Dr. Mike,
I meant to send this note yesterday but life is busy and the day got away from me.
2 years ago yesterday, 3 days before my 40th birthday, you called me at lunch. I remember it as if it were yesterday, me trying to find a quiet and private place to speak with you, frankly expecting it to not be good news, so a place I could cry for as long as I needed without my coworkers noticing. Instead you gave me some of the best news I’ve ever heard! I also remember you holding out on me in regards to giving me that number – give me the number already, I’m an engineer, I need the number!!!!!
There is no way to express the gratitude I have for the incredible gift you gave us. Sarah and Allison will always know they exist because Mom and Dad wanted them and loved them long before they were ever conceived but also because we found you, and your wonderful staff, who were able to make it possible.
We were done, this was our last hope, our last cycle. The reasons we gave were true, we were running out of money, we had agreed 40 was the cutoff, but more so I just could no longer bear the emotional toll each cycle and each failure took on me. I was out of faith.
I am so thankful to have such beautiful girls and I tell them each day how very special and important they are. Even at 3 am when Sarah just won’t go back to sleep until I come in and help her, I’m blessed, tired, but blessed. I’m thankful that the science exists to help people like us. And I’m thankful to have found a Doctor who cares as much as you do, who was almost as invested as we were, who seemed to truly hurt for us when a cycle failed, and who wouldn’t let me sit home alone that Friday night, the day we had to cancel our first cycle after 10 days of shots with little result, but instead said “come back, come talk to us, come listen, come let us support you”.
You are a pretty special man and although I love to tease you, it is just because if I said this directly to you, I would be a sobbing mess, just like I am typing this now. I will never be able to thank you enough or truly express what you mean to me, so this note will have to do.
💜
Veronica and Chris
