Comments on: The Day My Life Changed Forever

By: 2008 A Year In Review | Musings For A Darkened Room

2008 A Year In Review | Musings For A Darkened Room — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:57:43 +0000

[...] marked the fourth year of marriage to my wife Misty; it also celebrated my first year of fatherhood. Sadly, it almost marked the last year of my marriage and the last year of fatherhood as I knew [...]

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:27:02 +0000

Thanks for the comment Adam. Glad you like the new design! I went through a number of templates before I found this one, but since I don’t have time right now to build my own I thought this one caught the theme and mood of my blog the most.

By: Adam Moro

Adam Moro — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:53:50 +0000

Certainly a moving story, congratulations to all of you and happy belated birthday to Aiden and Cambria!

Love the new design btw.

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:22:37 +0000

@Joanna Young I could only dream of such a luxury as free health care. While our medical insurance took the bulk of the impact from the month the babies were in the hospital, I believe we still owe a couple thousand in medical expenses.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:49:43 +0000

What a powerful story to share! I’m sure it will touch many people who read it.

It was a shock to me when you mentioned the concern about how much this might cost you – made me realise how much I take free health care in the UK for granted. At times like these you really don’t want to be worrying about money!

Happy birthday to all of you

Joanna

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:26:31 +0000

@Danielle Ours was scary, but definitely nothing like the hardships you have been through in your pregnancies. Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you weren’t sure whether or not you should.

@Anna & @Jen Thank you both for your comments. Originally I had debated on whether or not I was really going to publicize the post, but after reading it I thought it might interest some people to hear exactly how the day went. I cut a lot of stuff out since the post was already extremely long, but I think it captured the highlights of the day and capture my emotions at those pivotal moments.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:55:21 +0000

I’m so completely moved. I think Shirley Tipsy said it best regarding dads and their emotions… I’m completely wow’d. Thank you for sharing such a moving and intimate moment with us

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:59:47 +0000

This is an amazing story, thank you for sharing it with everyone. You had me hanging on every word. You made me laugh and cry too… it’s amazing the beautiful family you have. Happy birthday babies!!!!!!!!

By: Mike Wilton

Mike Wilton — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:54:21 +0000

@The Notorious B.R.I. I don’t think anyone really heard the full details of what happened that day until now. I posted bulletin updates on Myspace on a regular basis while they were in the hospital, but nothing this detailed or emotional. I’m glad my you liked the Jesus comment.

@Shirley Tipsy Sorry I made you cry. You should have seen me fighting it while writing this. I forgot how emotional the day was until I had to relive the memories while trying to write this post.

Being a person who’s OK with showing emotion made that day really hard for me. I had to keep my cool 99% of the time so that I could be the support that was needed. And while I was sitting there telling Misty everything would be alright I was just as terrified that something could go wrong and that for some reason they wouldn’t make it.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:44:42 +0000

I was very unsure on wether or not to read this. Not knowing if I would cry or just freak out. The hardest thing is always the unknown but at the end of the day when your happy ending comes about..All the crappy waiting and scariness just seems to be worth it. Sick soudning I know. But you and Misty both made it through one hell of a scary time. I wish I would have been able to be there for you guys. The kids were beautiful lil miracles and you both are soo blessed. Love you both and those two little year old munchkins. P.s.. Thank god for the invention of cars/ambulances, for if that was never invented you would be riding donkies.