and pasted from her email .
If all of us say the following novena we will Get our miracle:
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
Oh most beautiful flower Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine  , SPLENDOR OF HEAVEN BLESSED MOTHER OF THE SON OF GOD IMMACULATE VIRGIN ASSIST ME IN MY NECESSITY. OH STAR OF THE SEA HEAR ME AND SHOW ME HEREIN YOU ARE MY MOTHER.OH HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH I HUMBLY BESEECH U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO SUCCOR ME IN MY NECESSITY HEALING MIGHTY MIKEYD . THERE R NONE THAT CAN WITHSTAND UR POWER.OH MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE (say three times) HOLY MARY I PLACE THIS CAUSE IN UR HANDS (say 3 times )
Say for 3 consecutive days . U must publish it and ur request will be granted.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Wednesday Night

MikeyD finally had a good night sleep last night. He woke up a few times for a glass of water and went back to sleep. He did not eat well today he got up at six AM and did not want to eat anything he took all his medicine on an empty stomach he gets about eleven different things in the morning and a gain a few times a day. I did get him to eat a yogurt late morning and all he had for lunch was a small grilled cheese sandwich. He had a full busy day of PT,OT and speech therapy for diner he had Chicken Parm he ate about half and was not able to hold onto it probably not a good idea. A lot of you have been asking me why he is in cast on both his legs so I will answer it now. Whenever someone has a traumatic brain injury you get what is called muscle tone where you muscles tighten up and lock you lose control of your muscles they tighten up and you also get muscle spasms.  They take your ankles and stretch the Achilles and the muscles in your legs and hold it they then cast you in that position for a week. Next week they take the cast off and pull your ankles back further and stretch it some more and cast your legs again this goes on for three weeks. It is like you were stretching before a work out and you go into a position to stretch for a few minutes and instead you kept the stretch in that position for a week. Due to the TBI MikeyD cannot even sit up without someone or a wheelchair holding him in a position he is either laying down or sitting in a wheelchair and when he is in the wheelchair he has to be tied in with a seat belt and across his chest. We will keep the blog going a lot of people called and emailed me about how they go to it every morning and night and how they share it with their family also the power of prayer for healing MikeyD  that is received from it is awesome. Tonight Brian Hill came to see MikeyD after work tonight and while he was there he witnessed MikeyD battling a bout of pain he was moaning pretty loud before Brian left we stood and prayed over MikeyD and Brian witnessed him bless himself and then he folded his hands in prayer even though he has a hard time keeping his left hand open it was great!

We will add from Price and Liotti yesterday Keep the faith and Believe in Miracles to please keep praying and posting to the end of every post.

I would like to share something I received late last night in an email from Sandy Abadir and I would also like to ask  everyone to please say it for three days.

Copied and pasted from her email .

If all of us say the following novena we will Get our miracle:

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

Oh most beautiful flower Mt Carmel, Fruitful vine  , SPLENDOR OF HEAVEN BLESSED MOTHER OF THE SON OF GOD IMMACULATE VIRGIN ASSIST ME IN MY NECESSITY. OH STAR OF THE SEA HEAR ME AND SHOW ME HEREIN YOU ARE MY MOTHER.OH HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH I HUMBLY BESEECH U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO SUCCOR ME IN MY NECESSITY HEALING MIGHTY MIKEYD . THERE R NONE THAT CAN WITHSTAND UR POWER.OH MARY CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN PRAY FOR US WHO HAVE RECOURSE TO THEE (say three times) HOLY MARY I PLACE THIS CAUSE IN UR HANDS (say 3 times )

Say for 3 consecutive days . U must publish it and ur request will be granted.

Never known to fail

Our prayers and thoughts are with u .

Thanks and God bless!
The Abadirs

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Tuesday Night


I am sitting on the chair next to MikeyD's bed he just fell asleep and as always no one knows for how long then the nurse comes in at all hours to take blood pressure etc so if she does not wake  up on his own someone else will wake him up. so before I lay  down on the COT  for whatever rest I can get I will do the blog now. After a tough weekend we spoke with the doctor on Monday and let him know that MikeyD was not sleeping at all and he was having major stomach problems. When someone has a Traumatic Brain Injury  they give you medicine to try and stimulate the brain and they cannot give you heavy duty sleeping medication with TBI so it is a rough balance. The Doctor did lower the brain medicine and he is not getting it in the night time anymore he only gets it in the morning before this it was morning and night. So far so good he did get some sleep last night and is sleeping right now. I hope I fall asleep before I hear the fingers snapping. He seems much better today after getting some sleep and they gave him more medicine for the stomach problems. Today MikeyD got two new cast put on his legs.When everything settled down tonight and the Sullivan's left I took him out of the wheelchair and put him in the bed I sat in the chair next to the bed I was showing him pictures and he started pointing to the cast on his right leg and he wanted me to take it off I said no I can't he started acting like he had pain so I checked the circulation in his toes and it was fine blood was coming back quick it was just him being MikeyD and messing with me trying to get me to take them off. The cast are a three week setback from really moving forward. I was really thinking about shutting the blog down and not posting anymore after the weekend that we had I figured Monday would be my last post. Then today a couple of things happened a lot of people that cannot post on the site send emails directly to me with their post. I received a very powerful email from a friend about how his life was changed by MikeyD  and how he starts his day by going to the blog first thing every morning.

I receive emails and phone calls from doctors and nurses telling me how they were inspired by MikeyD and how much they have become attached to him and follow him on the blog.People tell me they had lost their faith and are now praying because of MikeyD. Then I went to the blog tonight to read the post and when I open the post from people it shows me the last post it was from Ken Liotti and he was talking about how many lives that MikeyD  has changed and how he has made people more caring , forgiving and opened their hearts. Then I read all the post from Sarah one of MikeyD’s nurses from CHOP, Peggy, Rooney’s in Dallas, Barbara, Regina and all the rest of you and I said  we need to post for another day. The blog gets over 3000 hits a day For a little boy who cannot talk he sure is speaking a Big message to a lot of people!

Please Keep Praying and Posting.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Monday Afternoon



It has been all downhill since Saturday night after the Company left. I would like to apologize to anyone who came to see MikeyD on Sunday he was not the same as he was Saturday, we had a rough night he only slept for about an hour on Saturday night and then he was up all night after that. He was very thirsty and kept drinking water he drank 8 full glasses through a straw while I held the glass it takes a while to do that. I tried lying on the cot  next to him but he kept snapping his fingers and he was really wired all night suffering with muscle spasms and having stomach problems so I just stood over him all night. He went through the day on Sunday as best he could and tried to smile for everyone I carried him in and out of bed a bunch of times to sit in his wheelchair for the company but I could tell he was in pain one time I laid him back in the bed and  I hit his stitches on his chest pretty hard and he was crying you would not believe how bad I felt. Sunday night around 5:30 he fell asleep for about an hour or so while everyone was there he woke up after that and has been awake ever since and has been in pain and discomfort with stomach problems he keeps going to the bathroom and has to be changed constantly he is all sore now. He missed therapy this morning because he is so sick he has had only a total of about 4 hours sleep since Friday night and has hardly eaten anything. Moya and I are both getting so tired and depressed at least if he could talk he would be able to tell us how he feels. I do not know how much longer we can watch this little 12 year old boy suffer like this. It is getting much worse instead of better.
Your kind words and support have been so helpful to my family especially my daughters.
Please keep praying and posting.

Worry eats away at my heart and anxiety chases any chance for rest. I pray I say my rosary I contemplate your image. My prayer is weak but I know your heart is full of tenderness and you understand my distraction.
Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over MikeyD . Heal MikeyD  soothe MikeyD, console MikeyD and bless MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand me. 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Saturday Night


I am sitting on the chair next to MikeyD's bed the company just left and he is sound asleep. How long will he sleep no one knows he may wake up ready to go for the night in a few minutes. He did not sleep for two days before this .

I never knew how happy you could make a little kid by cutting a cast that was too tight off his leg.

he is hanging out with a cast on his right leg and one air-Jordan high top basketball sneaker on his left foot since Thursday night and is fine with it.

MikeyD had a great day Friday he was much more comfortable than he was on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday night Chris and Jen came up to visit MikeyD and he had a blast with them he really likes the way Chris dances that got the belly laugh going then he had a good time with Jen going over some sign language. He had fun thumb wrestling with them. Today was another real good day for MikeyD because of all the company he had it started early in the day and just ended tonight the Hills left shortly before the Hilfikers and Uncle Seamus who just left, one of the nurses came up to me and said he is having the best day I have seen yet you could see the smile on his face all day because off all the company the Dr. at CHOP was right the best thing for him is to have a bunch of people he knows friends and relatives around him. he was smiling, laughing and joking all day. Anyone that has been hear to visit MikeyD will tell you for a kid that can’t talk he sure can communicate and have a good sense of humor. He even made his sisters Julia and Ciara think that they made him cry the other day and then he started laughing .Thank you for coming to visit MikeyD today and please keep the company coming the more the better. I really think that hanging out in the family room with a bunch of friends like he did today will help him to get his voice back one day. Thank you God for giving MikeyD two pain free  days with family and friends.

Please keep praying and posting.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Thursday Night

It was a long rough day today.

after I called the President of the hospital yesterday I wrote a letter about how unhappy we were and that we were thinking about moving MikeyD out of there she asked me to give them another chance.

I told her  I would like to have a meeting and get some answers as to why MikeyD was casted when he was walking when he came in usually it is the opposite I told her no one could answer my questions, we set up a meeting and went over what we expected I sat down in one of the nicest conference rooms on top of the hospital with the top people and told them why I was so mad and what I expected from here on forward, I then met with the therapists and went over all the details. All day today everyone was so responsive and helpful,

tonight Cookie Paczos came to visit in case you don't know  who Cookie is she is our neighbor and very close friend more like family than a friend she has known little MikeyD since he was born and is very close to him. When she first got there he was fine after a little while he was in extreme pain again someone said we will take the cast off tomorrow and have it checked out Cookie started yelling tomorrow is too late. Then the nurse came and said do you want MikeyD to have his pain killer now or wait until later because Moya wanted him to have it later so he would sleep better. Cookie had to go to the bathroom  when Cookie was gone the great nurse Margaret came in again and said to you want me to give him his pain medicine now and I said no please hold off as soon as Cookie gets back I am going to cut this cast off and she said are you really  going to do that and I said yes I am she smiled and said  I will help you she got her tool out and by the time Cookie came back we were cutting off the cast Cookie joined in right away we were holding his leg up and cutting off the cast before you knew it we were having a cast cutting party. Then the charge nurse came in to see if Margaret could work over time tomorrow and she said what are you doing and she said Dad wanted to cut the cast off and I am helping him then the charge nurse joined in as soon as we got it off the head nurse Connie said you got this just in time what happened was it was too  tight and was cutting off his circulation had we not cut the cast off  he would have had some major problems. I am really mad at myself for not taking that cast off on Wednesday when I knew I should of I little my little boy suffer for more than another day by not doing it.

Please keep Praying and Posting for MikeyD.

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD 

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Wednesday Night


The battle for this poor little boy gets harder and harder I would not want to see an animal suffer the way this 12 year old boy has suffered. Before the meeting Yesterday Mikeyd pulled the feeding tube out again. At the meeting we had I spoke with Dr Y we got him to agree to leave the feeding tube out for a few days and see how he does he already lost a ton of weight and a few more pounds for a few days could not be much worse. Sure enough The first night without the feeding tube also the first night without throwing everything up might be just a coincidence. He had one good night without the feeding tube and was so happy it was short lived and traded for two leg cast. When Mikeyd was moved from CHOP to CSH he had good range of motion in his ankles PT worked them by day I worked them by hand at night when he was lying in bed so they would not lock up before he left CHOP for some reason which no one can explain to me they decided to put both his legs is cast today all the way up to his knees they bent his ankles back and casted them, the right leg was fine but the cast on the left leg was to tight he laid there in pain for three hours without being able to speak he was able to communicate with me where the pain was I called the nurses and told them what was happening they told me that only the person who put the cast on could help him and that they were in a meeting after watching him in pain for three hours a nurse named Margaret felt so bad that she got a special order for some pain medication. I called the Hospital admin at that point and said if someone does not come in and help him I will go to my truck and get my tools and cut the cast off myself. Four hours later someone came to cut the cast back where it was causing the pain. I can't imagine lying in bed for 4 hours in pain not being able to speak or yell to get any attention. He did have one good hour tonight with his Uncle Charlie Aunt Jean Marie cousins Erin, Brendan and the O’Reilly’s before the pain medication wore off and then the pain started all over again. I hate to do this to my family but we may be going back to PA I will be speaking to some people tomorrow to see what we can do. This is like one step forward and 10 steps backwards.

Carol we just seen your post for Bonnie Siegel thank you Bonnie and we will send your love to Julia. Thank you Carol Force for always posting and for your support. Thank you Mrs. Wiltbank for being  there for Ciara. Thank you Ms. Gary for being in touch with Julia and Ciara it really means a lot to them. I guess I should just say thank you Bayshore School.
(a lot of people are having a problem posting here if you do not have a gmail account)
here is the link to Care Pages where you can post after you set up a login all you need is your email address and put your own password in. http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD
please keep praying and posting for MikeyD

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Tuesday Night Dedicated to Peggy Dunne


We would like to dedicate the page  to Peggy Dunne tonight.

Not sure if you know that Peggy is going into the hospital in the morning to have surgery on her ankle she slipped in the rain on a ramp and was injured.

Please pray tonight and tomorrow for Peggy, her surgeons and everyone involved with her surgery that it will go just as if it was out of a text book. the ironic thing is that Peggy will be in a cast after surgery for her ankle tomorrow and MikeyD will be getting two cast tomorrow for his ankles no surgery though. Peggy’s Surgery will be at 10 AM tomorrow we would like everyone to please say a special prayer for Peggy tonight and tomorrow it will be greatly appreciated  if as many of us as possible could say a special prayer for Peggy at 10AM.

We thank you Peggy for everything you have done for MikeyD

God Bless you and may you recover ASAP.

With Love from the Doherty’s

Loving Father, I entrust myself to your care this day; guide with wisdom  and skill the minds and hands of the medical people who minister  in your Name, and grant that every cause  of injury be removed, and Peggy may be restored to soundness of health and learn to live in more perfect harmony with you and with those around me. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Monday Night


Although MikeyD did not really eat much on Sunday and he had pain in his stomach all day he did eat good today and so far so good a full day without having any stomach problems.

Moya and I have a conference scheduled at 4 o'clock tomorrow with all the doctors and therapist involved in MikeyD's recovery includingt the Doctor, Neurologist, brain injury specialist, Phscologist, charge nurse, Physical therapist, occupational therapist, nutrionist and speech therapist we will all be meeting to go over where we are now and where we are heading. I am really going to see if we can get the feeding tube removed ASAP even though he is not able to eat enough without the feeding tube I really believe that feeding tube is a big drawback causing a lot of discomfort and problems. I feel if we can get rid of the feeding tube and start him on an easy to digest diet that in a few days he will be on his way to being able to eat and not have any more discomfort and problems. Tonight we had an unexpected family get together with MikeyD the girls had an unexpected suprise visit with their little brother that they had no idea was going to happen due to something else that came up. All they want to do is be with MikeyD all day everyday as Ken Liotti said  it is great to see how they treat him and he loves it. Tonight when they were leaving MikeyD looked at his sister Julia as she was saying good bye he took his right hand and moved it kind of like he did that day in CHOP when he blessed himself he first touched his eye lid with his finger after that he pointed to his heart and then he pointed to Julia after that he did the same thing to his sister Ciara it was really powerful !!!

Please keep praying and posting.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD/updates/3404920?update_messages=yes 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Sunday Night


MikeyD had a busy morning on Saturday with therapy then he had a great day with visits from great friends and cousins throughout the day, It worked out really well the way it got spaced out.

Some came early and some came later and stayed with him until the night time. he really does love the company the Dr, at CHOP was correct the best thing right now for him is Familiarity. you could see it in his face how happy he was to see everyone and the smiles on his face along with a few belly laughs. Sometimes now when he is really laughing you hear a little noise which is great. The Sullivan’s came early and started the ball rolling then Sean Butler and his dad Tom came and you could see the grin from ear to ear after that his cousins who he had just been playing with in Ireland a few weeks ago came in and it was awesome to see how good he felt to see everyone. Then on Sunday he had more great visits from great friends first Will showed up from NYC with his mom and  dad then Alborz and his Mom dad and sister came along with his Uncle Seamus Aunt Lauren and cousin Seamus all together and even though he had a very rough Saturday night he was a trooper and put on a smile for everyone. The days are great the nights are so long and tough on him. Saturday night right before his cousins left he started to get sick to his stomach again . MikeyD and I had a long rough night he never really slept after that. After he was done with the stomach pain while we were trying to go to sleep it was about two in the morning I was laying in the cot next to his bed with my eyes closed and half a sleep I heard a noise and tried to ignore it but it kept coming I opened my eyes and looked over at MikeyD’s bed where he was laying and he was  looking over at me and the noise was him snapping his fingers to get my attention I jumped up and stood over him and started to do our sign language to see what is wrong or what he needs is it pain are you hungry it turns out he was really thirsty I held the cup and the straw for him and he drank the whole glass of water through the straw. He did that 5 more times throughout  the night until finally he and I both  fell asleep about six in the morning around 7:30 in the morning  I heard him snapping his fingers again and we  were both up for the rest of the day. Although not a word was spoken a whole lot of communication was going on. I wonder how hard he is laughing deep down knowing that all he has to do is snap his fingers? Please keep the company going I really believe it is the best thing for his healing process I feel bad that some days are better than others if you were with him on Saturday he was in much better shape than if you were with him on Sunday but I believe the company on both days really helped him and he enjoyed it.

Please God let little MikeyD speak to us again one day.

Please keep praying and posting.

 

The other site for those that cannot post here.

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD/updates/3403911?update_messages=yes

Friday, October 12, 2012

Friday Night

A lot of you have been telling me there is a message here.

I keep looking and listening every day for what that message is.

I do know that I have two real true heroes in my life one is my little son Mighty Mikeyd and the other is my little brother Seamus known to some of you as James. Seamus is Gaelic for James same thing,

I do not know what the message here is but I listen and look for it every day, A lot of people have always said that Seamus and MikeyD looked alike and had the same personality and are a lot alike in many ways. I do not know what the message here is but I will continue to try and find it every day,

I do hope and pray that Mighty MikeyD will come back as fast and furious as my brother Seamus did after he bled out in the street,

Lieutenant Seamus Doherty is the Commanding Officer of the 90th Precinct Detective Squad. He aspired to return to full duty after being nearly killed while riding his motorcycle  in a hit-and-run accident . The accident  took  his left leg off  his body in the street, shattered his femur, fractured his elbow and dislocated his shoulder, causing massive blood loss that required Lieutenant Doherty be resuscitated en route to the hospital. After returning to New York he underwent several surgeries and learned to walk with a prosthetic leg, completing an NYPD physical agility test only 14 months after the accident that nearly took his life. Since then, he has earned promotions to sergeant, lieutenant, and lieutenant commander detective squad.He received the President Roosevelt Award from the NYPD among many other Awards. He is now the lieutenant Commanding officer of Brooklyn detective squad  and Hostage negotiator. A few weeks ago a man was going to commit suicide jumping off a building my brother was called out as the negotiator he talked the man down by telling him the story of his nephew who was fighting for his life at CHOP in Philly. Mighty MikeyD has already saved one life I hope he somehow continues to save a lot more. Both he and Seamus are my heroes.

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD 
the other for those who cannot  post here.


 

Please keep praying and posting.

A Post From Michelle Alaia at St,Catherines



10 Shore Acres, Middletown NJ  07748


Grades 3 to 8  

3 Point Shooting Contest

 

Shooting threes for Mighty Mikey D

T-SHIRTS FOR SALE $10.00


 

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 13TH

***no need to pre-register***

Come in during any 2 hours session. Winners will be selected based on age group and session time.  You are welcome to stay the entire session but if you need to leave we will contact winners by phone.

 

10:00 -12:00

12:00 – 2:00

2:00 – 4:00

  

Fee:                                                          

 

  • $5.00 per player for the 3 point shooting tournament.

 

All the proceeds from the Tournament and 3 point shooting contest will go the Doherty Family

 
Should you have any questions please call Michael Alaia 917-733-8496 maecorp.electric@gmail.com

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thursday Night


MikeyD had a full day today between PT OT and Speech Therapy.

he had Speech therapy come to see him three times today,

he  remains on the bolus feed for his only nutrition due to the fact that he cannot keep anything down although he did start to eat for a few days he has a lot of problems with digestion and has not been able to keep anything down.

He has now been weaned off the morphine as of last night maybe that will help his stomach even though he is off the morphine he is still on a lot of medication we were happy that the morphine is gone but they added two more medications because of the TBI he is getting bad muscle spasms so they have started him on something for that and since he has not been sleeping they put him on a sleeping medication all of this medicine is put right in his stomach through the feeding tube. We really hope that these two new medicines will not affect his ability to hold food down and that maybe the morphine was the problem. Julia and Ciara came to visit their little brother tonight and he was sleeping we had to wake him up so they could have a little visit with him he did not mind although he was tired he was happy to see his sisters. it is hard to believe with all the pain and suffering without being able to eat and laying there with a big swollen scar on his chest if you ask him to smile for someone he finds it deep inside to just do it he is really  fighting the fight every day.
 We really are praying that he will be able to eat and keep it down soon and then start speaking.

Please keep praying and posting.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Wednesday Night


what a long rough day for all of us.

MikeyD left CHOP today it was bittersweet leaving chop and heading for the Children's Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick. it took a while for them to get him ready for the journey they put him on the stretcher and wired him up for all the portable monitoring equipment then they made us nervous when they put a portable defibrillator at his feet on the stretcher I was going to ask them why are you doing that when he has one built in I was wondering if it was because they never got to test the one he has built in. A lot of nurses and doctors came in to say good bye to MikeyD and let them know they will all miss him smiling at them he made a lot of friends there and so did Moya and I what a great group of caring and compassionate people. Moya rode in the ambulance with MikeyD and I followed right behind after the long ride we got to the hospital and met the doctors nurses and therapist so they could do their evaluations. MikeyD had two PT's and one OT at the same time checking him out the three girls were amazed with MikeyD's sense of humor even though he cannot speak he was smiling and nodding yes and no to them one of them said to him your trouble aren't you he smiled and noded yes that was it they were all over him after that. I have a feeling MikeyD is going to settle into his new home just fine.

Please say a prayer tonight for one of MikeyD biggest supporters Peggy Dunne  we pray that your ankle will heal real soon. If you need anything Julia and Ciara will be glad to help you.

Please keep praying and posting.
MikeyD new mailing address
Children's Specialized Hospital
room 207
            200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1942

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tuesday Night


 MikeyD is heading out of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tomorrow the Ambulance will be leaving at noon time. He is for sure going to be missed all the nurses and doctors are coming to see him to say goodbye a lot said they are sad to see him leaving. A couple of nurses came in tonight to say good bye and they had tears in their eyes.

MikeyD will be going to the Children's Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick for a few Months.

it is closer to home and hopefully he will have more friends come to visit him the doctors say the best thing for him right now is familiarity.
keep praying and posting

Monday, October 8, 2012

Monday Night


Mikeyd had a full day of PT OT and Speech therapy today.

his Stomach seems to have settled down a bit some antibiotic that was being given after the surgery to avoid a heart infection was completed last night so that may have been what was causing all the problems for the past few days we hope so.

He did eat a little dry pasta today and so far so good

Mikeyd had a great visit today from another hero that did CPR with Bob to help save his life.

Rob DeStefano and his son Jack came down  to visit  Mikeyd and he gave them a big smile and a thumbs up.

I am sure MikeyD knows what these guys did for him and when he can talk again I know he will say Thank You !!!

My Family will never be able to thank you guys enough for what both of you have done for MikeyD .

Thank You !

a lot of people said they cannot post on the blog here is the other site http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD
please keep praying and posting for MikeyD

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Sunday Night


MikeyD has been having a lot of ups and downs the past few days more down than up Thursday was the best day so far,

since then he has not eaten hardly anything we were hoping that he would have been able to keep eating and the feeding tube would have been removed. He was up all night Saturday night even though he did not eat anything on Saturday he was having a lot of problems with his stomach. This morning they changed his medicine to see if that would help he was out of it for most of the day but he did start to come around a little bit later this afternoon with his sisters and cousins who came to visit him he was giving them High Fives.

MikeyD also started getting his personality back in the past few days he is messing with the nurses they asked him to promise not to pull his feeding tube out the other day and now whenever they come in the room he takes his right hand grabs the feeding tube and looks right at them when they start yelling no do not take that feeding tube out he starts to smile and takes his hand down and they all start laughing.

It looks like MikeyD will be heading out of CHOP sometime next week and going to the Children's Specialized Hospital to start the next phase of this Journey we want to bring him closer to home,

we will let you know what day when we know for sure.

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.

Please keep praying and posting.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Saturday Night


We would like to say thank you to everyone for attending the healing mass Julia and Ciara told us you guys packed the house. Many of you told me it was powerful !!!

we really appreciate all the friends and relatives who travelled from near and far to attend.

Thank you to St. Mary's parish we really appreciate it.


MikeyD had a rough start to the day he has not been able to keep anything in his stomach since Thursday he did so good on Thursday that I thought he would be fine on Friday. He ate much  less on Friday than he did on Thursday but could not hold anything down it was the same for today hopefully tomorrow he will be able to eat again and hold it down. He lost another feeding tube today when he was having trouble with his stomach he lost the feeding tube and had to have another one put in it is a big deal every time they put one in. He had a good afternoon with his sisters and Heather next door they came down and they were all standing around the bed giving him all kinds of attention laughing and joking they had him smiling and they even got a few belly laughs out of MikeyD it really was great to see.

I hope we get a lot more smiles and laughs out of MikeyD.

Now my daughters Julia and Ciara would like to post below.

Thank you so much, everyone, for coming out to the healing mass for MikeyD last night. The turnout was astounding! Mrs. Dunne it was so nice of you!  Every one’s thoughts and prayers have been extremely encouraging and uplifting during these difficult past few weeks. We don’t know how we would handle things without all of your support!

We all are praying that he will speak to us real soon !

Please keep praying and posting.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Healing Mass Tonight at 7:30 St.Mary's


Moya and I will be holding Mighty MikeyD's hands tonight at 7:30 and praying along with everyone during the Healing Mass.

MikeyD's two sisters will be their Julia and Ciara along with our family memebers.

We would like to thank everyone in Middletown for all your support it is so nice to see how much support can come from one community what a great town to be a part of !

A lot of people have been emailing and texting with kind words of support for my family and telling us how everyone is Middletown is pulling for MikeyD and it is also amazing how many people are inspired by this little boy people that do not even know him.
thank you all again.

Please keep praying and posting.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Thursday Night


Big Day for MikeyD today he blessed himself it took a while but he did it.

the chaplain came around and we were saying some prayers over him and he looked up and blessed himself no one could believe it. After that Lauren from speech therapy came in and he started to swallow pretty good today so she gave him some Mac N Cheese and some French fries and he ate them. Then after that he had 2 grape Hawaiian shaved ices during the day thanks to Dennis Povall he sent him the machine so we make them right here with a bunch of DVD's then he watched angels in the outfield !

Remember the healing mass tomorrow at 7:30 PM St. Mary’s !!!

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.

Thank you all.

Please keep praying and posting.


Thursday Afternoon.


MikeyD had his first tear in his eye since he came to the hospital..

This morning they gave him a needle and he had some tears for the first time which I think might be a good sign !!!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Wednesday Night


MikeyD had a real rough night last night after all the medicine from the surgery wore off.

I have never seen a little kid endure so much pain and suffering as I  have watched for the past 27 days. He had a rough start to the early hours of the morning but pain management had him in good shape by 9 AM. they did not put him in a paralytic state they decided to tie his left arm down which is much better he has a thing that wraps around his chest to keep his arm from moving.

He had a full day today and did not sleep at all. He had PT OT and Speech therapy.

Julia and Ciara came to visit him today they were very anxious to see there little brother after the surgery. I only hope and pray that he can start to swallow  and be able to eat food real soon he has lost a lot of weight and is fading away laying here I also hope and pray that he will be able to use his left arm and hand he does use his right to a certain extent and last but not least I really really want to hear his  voice again I would love to be able to speak to my little boy it gets harder and harder by the day to sit here and wait and wait and  nothing not a word. You see the pain on his face and wonder what is wrong and he can't tell you where it is.

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.

I just want to remind everyone that the healing mass is at St.Mary’s  7:30 PM on Friday night I hope you can make it there is strength in numbers the more the better.

Maybe Friday night when everyone is at the healing mass he will start to speak?

Please keep praying and posting

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Tuesday afternoon


MikeyD is out of surgery and in the recovery room.

Dr. Vetter came in and sat with us to go over everything that happened during the surgery she said everything went great except for one problem that she has never seen since she has been here and she has been here for a long long time.

She said they could not get him into CA to test the unit.

She could not believe it. She did say they have good reading on the unit so it should be fine and also that it is a good sign not a bad one that they could not get him into a CA.

Another miracle that all of you prayers are working.

We still have a very long road please keep the thought and prayers coming for Mighty MikeyD

Tuesday Morning


They just wheeled Little MikeyD down for Surgery at 8:35 we walked with him right to the doors.

the hardest part will be after the Surgery this morning they will be putting MikeyD into CA with medicine to test the new unit. I cannot wait until that is over. I wanted to go to church but they told us we need to stay here. I will try and post as soon as all that is done.

Thanks to all of you again.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Monday Night update

For Monday night full post see below this one

we just found out the surgery will be at 8:30 AM tomorrow morning.
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MikeyD just got one arm and hand working pretty good he just ripped out his Feeding tube he has been trying to do it for days. He did it the feeding tube now out the nurse went to get a doctor to put it back in I thought they would leave it out until the morning but they said they need to put it back in so he can get his medicine.********************************************

Monday Night


The Surgery is definitely on the schedule for tomorrow morning they are doing a lot of testing and preparation right now for the Surgery in the morning, We do not know the exact time yet we are waiting for the schedule time to come out tonight.

I just met with a few of the doctors and they went over the details of the surgery and explained what the risk are, I hope everyone can say some extra prayers tonight and in the morning that all goes well for MikeyD . Father Carlos is going to do some extra praying for MikeyD in the morning.

Just so everyone knows what the surgery is for they are installing an internal Defibrillator on his heart as a precaution since they found nothing wrong with his heart and do not know what caused this horrible situation,

Dr. Vogler told me that MikeyD had a better chance of being struck by lightning than to have this happen to him by the way his heart checks out. I have asked the doctors over 1000 questions a day for the last 24 days as to how and why something like this could happen to MikeyD they say what happened to him is very very rare when something like this happens to children and they come to CHOP they usually find an enlarged heart or some other problem. They did say his body has a great healing process from the damage that was done.

I will try and do a post as soon as possible after Mighty MikeyD is out of Surgery tomorrow.
 

please keep praying and posting for MikeyD

Saint Anne I beg of you to stand vigil over Mighty MikeyD . Heal Mighty MikeyD soothe Mighty MikeyD, console Mighty MikeyD and bless Mighty MikeyD keep each of us under your protection and guide us to our good Jesus our God Jesus he will understand Me. he will know how to help I will rest in his Mercy Amen.

Thank you all so much.