30 months-Pondering "The Savior of the World"
10 years ago
Friday, May 20, 2011
A great loss.............
Yesterday, I was informed that Dr. Hawkins, the former head cardio-thoracic surgeon at PCMC, passed away in his home. Bridger and I were in the PCMC PICU in April of 2009 when Dr. Hawkins came to work and announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was April 1, so everyone thought that he was just playing an April Fools joke. Sadly he was not. He survived two years after diagnosis, which in itself is amazing. While he never performed surgery on Bridger, this man paved the way for our surgeon to be able to give us the 11 months we had with our beautiful boy. My heart goes out to Dr. Hawkins surviving family. He will be greatly missed.
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I love that man. I owe him more than I could ever repay. He perfomed all three of Ben's heart surgeries and countless other minor surgeries. I think I heard Ben was his last transplant. He sat in our room and listened to us and talked with us so many times and so compassionately. He was truly dedicated to those in his care and I know he made great sacrifices to be such an amazing surgeon and to help so many. I know we are not the only grateful family who will feel his loss. No one could ever replace him in our esteem and hearts. Thank you for letting me know.
I'm sorry, may he always take care of Bridger in Heaven.
God Bless
We too will miss him. He did our son Ryker's surgery, and was there the day he passed away. He will be missed.
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