KC Mouse
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2017
I'm not sure this site was created for this but I hope my story inspires others and is a tribute to the life changing community the DISboards provide. Saturday at about 2:00 PM my son and his friends were playing in a field behind our house. They had discovered a sharp metal BBQ skewer during their adventure and haphazardly stuck it in the ground as they ascended the neighborhood treehouse. As they climbed they disturbed an incredibly large yellow jacket nest and of course the swarm attacked. My son fell from the latter and landed on the metal BBQ skewer face first. Covered in yellow jackets and with a skewer protruding from his face he ran home for help. It was the most horrendous event of our lives. We rushed him to the ER and were transferred to the best hospital in the Kansas City area. KU Med Center. A team of over 40 Drs, nurses, Surgeons and Specialists worked throughout the night to invent a procedure that had never been attempted before. True medical history. As a man of God I began to lose hope. That night all alone at his bedside I turned to my happy place, my Disney family, the DISboards on Facebook and begged for prayers. Within seconds there were hundreds of responses. I honestly read every single one. Every time my faith started to waver I would simply refresh the page and read the new ones. Your prayers kept me from total and utter despair! As morning came the Drs informed us of the plan and took my baby away to perform a surgery that could end his life or save it. There were no guarantees. Once again I petitioned the site for prayers and once again your support held me stable. By that afternoon the Surgeon returned to tell me that the rod was removed and Xavier would not only live but there was no damage to his brain, arteries or nerves! NO DAMAGE! Your prayers saved my son's life and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I just wanted to thank you all. Thank you DIS team for providing a beautiful place for us to gather and discuss what we love. A place to support and love each other. You are all my heroes and I love you all. God Bless you all. KC Mouse