A Great Man has passed away....

DR ROBERT L. PIERCE, MD
March 25, 1959 - September 26th, 2007.

I was shocked today to find out that this wonderful cardiologist passed away last week! This is Matthew's Cardiologist and he was a GREAT MAN! He was the one that diagnosed Matthew at birth with TAPVR. When I first met him, it was at my bedside, in recovery after my c-section with matthew. i actually HATED the man because he had brought such DEVISTATING NEWS to us and also was the dr that told us that he did not think matthew would survive the trip from hospital to hospital. but i came to LOVE the man because he WAS such a WONDERFUL doctor! one fond memory i have of him was that we got him to SMILE while we were in the hospital. He was a very serious man and rarely smiled, he usually looked like he was giving us bad news...well, while matthew was a tiny thing in PICU, we were telling him a funny thing about matthew or something and he actually SMILED at us!!! :) we had all the nurses in AWE because they had NEVER seen him smile!! :) that was a GREAT DAY!

Joshua was suppose to meet him THIS WEEK for HIS cardiology appt and unfortunatly, he will never be able to meet our baby. We had just seen him in July for Matthews appt so he KNEW we were awaiting the arrival of our baby. i am so sadden by this...

Our thoughts and prayers are with all the PIERCE FAMILY!! Dr Pierce will be GREATLY MISSED by us........