Precerpt from Raising God's Rainbow Makers: Doah and Three Famous Doctors
The Right Doctors at the Right Time Doah’s story is threaded with miracles, but some of the most important ones came wearing white coats—two young physicians who were not yet famous, not yet the giants they would become, but who saw what others missed and dared to think differently. When the doctors in Pittsburgh had given up on Doah—when they told me I was immature for refusing to accept his death, when they tried to take custody so they could perform experimental procedures his own pediatrician warned were dangerous—we packed up and left. We went to Boston, to Dr. Arnold Colodny, listed as one of the two top GI doctors in the USA at the time. Dr. Colodny? He had been Noelle's doctor when we were living in Boston. And we loved him. Her did so much good for Noelle! So, I picked up the phone and called him. If we showed up in Boston, would he take Doah? Yes, he said, not knowing we were planning to steal Doah from the hospital, metaphorically fly to the airport, and literally fly ...