Thursday Night

Christmas Miracle !!!

                                           A true Christmas Miracle !!!
Mighty MikeyD received three early Christmas presents today. one is a custom fit wheelchair that is faster than any of the other wheelchairs he has had before the other was a real nice shower chair,  and last but not least was sent to the hospital from the Kelly's which he has not seen yet and  Moya is putting under the Christmas tree. Believe it or not he is happy and grateful for both presents that he ha seen. Mighty MikeyD the Fighter  really loves his new wheelchair he was racing around the hospital tonight in his new wheelchair like never before. The good news is he is fighting to come back to us every day. MikeyD is so determined to beat the odds I have never seen anyone this determined since my brother Seamus. One of MikeyD's nurses Sarah from CHOP posted again today and I am sure that even she is amazed at how hard he is fighting to come back to us. Sarah seen MikeyD in his darkest days when he arrived on the roof  of the hospital in the helicopter that tragic Friday night. When he arrived they said it is highly unlikely that he will live until Monday. He beat those odds. Once  he beat that fight the neurology team came in after that with more bad news telling us that the only thing hurting Mighty MikeyD now  is the amount of down time he had been down  due to the poor response time from that 911 call . Because of the amount of time that he was down with no response  he had no  blood or oxygen to the brain  he would never do this or that again. MikeyD the fighter proved them wrong as well. they were correct he did suffer a traumatic brain injury from being down so long he has since  fought back beyond the belief of all the medical professionals. I need to mention that had it not been for the fact that Bob Mc Cann and Rob De Stefano were not  there and had not started CPR right away Mighty MikeyD would not be here with us this Christmas. With that said  his  own determination and all your prayers have proven that miracles do exist. a lot of doctors and nurses follow this blog and can post at any time they all know and tell me it is a miracle. I spoke with another doctor on Wednesday that told me that meeting Mighty MikeyD and my family was a life changing experience. The good news  after this long battle is that Mighty Mikeyd is coming home to us for Christmas even though it will only be for a few days before he starts another intense battle with a new program as an outpatient which will include cognitive rehabilitation , speech therapy. occupational therapy, Physical therapy and some sort of schooling he is proving to us all how hard he is fighting to come back to us. I want to ask all of you one small  favor over this Christmas weekend even though I know how busy everyone is   please post here and or on care pages over the next few days and wish mighty MikeyD a Merry Christmas so we can sit down at home with him on Christmas morning and read your Christmas wishes to him.. I know that  Julia and Ciara will love reading them to him one by one and  Moya and I will  find comfort in it as well just like we have from all your past post and support. From all the Doherty family to all of your family we wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year !!!
for those who cannot post here this is the lonk for the care page.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD 

Keep the faith.. We believe in Miracles.

please keep praying and posting.

Christmas Triduum Prayer.

O Divine Jesus, the Heavenly message at your birth was "peace on earth and  goodwill to all" bring your peace , your joy , your happiness, into our home this Christmas, bless all the members of our family and friends reading this, those at home and those who  will be absent this Christmas. Inflame our hearts with your love . Keep us close to you and each other now and throughout the year ahead.

Amen !!!