Gratitudes
The following is an excerpt of a letter sent to Jeffrey Burns, MD, MPH, chief of Critical Care Medicine.
Dear Dr. Burns and all of the Children's staff who cared for Will Guggenberger,
With extremely heartfelt thanks, we want to let you know how grateful we are to you for saving Will's life. When he was diagnosed with RSV at our local hospital on December 10, 2004, we had no idea what the next 23 days of our lives would be like. Not a day goes by that we are not overcome with emotion, as we think about all we have been through and how we could not have gotten through it all without the wonderful people on P5 and at Children's. Our son was in the best possible place he could be when he needed it most.
Thank you also for caring for and about the rest of our family while your primary focus was on our littlest member. The care and compassion that we all sensed during this incredibly stressful time is so much appreciated. You should all be very, very proud of the work you do and the way that you do it!
We're thrilled to report that Will is thriving at home! He has been healthy, happy, and every day more and more his old self. He has been through an experience that he will never remember and one that we will never forget. We can hear him 20 years from now, rolling his eyes and saying, "Not the story about how I almost died again!"
Thanks again, to all of you, for all that you have done for us.
Sincerely,
Annie Marie, Kurt, Joseph, Maggie, Amy, and of course Will Guggenberger
