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Thanks Duane Eby, Ron Fife of Mother Grove, Dave, Tommy, Steve and CaoimheIh March 27, 2009

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 Luckily yesterday Duane Eby and the gang were able to save the moment when my own kiddos had the flu. Duane Eby, Aren Winebrenner, Dave Baker, Ron Fife of Mother Grove, Tommy Meyers, Caoimhe McNeil and Mister Stephen Tyler played Riley and Methodist, Children’s Hospitals. They had all practiced the Mimi Burns Band songs, but when I was not able to make it, Duane stepped up to the plate as did the crew and they played Duane’s music and listened to stories told by Caoimhe. My deepest and most sincere thank you to each of you!

Of the children that were affected by your presence (and presents); one was going into surgery and she was not able to settle down until they turned on the television to show the band playing… the other was of a young man who had just come out of surgery and he came in to listen to the band play and was able to relax and sleep. 

I will post a few of the comments from the group over the next couple of days~ this one is from Dave Baker

Mimi,

  I definitely missed you, but indeed Duane was the hero and the glue.  Just watching the few smiles I was able to absorb and then to hear from those people at lunch about their child, made it more than worth the small effort we put out.  We must have made a wide impression as the parking attendant asked what we were parking for free for and I told him we were playing music in the Atrium and he said he saw it on a monitor somewhere in the hospital.  So we were on closed circuit TV within the facility.  As for doing it again sometime, sure.–Dave

 

Mimi,
 
I’m really happy to have had the opportunity to go and try to brighten those children’s day, even if just a bit.  If the one little girl that was afraid, then comforted by the music was the only person that got anything out of what we did, then it was well worth the effort in my book. 
 
My dad was one of those kids many, many years ago.  He had polio in the 1950s and was subjected to an awful array of “experimental” surgeries(the medical community was desperate), and has paid a heavy price, his entire life, for that.  The pain and trauma that he went through as a child all ended up being uneccessary due to the vaccine that did ultimately save his life.  Growing up, knowing what my dad went through, really makes things like this feel close to home for me, and I’m glad that I am getting the chance to make a difference.
 
AW