My Son And A Great Story That Made His Day

cool story! i love the character in the organization today. ill b rooting for your son man

Keep your head up :)

You.

Cool of Moeaki to do that.

(And FYI: I bumped up the time on this post so that the morning crew sees it.)

It sounds like Moeaki is a class act, good to hear. We need more people like this in a Chiefs uniform, let alone in this world.

It sounds like your son is a class act as well. My guess is that he will meet Tony sometime this season. I’ll be rooting for both.

Moeaki sounds like a class guy, he will fit in well in KC. The best weapon your son has right now is a positive attitude. Keep your head up, Devon.

Good to hear we have some classy guys in place after 2.7 tried to make a joke of our storied franchise. Thanks also for being a such a great parent that you would go great lengths for your child’s happiness. There are very few parents like that around anymore.

I will keep your son and your entire family in my prayers. Best of luck to him and keep those smiles coming on his face, that is some of the best medicine around.

I hope he gets better

All you can do is just hang in there just like your boy is doing.

As a Hawkeye fan I was glad to see the Chiefs draft Moeaki, and stories like this make it that much better.

Always good to hear stories of players doing right for the fans. I have been and will continue to be rooting for TM to be our starting TE. There’s alot of talent there.

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your son and family during this trying time and hope for a speedy recovery!

That’s a tough situation and I just wish him and your family the best of luck through this situation.

And about Moeaki, that is just awesome. Sounds like you guys have gotten a high character player over there. That’s always fun to see. It makes it much easier to root for your team when you know that there are players who aren’t selfish, money-hungry, terrible human beings.

one thing that i learned through watching my father pass away (he finally died three years ago from a bad case of MS for 20+ years) is that your mental state of mind, and just your general outlook makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. my dad was in rehab the last few months of his life to re-learn how to do things like chew and swallow his food. but somehow he made it to my brother’s high school graduation. he passed later that same week.

now, i dont want to sound like a downer, but the exact opposite. GREAT thing you did getting Tony involved (very cool for him to respond as he did!). positive thoughts like that are just as powerful as medicine in my book. keep your chin up man, sounds like you’ve got a real trooper there to help you through it ;)

Send me a message if you need anything, I happen to be in the Iowa City area at the moment and would be more than happy to help out.

My wife has a great connection to him & will send a good word for Devons speedy recovery & for the immediate family to be strong.

I have a 10 year old son we almost lost 2 years ago. I’ll pray for you and the rest of the family as much as I’ll pray for your son Devon. You will all need divine strength as much as he needs a miraculous healing.

I’ve had many family members in that hospital (my mom’s family lives in Iowa). He’s in good hands.

and keep my fingers crossed for you. Keep your head up, a smile on your face and think positive thoughts.

Your story hit me really hard as I too have a 10yr old son. I cannot even fathom what you & your family are going through. I will definitely keep him & your family in my prayers.

Please keep us all posted on his recovery!

We had another pretty good moment today. He looks up to some of the football players at his school, they go to a small school so everything is in one building, and the three team captains who Devon really like came up and brought an autographed football which even the coach signed and said “Devon get better buddy, Dunkerton football needs you”, they brought him a jersey, and an nfl magazine. They had to get dressed in the gown thing with masks and gloves before they came in and Devon told them they looked like amish girls. It was pretty funny. He has his MRI this afternoon and I will be sure to update everyone. Again thank you all, it is wonderful to see all the responses and read them to Devon. He also says thank you.

That hospital is one of the best, just 45 mins away from here myself. They take good care of their people, they have with my family.

With this example of Moeaki’s kindheartedness, shows Pioli knows what he’s getting out of his people, not just on the field, but off.

Thoughts and prayers go out to your son and your family. Hope he makes a full recovery and soon!

It’s stories like these that put things in perspective. We may all be Chiefs fans through thick and then, but there are more important things besides the win/loss column that the vast majority of us care about.

We’ll be rooting for your kid :) then for Moeaki.

Moeaki has now valuted to the top of my list as a favorite Chief without taking a snap, purely on character. Kudos.

except he had a slight kink in his spinal cord which caused a blood clot. he was suffering stroke like symptoms. my son doesn’t care for sports, he goes to games to placate me. he’s all about music. he plays three instruments (working on 4, just picked up an old Moog synth that needs repair), would rather go to his Rock School than actual school.

when he as in the hospital, The Flaming Lips “The Soft Bulletin” was constantly on loop because, one, that’s my wife’s favorite album and she listened to it non-stop when she was pregnant with Thorn, thus making The Flaming Lips and “The Soft Bulletin” Thorn’s favorite band and album.

as i’m sure you’ve done (or have tried) when you have a child in the hospital, you stay with them in shifts, wife in the AM, me in the PM. one morning, after i got home, i just shot off an email to the Flaming Lips, just to let them know how happy that album was making my son, it was keeping him calm and cool. i got a reply that evening asking what hospital and room he was in.

the next day there was a bouquet of sunflowers from the Flaming Lips in his hospital room. the day after that a large box from OKC, OK arrived filled to the brim with toy robots of different shapes and sizes from Wayne Coyne and a little hand written note for “Thorn’s Eyes Only”…i still don’t know what it read.

your son will pull through just fine. it’s a bit morbid, but scares like these are a strong glue that brings the family closer together.

my family’s thoughts will be with you and yours.

…and atta Boy Tony….you made a fan for life.

Prayer works and I will pray for you and Devon. Thanks for the touching story. All the best to you. God bless you.

Get well Devon – we’re all pulling for you.

Tony M. gets an A+ for character in my book already – I’m proud to have him as a Chief.

Good to hear a story. Who knew those guys actually use their facebook still? Hopefully he can leave some tickets for you and take your little guy down on the field!

and I hope Tony has a great career in KC

Our daughter had brain surgery last December and all is well now. The docs in Iowa City will take good care of you. It’s a good place. You’ve got a great sense of humor to call those football players Amish girls. You might want to be careful when you go to their games this fall, though. Something like that could get you duct taped to the goal post, I think. :) Prayin’ for strength, healing, comfort and peace to you and your family.

All the best and prayers to you Devon, and your family.

From someone who spent most of his childhood in the hospital, I know how bad it can get at times. However, with a positive attitude (which it sounds like your son has), it can and will get better.

I really hope your son recovers as fast as possible but until that happens, keep your head up and have faith.

God bless you and your son.

P.S. Tony Moeaki sounds like a great guy and someone we, as Chief’s fans, will be proud to have as a part of our team.

We went through something similar about seven years ago and as a parent I know what a kick in the gut it can be. Hang in there and we’ll keep the prayers coming.

Keep the faith.

Exodus 23:25 – And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

is ok i will pray for him no 10 year should have to go throuht that it braks my heart to hear that

We have moved from intensive care unit down to regular pediatrics. This just means he is stable they say. His bloodclots have not gotten any worse but they also haven’t gotten any better. He had an mri again last night and it showed the same as the last one. They had him on blood thinners for awhile until his blood got to thin so they had to stop them. Now his blood is back to where they want it they are going to start him on a smaller dose. He is really upset because they told him he may have to take blood thinners for the rest of his life which meant no football. He started yelling at the doctors because he is going to play football no matter what they say. Now they said it might be something that goes away so he may not have to stay on thinners so he is content.

Tell him to keep his chin up!

Devon has recently been released from the hospital but we are still having to make trips down to U of I hospitals. He is doing a lot better. His clots have started to shrink. They are trying to get the right dosage of the blood thinners for him because they keep making his blood to thin. Before we left we had a couple of Iowa Hawkeye players come up and visit Dev also. Im sorry it has taken me so long to update you all. We have been very busy with all of the traveling back and forth plus work and school for myself.

The healing process has begun. We’ll keep the prayers coming your way.