Tuesday Night July 30th

Our hearts are broken right here at home in  Middletown we have just suffered another tragedy last week.

another young athlete right here in our hometown was taken from us  by SCA at the same young age of 12 years old. My Family has  lived through this tragedy MikeyD was gone and came back to us by the grace of God. I will never forget the feeling of loss when MikeyD was gone, He came back to us as a different MikeyD but he came back to us. Let us all pray for this little girl and her family. I called Dr.Vetter and spoke to her about  what had just happened again right here I asked her if we could bring the CHOP team  to Middletown to screen all the kids especially any kids playing sports starting with the Middle school and high school kids. I have a meeting scheduled with her This  Thursday August 1st to go over a plan to have  the CHOP team come to Middletown. It will cost money to do this if I was not so deep in debt from medical bills I would finance it myself. I spoke to a friend of mine who runs a large basketball league he is going to join me on this crusade we will raise the money to pay and have all the kids screened. I am sure I can raise some money from corporate sponsors as well. Like my good friend Dennis McGinnis said doing this will help make the Big hole in my heart a little smaller.  You will be surprised how many kids tested will be dehydrated  sometimes I feel like parents do not believe me when I speak to them about how dehydration can cause heart problems in young athletes. Some kids playing sports in the heat need 12 pints of water to keep their heart healthy.

How many kids do you know drink 12 pints of water a day ?

I spoke with Darren Sudman who lost his son  Simon to SCA he is one of the founders of Simons fund. He told me Your family is the first one I know that has endured life after SCA. I have become friends with a young boy who survived SCA and his father. He will come to the screening and talk to us about the difference between himself and MikeyD due to the response time which is critical. The only reason he is alive without brain damage is due to the fact that he was only down for a few minutes before the AED arrived. His father started CPR right away within 5 minutes they had the AED. Ten minutes is too late you only have about 8 minutes before it is too late.
 Please help me spread the word send s link to the MikeyD site to anyone you know with kids.

Mighty MikeyD is heading back to CHOP this week for a checkup and some extended testing. We will visit with everyone there who has become like an extended family to us.

MikeyD continues to fight the fight he gets up every morning at 5:55 AM to go to the Children’s Specialized Hospital for his rehab while all his friends are on summer vacation and yet  he never complains.

We believe in Miracles !!!

Please keep praying and posting for MikeyD 

Thursday Night after 4th of July

The Miracle of Mighty MikeyD came to a full circle the other day when we had to pay an unexpected visit to the Emergency room at Riverview hospital. this is where the tragic journey of Mighty MikeyD started .

It was very hard for Moya,Julia,Ciara and myself to walk through those doors of the Emergency room  again. It really hit Moya hard when she walked in and looked around where MikeyD was laying lifeless. Pretty Much everyone that works in the Emergency room at Riverview knows the story of Mighty MikeyD some knew he was coming in and some did not. You would think a celebrity walked in with all commotion going on. Lee walked over and said MikeyD you are giving me the Chills you could see the Goosebumps on his arms and the hair on his arms was standing straight up. He had never seen anyone who was gone come back and walk through the Emergency room like MikeyD just did. I think we all had the chills. Lee turned around to Nigel who was standing behind him and said see I told you keep giving him compression's  That night none of us thought MikeyD was ever coming back to us. I give all the staff at Riverview that night a lot of credit for telling someone to continue and keep going on a little boy who was gone. On behalf of my family I would like to thank all of you in the  Riverview Emergency room for everything you have done my family will be forever grateful to all of you !

My goal is to set out and make sure you do not have to see another little boy or girl come in to the emergency room DOA ever again from SCA because of the lack of  response time no AED at the basketball court etc. Thank God again for Bob and Rob MikeyD’s Guardian angels without them no chance at all. I will be going to Trenton soon to make sure we have  AED’s even if it is a portable one at every sporting event. Also all people involved in sports should have to be  CPR certified and AED certified. This must become a law it will save a lot of children.

I am certified it does not take a lot of your time and is well worth it. I would ask everyone here with us on the blog and the care pages to myself and yourself a favor get certified. I will be putting something together in September for friends and family. You can look for a local Red Cross in your area if in the USA.

Red Cross First Aid, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator) training and certification meets the needs of workplace responders, professional rescuers school staffs, professional responders and healthcare providers, as well as the general public. We offer both certified and non-certified training options.

Little MikeyD is going through some Speech and OT evaluations today.

We really need to get MikeyD back to the great people at Bayshore and Middletown where he belongs.

He keeps fighting every day to relearn to do little things he never gives up.

He went through so much yet he keeps smiling.

We thank you God for  your Miracle of returning Little MikeyD back to us.

We promise to save other children one at a time.

Remember We believe in miracles.

Please keep praying and posting for MikeyD