Many of you probably saw the story about the pediatric surgeon who drowned this weekend while saving two kids who had fallen into Lake Michigan. Dr. Donald Liu had a special connection for our family because he performed the surgery on Mark's stomach when he was six weeks old.
We only met him for a few minutes but he had a profound effect on all of our lives. Lynne and Matt recall the hospital staff saying how lucky we were to get him as the surgeon.
We were very frazzled when we met him, but he was happy and calm. He even spoke to Mark, who was only 37 days old. It made us feel relaxed.
So send some good thoughts and prayers to his family. It's amazing the difference one person can make for so many families.
Matt wrote a story for our paper about our experience with Dr. Liu. You can read it here.
