Mojo

I think about things like this all the time…if you had a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, however small, would you do it?
Read on…


“A short while ago, on two occasions I believe, you requested some “mojo” from your website fans, of which I happen to be one (I don’t care what others think, I liked Wesley on ST:TNG). And, upon your request, was one of the people who took a minute to “beam some mojo” your way.
Well, although you really don’t owe me squat, I would like to ask the same favor in return.
You see, my daughter, “Katie” to her friends, and “Boodlie-Face” to her daddy; don’t ask 🙂 is having an operation tomorrow morning. Specifically, she is having a Bilateral Ureteral Reimplantation to fix her Bladder Reflux problem. She needs this done, as she has Reflux Grade 3 on the left side, and a high Grade 2 on the right. At any rate, it’s pretty bad, and without this, her kidneys are almost certain to become damaged.
Understand, this is what everyone tells me is a “routine operation”. But frankly, my mind has been awash with the most horrible scenarios. I’m told that this is normal for a father, especially for a first child. It doesn’t make me feel any better, however. My 16 month old beautiful baby girl is going under the knife, and there is f*ck-all I can do to help, and the feelings of despair and helplessness that a father feels at a time like this can be quite overwhelming.
I’m not a very religious person, although I was raised to be a good Protestant boy. I have found myself silently praying over this, though, in part to try (unsuccessfully) to ease my own mind. I have come to the conclusion, though, that *anything* done is a positive manner can help. I do have my own website, although I get absolutely nada for traffic. Some of us don’t have the name or face recognition of Uncle Willie. I don’t have 50,000 monkeys that I can draw upon to try to get the mojo working for my daughter to help her through her operation successfully. I can only ask you. Could you put a small blurb on your site, just asking your huge fanbase to send the love, the prayers, the positive energy, the white light, the mojo, the *whatever* my daughter’s way tomorrow morning?
Her operation is tomorrow morning, November 26, 2002 at 8:00 am. CST, and is supposed to last for 3 hours. It is taking place at the University of Iowa Hospital, in Iowa City, Iowa. Did I mention it’s in Iowa? It’s in Iowa. You know. Corn. Soy beans. Iowa. :)”

I have been so blessed since I opened this lame website. People have sent me warm wishes and deeply personal stories when they’ve responded to the things I’ve written. Growing up in a medical family, I have come to believe that there is no such thing as a “routine operation” when you or someone you love is the subject.
I hope that you’ll take a moment tomorrow, and spare a thought for Bob and his baby girl, who are in Iowa.
Iowa. Iowa. Iowa.
Mojo. Mojo. Mojo.
🙂

219 thoughts on “Mojo”

  2. I hope your daughter gets through this alright. I know your predicament, my little brother had to have surgery when he was only a year and a half.
    Sending you lotsa good mojo from the High school computer lab in Indiana at 10:06 AM EST.

  3. I know that I am a little late, but I hope that everything went well. (Please let us know!)
    I hope that now your daughter has gone through the worst, the test that we all have to face, and has a life of happyiness in front of her.

  4. Major mojo from Springfield, MA, for everyone who wants it. Get that universal love thing going on.

  5. i’m a believer in prayer. i have a sick family and the prayers go out all the time. since i was little, i always think of a dark map when i’m saying my prayers. whenever i’ve prayed for someone, i light up that part of the map in my head. by the time i’m done, there’s little pockets of light all over the place.
    bob, i hope you can see that HUGE light coming in through the window of the waiting room. iowa is on fire in my head.
    wil wheaton, you kick ass.

  7. Lots and lots of mojo coming to you from Texas! I hope everything goes well. Please keep us updated.

  8. I’m not good with time zones (or geography), but I am sending this mojo to Bob and Katie – have faith.
    And thank you for putting my personal crises in perspective today.

  10. ~*Mucho Mojo*~ & prayers for the little Boodlie-face 😉 The surgery is probably done by now, but mojo and prayers are still a good thing 🙂

  17. Im sure with all this mojo your little girl will be fine. It is amazing to see the internet work like this to really touch someone else’s life. We all connect through a flickering screen, keyboard, and data bits sent through a wire, but somehow all that technology is transformed into human goodwill for a living, breathing person. Wil you rock, and best wishes to Katie, *Mojo*, she will be just fine.

  18. Good Thoughts from southern MN. it’s 10ish am and here’s hoping everything went well. i kinda wish you’re website or contact info had been included. if it’s any help, i had ureter surgery over 20 years ago (yeah, i’m old). so if you want a personal perspective on this type of surgery, just holler.

  21. I said a prayer for your daughter…….Also sending lots of MoJo……….
    Wil, you my friend are a class act. Thanks for posting this.
    Matt……

  24. Damn… It’s been almost two and a half hours since the procedure began. Here’s some more Wisconsin Mojo, a little late, but I hope it helps all the same. Have a speedy recovery, Boodie-Face!
    Hang in there, Dad. I know I’d be freaking out if my almost-four-year-old daughter needed an operation, so I’ll be thinking about you and your family today. Let us know how things go, OK?
    Have a happy, and peaceful, Thanksgiving all…

  25. Bob, you and your beautiful daughter can consider themselves mojoed… oh, and prayed for pretty hard too!
    All our love from Australia.

  32. I hope everything turns out alright. Hopefully someone will tell us what happened….
    May the Lord watch over all those undergoing operations today

  37. My heart is with you and your little girl, Bob! Healing white light and good thoughts coming your way!
    Tracey

  41. i believe in miracles…i believe that something good is going to happen for these people…here’s some mojo and a prayer to help it along.

  42. I’ve sent some nice mojo to bob and his daughter “katie” being in seattle has given the operation a head start on my mojo, but i hope it helps with the healing process if not the surgery. Everyone else has the surgery covered anyway.
    Wishing katie all the best.

  44. ~~~~~~ Sends Mojo, Good Thoughts and Healing Vibes to Katie ~~~~~~
    The Operation are probably already over, but I’m sending some anyway.. As a new father (baby girl since a month and a half now), I can fully understand going crazy in these kinds of situations.

  48. Little Katie should be in recovery by now. Here’s some good ole southern mojo for her speedy recovery!! MOJO!

  49. It is currently 11:51am CST and I will have to consign my mojo to the speedy post-operative recovery efforts. Please, Bob, accept my mojo as also a father of a 16 moth old girl with celiac disease as well and another child on the way. I understand the fear. I hope yours is conquered by a successful operation and a happy Katie.

  50. You got it–since I’m late, here’s post-op mojo heading east.
    Way to start my day off with sappy tears and perspective rearranging, too. Twice in two days that something on someone’s weblog caused me to stop being such a whiner for a little while…

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