Happy Easter !

A tribute to all the people at CHOP

Mighty MikeyD went back to CHOP again  on Wednesday for his checkups.

All I can tell you is this is the best place in the world for any sick child.

what makes it the best place in the world is the people who work there.

I mean all the people who work there including doctors, nurses, aides, sitters, therapists, child life counselors, social workers, receptionists, support staff ,and security. It takes a special type of person to work around sick children every day. These people who work here are by far the best most dedicated team of caring professionals you will ever come across. From the Doherty family on behalf of Mighty MikeyD the fighter we would like to thank everyone at CHOP for taking such great care of Mighty MikeyD.

We first met with Dr.Vetter who had already called us on Friday to tell us the results of MikeyD’s final genetic testing which takes months to get the final results. The results were all negative as were all the other test which is what I figured all along. MikeyD was never sick a day in his life before that tragic night in September he was a good athlete in good shape. We now know for sure it was due to dehydration caused by excessive running in the heat and humidity that night with the poor air quality  night. I sometimes wish the professionals at CHOP would of found something wrong. I always wish MikeyD stayed home that tragic night. Everything was against that poor kid that night school opened late this year due to the new block scheduling otherwise they would have been in the gym where they always were and this probably would not of happened and if it did they would have had a defibrillator. The main problem now is due to the amount of time he was down   with no response. The only thing that saved MikeyD that night was two guardian angels that you all know Bob and Rob. We met a lot of people at CHOP who were amazed when they saw MikeyD this time after all he went through. We were walking into the cafeteria and one of  the Chaplin’s grabbed my arm and said how is MikeyD doing ? She said I just seen his brother walking with his sister I told her no that is MikeyD she did not believe me I called out MikeyD and he turned around her jaw dropped she started crying she could not believe that was MikeyD. She told me she needed 48 hours to get herself together before she could talk to me. Then we met Kiona she is a cardiology fellow in the cardiac intensive care unit  who worked on MikeyD when he was in very critical condition. We were in the cafeteria getting lunch Moya, Ciara and I surprised her when we walked up to her and MikeyD walked over and gave her a big hug she said this is going to be a great day. Kiona called him MikeyD before she even knew that we called him MikeyD. Nurse Sarah and her sister Martha who is also a nurse came to see Mikeyd when we were with Dr.Vetter it was great to see them Sara wa one of the first nurses whi took care of  MikeyD when he wa sin ICU her sister was the last nurse that MikeyD had before he left. Then we met Meredith the child life counselor who really helped Julia and Ciara while we were at CHOP she took us up to the ICU where we came in and surprised everyone when MikeyD marched through the hall in his sneakers we showed him his room in the ICU. Then a lot of people gathered by the nurses’ station next to his old room doctors and nurses were there MikeyD asked me who are all these people I said they are the doctors and nurses who took great care of you when you were very sick. I have posted a few pictures above I wish we took a large group photo when everyone was there. In one of the pictures you can see Lori and Sarah who were with MikeyD in the first critical days. I will never forget the day when MikeyD still could not move I went to take a shower down the hall and when I got back Lori had washed and combed his hair what a difference that made in the way he looked laying there.Then we went over to the other side of the cardiac unit where MikeyD was they have a game room there when MikeyD could not walk, talk or use his arms Moya and I use to wheel him around in his wheel chair. I use to wheel him into the game room and I could tell in his mind he really wanted to play that hockey game. Yesterday Ciara, Meredith and MikeyD played that hockey game you can see the game in the picture above. When they were playing the game a medical person came up to me and said she had seen his scans and could not believe he was standing there playing that game. She told me that she was witnessing a true miracle. I told her we believe in Miracles.

Perfect timing on Holy Thursday also known as Thursday of Mysteries

 the Easter Triduum, the period which commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ; this period includes Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and ends on the evening of Easter. Happy Easter to all of you. you can wish MikeyD a Happy Easter here or at http://www.carepages.com/carepages/MikeyD 

 MikeyD told us the story of how he left us and came back to us he was taken to CHOP in a helicopter we showed him where he landed on the roof and watched with him as a helicopter landed as you can see in the picture above..

I saw the shirts at CHOP that say Hope lives here. We have the Hope for Children foundation.

I have always believed where there is life there is Hope.

I also want to tell you to never ever give up on anyone especially family !

 We believe in Miracles !

Please keep praying and posting for Mighty MikeyD !