Sunday Afternoon

What a week Mighty MikeyD had. On Thursday we all went to CHOP with MikeyD his first appointment was for an Echo Cardiogram and his second was for an EKG which all went well. MikeyD's third appointment was with Dr.Vetter she was very happy to see MikeyD's progress and said everything looks good. when we were down with Dr.Vetter in the Cardiac center we met Martha who was the nurse that discharged MikeyD the day we left she is also nurse Sarah's sister she was amazed at how good MikeyD looked. Unfortunately we missed Sarah she was off. His fourth appointment was with Hematology to see when he can get off the needles for the Lovenox which is a medicine that is used to help prevent blood clots he has to get the shots every day. After the appointment with the Hematology doctors it was determined that MikeyD will be getting the shots for another 30 days and after that he will be free from the needles one more medicine out of the way. After that we took MikeyD up to the Critical cardiac ICU to see his old room and visit with some of the doctors and nurses who took such great care of him. He did not remember his room at all. We wheeled MikeyD in his wheelchair up to the nurses station and Dr.Naim was standing there she is one of the doctors who helped save MikeyD's life.

She is in the picture above with MikeyD.  Dr.Naim is the Critical care doctor who started working on MikeyD that night when he landed on the roof in the helicopter. When he looked at her he said Hi Dr.Naim she had never heard MikeyD's voice before and she said Hi MikeyD she walked over to him in the wheelchair and he stood up and gave her a big hug. Dr Naim was so happy that she had tears  in her eyes and said thank you so much for bringing MikeyD to see us all he just made my day. we met with a lot more of the nurses and some of the other doctors who took care of MikeyD   to many to list each one and  some of the  others had tears in their eyes as well. Everyone was amazed to hear him speak and see him walk for a little bit and all were so happy to see how much he has fought back and beat the odds. Who says miracles don't happen this miracle continues. We cannot thank everyone at CHOP enough for all the care and support they have given MikeyD you  have all become like an extended  family to us.

On Friday MikeyD spent a full day at the Children’s Hospital going through Speech,PT , OT and Cognitive evaluations to start his next step in this recovery process. Yesterday was Ciara’s birthday  Moya took them all to lunch and they met Mike Dunn he almost fell over when he seen MikeyD the last time he seen MikeyD was in CHOP and he could not even move his hands or arms I only wish Peggy was with him she was home not feeling well and he was picking up soup for her.  The other night MikeyD had his cousins over and they were all out playing in the yard as he watched them out the window he said mom I want to be able to go out and play with my friends and cousins again one day. You could tell he was sad. Moya said keep fighting and working hard the way you are now and one day you will be able to play outside and run around with your friends and cousins. We truly believe that MikeyD will learn to read, write and spell again one day. We really do believe that his miracle recovery will continue due the  determination  that he has and all the prayers and support he has from all of you.

We want to thank each and every one of you for all your prayers and support of MikeyD and our family.

We also want to wish all of you a Happy, Healthy new year !

Keep the faith.

We believe in miracles and we believe that this miracle will continue !!!