There are not enough words to express my love and gratitude for Dr. William R. Boydston and his staff at The Pediatric Neurosurgery Associates at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta BUT, I will do my best!

Before having my son, I had such distrust with doctors. I’ve been through so much with doctors who think they know more than God. In 2006, I had my second miscarriage. The Gynecologist I encountered during this time scared me enough to never see her again. She knew of my worry about my unborn child, yet her lack of compassion and sympathy led her to tell me about a lump on my breast that could be Cancer!

This was a lump that I’ve had since I was 17 years old and was told it was benign! Even after telling her this all she could tell me was that if I don’t take care of this lump I could die! Her attitude reminded me of the other doctors who would not listen to anything I would have to say and just go based on what they know and what’s important to them. I almost gave up on doctors…..until I met Dr. Boydston.

My only child, Ezekiel, was born Sept. 3, 2008. My family and I knew that he would be born with Hydrocephalus. We had no idea what this medical condition was going to do with his development or his quality of life. The Perinatologist I was referred to gave me the most grim and worst case scenario of what ‘could’ happen with Ezekiel. It took me three (3) days to regroup from this conversation. I was over it!

Along came an “angel” in disguise. The first person to meet Dr. Boydston was my mother. Ezekiel had his shunt surgery two days after he was born. Because of my c-section, I could not be there for the surgery, but I made sure that my family supporters were there to be my eyes and ears. I got a call from my mother to tell me that Ezekiel’s Neurosurgeon is the best doctor she has ever met. I was too much of a skeptic to believe that until she told me what he told her. He said, “The surgery went well. I did what I could do, now it’s all in God’s hands.” WHAT? I’ve never heard a doctor say this before. I was shocked he said this, but still skeptical.

It was finally my turn to meet him. Dr. Boydston came up to me and just hugged me! What? I never experienced that. He mentioned to me that Ezekiel is beautiful and that he’s going to be just fine. I just cried. He hugged me again and said exactly what he told my mom, “I did all I can do and now, God is going to do the rest”. WOW! Compassion, feeling, connection and understanding, something I’ve never had with a doctor! I couldn’t tell him enough how thankful I was to him and his kindness.

After our first initial conversation, Dr. Boydston has been the exact same. He comes into the patient room with a huge smile on his face. He looks at the MRI Ezekiel just had and he goes over the details with me in full so I can fully understand how Ezekiel is doing. He’s very loving to Ezekiel by kissing him on his head and interacting with him as he laughs and enjoys his doctors company!

I am truly proud to have met this hero/angel named Dr. William Boydston. I could go on about his credentials and how important he is to the Atlanta and Southeast community, but Dr. Boydston is my hero because he changed the way I feel about doctors. He saved my son’s life and I am truly indebted to him. It’s because of him I have a different outlook on doctors and realize that all doctors are not all cold hearted. Dr. Boydston, you are truly a hero to me and I thank you!