Thursday Night

What a great day it was last Sunday for Mighty MikeyD at the ST. Mary's' VS MYAA All-Star Basketball game held in Memorial hall. At first we were worried about how it would be for MikeyD to see a lot  of his friends from basketball for the first time since that tragic night. MikeyD just got his new leg braces the Friday before he has 2 sets one that help him to be able to walk around during the day and another pair that he has to sleep with at night to straighten his feet and legs. We were putting him to bed the night before and as Moya was putting the night braces on him they are hard to put on you have to bend his feet back and tighten them he said mom I wish I never got Dehydrated  then I would never have to wear these leg braces. That is the first time we ever heard him say anything about what had happened to him. He told us the next day that he did not want to wear them to the All –Star game so we let him go without them. To us this is another sign that he is coming back to us. When we walked in the gym for the first game which was the girls game  Quigley called a time out and came running over to greet us the whole place got quiet for a second and then everyone gave MikeyD a standing ovation it was really great. The next game was the 6th-7th grade boys game which was Made up of all the boys that MikeyD played with in the St. Mary’s and MYAA leagues. I cannot tell you how great it was the boy's from the travel team that Mikeyd played on presented him with a warm up jersey with Doherty on the back he was so happy he put it on and wore it the rest of the day. What impressed me the most is how all these young boys huddled around him and were so happy to see him some of these boys were with him on the court that night I could tell by the look on his face that he was really happy to see them and I could tell from the smiles on their faces that they were really happy to see him. They made him feel so comfortable  what a great group of young boys I give most of the credit to the great parents for doing a great job. We cannot thank all of you enough for a great day for MikeyD and our family. It is like Peggy Dunne said before the event  It will be so great to be with our awesome community in a spirit of love and fun and Barbara Cassin said Peggy says it best  it is such a blessing to come together to have fun and support the Miracle in Sneakers!!  Then Diane Hansen said  You also have an amazing community of friends and relatives. It is so true we do have an amazing community of friends and family. I have posted a picture  of Peggy the prayer warrior and MikeyD for all of you above. Tanya from the first aid who was there that night came to see MikeyD. I witnessed a large gym full of tears as the Middletown Miracle walked around  the gym in sneakers doing things that they said he would never do. One woman told me she was just hugged by an Angel I am not sure how she knew he had been to heaven and back but that is a story for another day. On behalf of MikeyD and my family we would like to thank all of you for your prayers and support in a time like this it really means a lot to us.

You have blessed us, O God, with the gift of friendship, the bonding of persons in a circle of love. We thank you for such a blessing.

I who have died am alive again today.

We believe in Miracles  !!!

Please keep praying and posting for Mighty MikeyD !