Infant ♡ Surgery. Keep dad bedside!
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As a dad you want to build the world your children are to live in. You do whatever it takes to make the world work for them.
Mikey my 2 year old son with Williams Syndrome, has just had his second open heart surgery.
A 14 hour operation called a Unifocalization at Stanford by Dr. Hanley. He is stable, but the estimated in hospital recovery time I am told is to be 8 to 12 weeks. At the end of week one I stand tall! I stand at rest! I stand feeling well reserved! Physically, mentally, financially, I did what it took to prepare myself to be in San Francisco with Mikey while simultaneously handling my finances in San Diego. None the less though, it is day 6 here, and I am starting to note in my head the amount of chances I am due to miss to be by his bedside for him. I know personally what its like to have and have not your parent at your bedside at a terrible time like this. I did so myself at age 4 when I had Leukaemia. The movie, Toy soldiers didn't replace mom and dad then and youtube will not replace mom and dad today either. I know I am prepared to live a humble life of work,Mikey, rest. But really for the pure selfish reason of wanting my kid to see his dad's face, everytime his eyes ever open, for as long as he is at Standford hospital. Just so that i can know that he will never be able to question whether his dad was or was not really there! I want to just Mikey, Mikey, Mikey as much as the weight of heavy eyelids my facial muscles can bare. I WANT TO BARE THE SLOW LONG DAYS OF MONITORS GOING OFF, CHANGING ALL THE SHEETS, ORDERING ALL THE MEALS, FEEDING AND CHANGING... i want sing to him, I want learn the guitar for him. I want to read from dusk to dawn, even when the nurses warn me not to. I want to high five my boy. Teach him to speak. I want everyday of recovery from this surgery to be a blessing in disguise for him. I want him to know the generosity of the world first hand.Because deep wounds carry the most lessons learned. Please I am a man on my knees, for the duration of this recovery from surgery. I just want Mikey to see the world through his daddy's eyes . . . help me show him please. In this life I promise that it will be paid exponentially forward.
http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/service/cardiothoracic-surgery/what-we-are-known-for
Mikey my 2 year old son with Williams Syndrome, has just had his second open heart surgery.
A 14 hour operation called a Unifocalization at Stanford by Dr. Hanley. He is stable, but the estimated in hospital recovery time I am told is to be 8 to 12 weeks. At the end of week one I stand tall! I stand at rest! I stand feeling well reserved! Physically, mentally, financially, I did what it took to prepare myself to be in San Francisco with Mikey while simultaneously handling my finances in San Diego. None the less though, it is day 6 here, and I am starting to note in my head the amount of chances I am due to miss to be by his bedside for him. I know personally what its like to have and have not your parent at your bedside at a terrible time like this. I did so myself at age 4 when I had Leukaemia. The movie, Toy soldiers didn't replace mom and dad then and youtube will not replace mom and dad today either. I know I am prepared to live a humble life of work,Mikey, rest. But really for the pure selfish reason of wanting my kid to see his dad's face, everytime his eyes ever open, for as long as he is at Standford hospital. Just so that i can know that he will never be able to question whether his dad was or was not really there! I want to just Mikey, Mikey, Mikey as much as the weight of heavy eyelids my facial muscles can bare. I WANT TO BARE THE SLOW LONG DAYS OF MONITORS GOING OFF, CHANGING ALL THE SHEETS, ORDERING ALL THE MEALS, FEEDING AND CHANGING... i want sing to him, I want learn the guitar for him. I want to read from dusk to dawn, even when the nurses warn me not to. I want to high five my boy. Teach him to speak. I want everyday of recovery from this surgery to be a blessing in disguise for him. I want him to know the generosity of the world first hand.Because deep wounds carry the most lessons learned. Please I am a man on my knees, for the duration of this recovery from surgery. I just want Mikey to see the world through his daddy's eyes . . . help me show him please. In this life I promise that it will be paid exponentially forward.
http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/service/cardiothoracic-surgery/what-we-are-known-for Organizer
Michael Andrew Cox
Organizer
San Diego, CA