Mr. Murphy,
You don't know me, but I needed to write you. My son is very sick and I have been in the hospital with him for as long as I remember. He does not have a birth defect, but his conditions are definitely an anomaly. The doctors recently told me that his condition was getting worse and I needed to consider signing a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate Form) in case he stopped breathing or his heart stopped again. I have cried about this for days and have locked myself in my son's hospital room so I did not have to talk about the fact that I decided to sign the form.
As a parent, you never want to give up on your child, but I felt that holding on to him was starting to become selfish. I did not tell anyone about my decision and I just wanted to stop thinking about it for while. For some reason, I decided to log into Facebook (something I don't normally do), and your video was on my newsfeed with the statement What if this happened to your baby? I am so glad I clicked on it because it made me change my mind about signing the DNR. I prayed about my decision and felt comfortable that I was doing the right thing.
Since then, the doctors and I have seen a huge improvement in my sons condition. He is not out of the woods yet, but your video has given me hope. God Bless you for what you are doing! It may have saved my son's life. I will be voting for your video everyday and praying that you can make it to the Ironman.
I have told you before, but it does not hurt to say it again: THIS is why you are voting and sharing. This mother would not have seen my video without one of you being generous enough to vote and share the the video. No matter what the outcome, we are successful. Please pray from this mother and her son. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
Here are the results of the views today:
| 1 | Boudousa Brain | 3993 |
| 2 | Kona hopeful F16 pilot | 3412 |
| 3 | Shawn's Ironman | 2448 |
| 4 | Green Dot (Henry Tolstedt) | 1903 |
| 5 | Fireman Brian's Mission | 1274 |
| 6 | The Quadfather (Nick Tieney) | 1059 |
| 7 | Suck It Cancer | 989 |
| 8 | Isabella' Legacy | 540 |
| 9 | Eric Yollick (Team Yollick) | 495 |
| 10 | Happy Birthday Ironman | 437 |
| 11 | Operation Brain Tumor (Ted Pepenhagen II) | 314 |
| 12 | The Opportunity | 280 |
| 13 | I am ... "Anything is possible" (Milan Dubravka) | 257 |
| 14 | Crash To Kona (TychoRiis Weiche) | 232 |
| 15 | A race for the women in my life | 226 |
| 16 | Spirit of Hawaii (Anja Kraft) | 206 |
| 17 | my biggest dream (Christian Schon) | 194 |
| 18 | Dean Kashlan Mantra (Dean Kashlan) | 174 |
| 19 | Iron driven lifestyle | 130 |
| 20 | Kona for the Kids | 93 |
| 21 | Dr. Martin Jay Hernandez Motivational Specialist | 50 |
| 22 | IRONMAN-BAWDO | 39 |
We are still in 3rd place according to views, but there are two specific campaigns that will over take us in the next few days unless we see a influx in views. There are some great and deserving stories being submitted everyday. They are doing something right with how they spread their message to get the views. Do any of your loyal supporters have any ideas how we can keep pace? I am all ears! Thank all of you for your support!
