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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My name is Brady and I am Lisa. I was
born in children's hospital and I have had through open
heart surgeries and it's my story.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So, Brady, you are a senior this year and you
are in a lot of activities at school. But your
story started off interesting because you had quite the journey
here at the hospital. Your mom, Lisa's here too. Lisa
tell us a little bit about Brady's story.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Brady was born with hypoplastic left heart, which means half
of his heart did not develop. So he was a
single venture girl kiddo. And his first open heart surgery
was at seven days, his second was two and a
half months, and his last was when he was four
years old.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You must be so proud of him here he is
a senior and he's thriving, and he's possibly getting ready
to go to college next year.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
He has really grown from the time he was that
little baby on all the ventilators and machines to now
kind of doing his own thing and getting ready to
kind of fly out on his own. Yeah, he's pretty
amazing kid.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Pretty Do you remember any of that? Does that any
of that come back to you when you were in
the hospital.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I have a couple memories of like the like mainly
being like on the bed and everything like that, but
like not like any of the big stuff. I don't
have really any memory of that, but I have like
all the little pieces still.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
You're working in a special project for school to support
Children's Nebraska. Tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
So pretty much working with Decca in Midwest, And it's
pretty much I am trying to raise money for specifically
for toys and for to promote the mental health of
like the patients and also the families that are in
children's hospital right now. And so I'm trying to partner
and partner with as many companies and businesses as I
can to raise money and then also supply toys to
(01:49):
the patients. The way I'm like getting my donations, it's
mainly like through outside sources. I'm going up to businesses
and asking them for donations. And I'm also looking forward
to like starting a toy drive up at hopefully my
church and then also somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
What about dance marathon? Tell us about this dance marathon
that you're going to be doing.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
It's just a big fundraiser for Showtren's Hospital. Every year
they choose like a goal whether it's like raising money
for certain technology, certain even just like a room, and
all the college students from different like from whatever campus
it is, come down and pretty much usually through twelve hours,
(02:32):
doesn't it depends, and they just dance, hang out with
the kids for however long they can, and they just
donate money and try to make everything better for the
kids and for the patients that are up here.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Do dance, I'll try.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
You guys use to dance all the time. Our first
one was at Creyton, and those kids just embraced all
three boys, and from the time that we got there
until the time we left, they were playing with them,
running around with them, dancing and included him and all
the things. Just embraced them and you could tell that
it was genuine and it came from deep down in
their hearts to be able to make a difference to
(03:14):
those kiddos. And then we still have contact with some
of the original dance marathon kiddos. Just giving of yourself
so freely for people that you don't know, like, it's
pretty cool and it's always been a highlight every year, like, hey,
what's an extance marathon?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
You know?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Is it in October again? You know, do we get
a go So, yeah, this one will be this one
will be hard again kind of the book ends of
our journey.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
You're an amazing man because you young man, I should say,
because you're doing all this stuff and what inspired you
to do that? It was your stay here at the hospital,
I mean pretty much.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, because I do have like I have a lot
of memories of being in Juan's Hospital, and most a
lot of them have to do like with like doing
stuff with people, like because I remember I used to
always love doing puzzles and that was like the one
thing that I knew I could always like distract myself
with do it with other people. To even do it
by myself, it would make me make hours go by
(04:13):
in minutes. It would just distract me from anything that's
going on, make everything much better.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
That is neat. So what would you say to our
listeners who are considering giving a gift to Children's Right
now we're doing the radiothon, what would you say about
this hospital and you know the amazing things that they
do here.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Well, I think that if you ever stop by or
even look at it, like it's a big building, you
see so many different rooms in each room. There is
people who have like who have worked either their hardest
life trying to do something for the people, or are
working to try to make something of their own lives.
(04:52):
And I think that anything you possibly can give will
benefit them in any way, in every way possible.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Lisa, when you think about back on that time when
he was in the hospital here, what memories does that
bring back for you?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The time that Brady was born, it was really hard
for our family, a lot of other personal things happening
in our lives, and then he was born critical. There
were times in his surgeries and after surgery where he
almost didn't make it. Watching him be bagged because he
stopped breathing was hard, but there were always doctors and
(05:35):
nurses there and other support personnel to help him out,
rooting for him, checking in on us. Doctor Spicer was
one of the ones that on his last surgery came
up who wasn't even his doctor at the time and
was checking in on Brady just to see how he was.
And he came back every day and there was one
(05:57):
point in time he said, how's the boy doing, And
being the mom be I'm like, what are you talking about?
The boy? That's Brady? You know, and I never realized
until after the fact that there was just something about
Brady that he was drawn to. And he would allow
Brady to shoot this little foam ball out of an
ice cream cone day after day, and he would come
in and Brady would squeal delight because doctor Spicer was
(06:19):
acting so excited about it, and you know, Brady got him.
And a couple months after that, we were in an event
and doctor Spicer walked in the room and Brady just
cheered and ran clear across the room and he had
the energy and the power to be able to run,
which was awesome. But doctor Spicer just grabbed a grabbed
(06:46):
him in a beer big hug and like he had
been his long lost friend. And so years after that,
Brady had to choose where he allowed him to choose
as next doctor when his cardial just retired, and he
immediately said, I wanted to have doctor Spicer. And the
relationship that they had and the trust that Brady had
in him was amazing. And when doctor Spier would come in,
(07:09):
it was a conversation between him and Brady and it
wasn't Mom and Dad, I need a.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Clear Brady to see your mom get emotional like that
is that hard to not really?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I mean because when we go to dance marathon and everything.
Anytime she talks about me or like the story, that's
usually the outcome.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Because she's your mom.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yeah. Yeah, So doctor Spiser was just one of those
people that made a big difference in our lives. Nurses
on the floor he would come back, We would be
driving down the street, have to go back to see
his hospital, and his nurses they would let us into
the floor squill of delight that he was there. And
it just made him comfortable going to the hospital for
all the appointments and all the things that he had
(07:52):
to do, and it gave him a lot of bravery.
He did in an interview one time and they asked
him what he had to do or what he had
to be or to go through surgeries, and he just
simply looked at him and said, you had to be brave.
But I don't think that Braby would have come without
the people at Children's. It made a big difference in
his life, and just the relationships that he had with
(08:15):
all the staff members that he ran across was pretty important.
And even you know, other two kids then learned that
going to the doctor wasn't a bad thing, and that
Children's was there to help, you know, you do. You
drive by the building and you see all the lights
on at night, and you just there's stories in there,
and there's so many people who are going from their
(08:35):
lowest loaves and are able to come out on the
other side and live a life like Brady and to
make a difference in the lives of other people too.
So that's pretty awesome to see.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That is pretty awesome to see.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
You.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
You know, your son's sitting here and I know you're
getting emotional because it kind of brings you back when
you come to the hospital. What would you say to
maybe be a listener who is driving by the hospital
or has never been to the hospital, to inspire them
to donate.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
The random acts of kindness that come from our community
members is huge. There's somebody in there that needs to
know that they're supported by random strangers and that their gift,
no matter how small, no matter how big it is,
is going to make a huge difference in the lives
of the kids that are in there in their families.
So if it's ever been a thought, do it. It
(09:30):
makes a huge difference.
My name is Brady and I am Lisa. I was
born in children's hospital and I have had through open
heart surgeries and it's my story.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
So, Brady, you are a senior this year and you
are in a lot of activities at school. But your
story started off interesting because you had quite the journey
here at the hospital. Your mom, Lisa's here too. Lisa
tell us a little bit about Brady's story.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Brady was born with hypoplastic left heart, which means half
of his heart did not develop. So he was a
single venture girl kiddo. And his first open heart surgery
was at seven days, his second was two and a
half months, and his last was when he was four
years old.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You must be so proud of him here he is
a senior and he's thriving, and he's possibly getting ready
to go to college next year.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
He has really grown from the time he was that
little baby on all the ventilators and machines to now
kind of doing his own thing and getting ready to
kind of fly out on his own. Yeah, he's pretty
amazing kid.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Pretty Do you remember any of that? Does that any
of that come back to you when you were in
the hospital.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
I have a couple memories of like the like mainly
being like on the bed and everything like that, but
like not like any of the big stuff. I don't
have really any memory of that, but I have like
all the little pieces still.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
You're working in a special project for school to support
Children's Nebraska. Tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
So pretty much working with Decca in Midwest, And it's
pretty much I am trying to raise money for specifically
for toys and for to promote the mental health of
like the patients and also the families that are in
children's hospital right now. And so I'm trying to partner
and partner with as many companies and businesses as I
can to raise money and then also supply toys to
(01:49):
the patients. The way I'm like getting my donations, it's
mainly like through outside sources. I'm going up to businesses
and asking them for donations. And I'm also looking forward
to like starting a toy drive up at hopefully my
church and then also somewhere else.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
What about dance marathon? Tell us about this dance marathon
that you're going to be doing.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
It's just a big fundraiser for Showtren's Hospital. Every year
they choose like a goal whether it's like raising money
for certain technology, certain even just like a room, and
all the college students from different like from whatever campus
it is, come down and pretty much usually through twelve hours,
(02:32):
doesn't it depends, and they just dance, hang out with
the kids for however long they can, and they just
donate money and try to make everything better for the
kids and for the patients that are up here.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Do dance, I'll try.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
You guys use to dance all the time. Our first
one was at Creyton, and those kids just embraced all
three boys, and from the time that we got there
until the time we left, they were playing with them,
running around with them, dancing and included him and all
the things. Just embraced them and you could tell that
it was genuine and it came from deep down in
their hearts to be able to make a difference to
(03:14):
those kiddos. And then we still have contact with some
of the original dance marathon kiddos. Just giving of yourself
so freely for people that you don't know, like, it's
pretty cool and it's always been a highlight every year, like, hey,
what's an extance marathon?
Speaker 1 (03:30):
You know?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Is it in October again? You know, do we get
a go So, yeah, this one will be this one
will be hard again kind of the book ends of
our journey.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
You're an amazing man because you young man, I should say,
because you're doing all this stuff and what inspired you
to do that? It was your stay here at the hospital,
I mean pretty much.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
Yeah, because I do have like I have a lot
of memories of being in Juan's Hospital, and most a
lot of them have to do like with like doing
stuff with people, like because I remember I used to
always love doing puzzles and that was like the one
thing that I knew I could always like distract myself
with do it with other people. To even do it
by myself, it would make me make hours go by
(04:13):
in minutes. It would just distract me from anything that's
going on, make everything much better.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
That is neat. So what would you say to our
listeners who are considering giving a gift to Children's Right
now we're doing the radiothon, what would you say about
this hospital and you know the amazing things that they
do here.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Well, I think that if you ever stop by or
even look at it, like it's a big building, you
see so many different rooms in each room. There is
people who have like who have worked either their hardest
life trying to do something for the people, or are
working to try to make something of their own lives.
(04:52):
And I think that anything you possibly can give will
benefit them in any way, in every way possible.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Lisa, when you think about back on that time when
he was in the hospital here, what memories does that
bring back for you?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The time that Brady was born, it was really hard
for our family, a lot of other personal things happening
in our lives, and then he was born critical. There
were times in his surgeries and after surgery where he
almost didn't make it. Watching him be bagged because he
stopped breathing was hard, but there were always doctors and
(05:35):
nurses there and other support personnel to help him out,
rooting for him, checking in on us. Doctor Spicer was
one of the ones that on his last surgery came
up who wasn't even his doctor at the time and
was checking in on Brady just to see how he was.
And he came back every day and there was one
(05:57):
point in time he said, how's the boy doing, And
being the mom be I'm like, what are you talking about?
The boy? That's Brady? You know, and I never realized
until after the fact that there was just something about
Brady that he was drawn to. And he would allow
Brady to shoot this little foam ball out of an
ice cream cone day after day, and he would come
in and Brady would squeal delight because doctor Spicer was
(06:19):
acting so excited about it, and you know, Brady got him.
And a couple months after that, we were in an event
and doctor Spicer walked in the room and Brady just
cheered and ran clear across the room and he had
the energy and the power to be able to run,
which was awesome. But doctor Spicer just grabbed a grabbed
(06:46):
him in a beer big hug and like he had
been his long lost friend. And so years after that,
Brady had to choose where he allowed him to choose
as next doctor when his cardial just retired, and he
immediately said, I wanted to have doctor Spicer. And the
relationship that they had and the trust that Brady had
in him was amazing. And when doctor Spier would come in,
(07:09):
it was a conversation between him and Brady and it
wasn't Mom and Dad, I need a.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Clear Brady to see your mom get emotional like that
is that hard to not really?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
I mean because when we go to dance marathon and everything.
Anytime she talks about me or like the story, that's
usually the outcome.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
Because she's your mom.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yeah. Yeah, So doctor Spiser was just one of those
people that made a big difference in our lives. Nurses
on the floor he would come back, We would be
driving down the street, have to go back to see
his hospital, and his nurses they would let us into
the floor squill of delight that he was there. And
it just made him comfortable going to the hospital for
all the appointments and all the things that he had
(07:52):
to do, and it gave him a lot of bravery.
He did in an interview one time and they asked
him what he had to do or what he had
to be or to go through surgeries, and he just
simply looked at him and said, you had to be brave.
But I don't think that Braby would have come without
the people at Children's. It made a big difference in
his life, and just the relationships that he had with
(08:15):
all the staff members that he ran across was pretty important.
And even you know, other two kids then learned that
going to the doctor wasn't a bad thing, and that
Children's was there to help, you know, you do. You
drive by the building and you see all the lights
on at night, and you just there's stories in there,
and there's so many people who are going from their
(08:35):
lowest loaves and are able to come out on the
other side and live a life like Brady and to
make a difference in the lives of other people too.
So that's pretty awesome to see.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
That is pretty awesome to see.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
You.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
You know, your son's sitting here and I know you're
getting emotional because it kind of brings you back when
you come to the hospital. What would you say to
maybe be a listener who is driving by the hospital
or has never been to the hospital, to inspire them
to donate.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
The random acts of kindness that come from our community
members is huge. There's somebody in there that needs to
know that they're supported by random strangers and that their gift,
no matter how small, no matter how big it is,
is going to make a huge difference in the lives
of the kids that are in there in their families.
So if it's ever been a thought, do it. It
(09:30):
makes a huge difference.
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