Friday, July 26, 2013

Lucy Hancocks

My daughter Lucy was born with symptoms of PRS and was diagnosed when she was a baby. We were devastated as we were told that we had to wait until she was fully grown and the PRS was ‘burnt out’ until we could do anything. We could not accept this and after searching online we kept coming up with Dr Siebert and Christine Honeycutt. After many phone calls with Vicki Honeycutt we decided to make the 36 hour trip from Australia to America to see Dr Siebert. As soon as we met Dr S we knew that this was what we had to do. For the first time he gave us hope for our little girl. My husband and i walked out of his clinic the happiest we had been in a long time.
We had the huge task of raising the money for the surgery but we knew that we wanted Dr Siebert to take care of our daughter. 5 months later we had raised the money and surgery was all booked. In April 2013 we made our way back to America. I must say I was so nervous being so far away from home but Dr.Siebert reassured us that he would take wonderful care of our little Lucy. We knew without a doubt that she was in the best hands possible. After Lucy’s 8 hour surgery we were so happy to see his smiley face walk into the waiting room. His reassurance and tender care is amazing. We cannot say enough kind words about Dr Siebert and knowing that he is giving our little girl a precious gift of an amazing future means the world to us.
We head back for the long trip to America in October for Lucy’s first revision and we are nervous yet very excited to see Dr Siebert and LuAnn who is also amazing. They are 2 very special people and we are blessed to have them in our lives.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Dr Siebert for giving us hope and giving our little girl the chance of having a beautiful future.

Jodie (Lucy's mum)

                                  

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Patrick

Many thanks for a great surgeon and person,


This tribute is long overdue -- by about four years. It was back in December, 2008 that my son, Patrick, had his first surgery with Dr John Siebert. From our first conversation, I knew I had found a very special doctor. One who gave us hope as parents of a child with PRS and showed Patrick kindness and respect throughout the entire process.

It wasn't an easy journey due to the nature of this disease but Dr Siebert's expertise in the field of micro vascular surgery gave us an option that provided the long term benefit of stopping any further deterioration. Had we not found Dr Siebert I'm not sure what Patrick's teenage years would've been like. All I know is what did occur -- this wonderful, competent doctor gave Patrick a chance and we will all be eternally grateful to him and his staff. He holds a special place in our hearts.

Flora McQuillen
Boston, USA