birth mom had contracted genital herpes and the welfare OBGYN doctor did not check his mother for the disease. When the doctor delivered Mikey vaginally the herpes meningitis virus entered through his eyes and into his brain where it ate worm hole tunnels throughout his little brain. Mikey was 19 days old, sitting on my lap when I noticed his little hand having spasms. I called Marlene over and she immediately told me to get in the car and we went straight to the hospital. The herpes virus had eaten enough of his brain that he suffered a stroke in his right frontal lobe. While he was in the hospital he had another stroke, in his left frontal lobe. They immediately sent Mike and Marlene in an ambulance to Children's Hospital. They ran tests and determined that he had Herpes Meningitis. The attending physician, without consulting or telling us, decided to let Mikey die. He did not give him any IVs for fluid or nourishment and after several hours Marlene called him in and asked for better life saving care.
Still no response, no fluids or nourishment!
Marlene called her good friend Paula Clancey, who called her father. He was a wealth business leader who was in the process of donating $3,000,000.00 to the hospital, he threatened to pull the gift! In a matter of minutes there were four doctors working to save Mikey's life and that is exactly what they did. Marlene stayed at the side of Mikey's bed for over one month, sleeping in the chair, showering down the hall, holding his hand, stroking his hair, talking to him, loving him!
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