Michael's Miracle

On Sunday December 23rd at 9:35p.m Michael went into cardiac arrest. After calling 911, it took paramedics 25 minutes to find a pulse. That night, in the ICU waiting room, the doctor was not very hopeful that he would wake up because it was 25 minutes with no oxygen or blood flow to his brain.  He had 0 brain activity that night.

Our hearts were shattered hearing the news.  The Dr. said that it was still too early to tell, but by hour 24 there should be some signs of improvement, even more by hour 48; but if by hour 72, there was no signs of improvement, then we would need to start thinking about our options.    

The following morning, at 11a.m, I went to visit him and when rounding the corner to his room, he was awake and responsive; all on his own. It was nothing short of a Christmas Miracle and I immediately broke down in tears of happiness.   When the nurses asked him to wiggle his toes, and squeeze their hands, he was able to do so. When the nurse asked if he knew who I was, he nodded his head. I spent the day holding his hand as he was in and out of sleeping/letting his body heal. He looked me right in the eyes, and said "I love you."

While on my way to the hospital the following day, Christmas morning, I got a phone call from the hospital. When I answered, Michael said "hi babe."  Yet another Christmas Miracle. 

He is still very confused. Each time he falls asleep, even if only for 5 minutes, he wakes up and doesn't remember anything about what happened to him. I've told him the story about a half-dozen times, but he seems to have no memory over the last 2 days.  He kept asking me in the hospital if we could go home now, and it broke my heart to tell him each time he couldn't leave yet.   

In the end, this is still nothing short of a miracle.   

With Michael not being able to work, and me only working part time for the time being, we are going to need as much help as possible to pay all of these bills. I know it is not great timing with the Holidays and all, but any amount of money you can donate would be, yet another miracle for us.  

P.S. We know that it may be extremely hard, but we ask that you refrain from calling/texting/messaging Michael as he is still very confused about everything.  His body and mind need to heal and we don't want him getting bombarded.  Please, feel free to reach out to me or his parents instead for now.