After a very emotional day I told Sadie’s Doctor I would raise One Million Dollars for Boston Children’s Hospital(BCH) Pain Clinic for everything they have done and continue doing.
Did you know the Pediatric Pain Clinic has only been at BCH for 15 years. Prior to that, most hospitals only focused on adult chronic pain. The Pain Clinic at BCH changed all of that.
Our daughter Sadie Rose has been to the hospital over 500 times, including two ambulance ride and countless emergency rooms visits. In June 2018 she had surgery to remove some nerves in her abdomen and some cartilage on her ribs. In December 2018 she had a surgery that had some complications that put her back in the hospital for a couple nights. January 2019 she had her nerves cut in the back of her head, (the occipital nerve). This would relieve the continuous migraine headaches. A controversial surgery but that seems to be the norm for Sadie.
During the pandemic years Sadie spent more than 60 days in the hospitaI and a trip to the ER when she got Covid. Since a very young age Sadie has gone to to Boston Children's Hospital.(BCH) All Sadie has ever known is that she always needs to go to the hospital. She rarely if ever complained as she knows it was the best place to be for the care that she needs. Sadie is so well known that it’s very common that a doctor, nurse or anesthesiologist will come to visit and say “Hi’ while she is at BCH.
A fund has been set up at BCH called the Pediatric Interventional Pain Service Fund. This means every penny I raise now goes directly to Sadie’s Doctor, Pradeep Dinakar at BCH Pain Clinic. Doctor Dinakar is behind everything and has been hands down the most compassionate doctor we have ever met. He has set up a fund, which is no easy task to get done. We know that research is the only way to have clinical trials and eventually cures. Sadie’s last three surgeries were not done 7 years ago as there was not enough research to back them up and now there is. 100% of our funds raised will go towards research under his direction. This fund was set up due to the endless support we received from beautiful people like you and a patient, Sadie Rose, who is fearless!!! This is Sadie’s fund and will help children who suffer from the same disorder Sadie has.
Sadie is in her 4th year at Lesley University studying Art Therapy, which is also what helped her get through some tough days. Our oldest daughter is a Licensed Social Worker at Boston Childrens Hospital. It's safe to say that our family is all in for the Greatest Hospital around.
Thank you for reading our story and I hope that you find it in your heart to donate. We'll get to that Million!!!
Michael Doherty