>> That day was like a bad dream that just kept going and you just wanted to wake up
from.
>> I tried to walk but I just couldn't walk.
>> You know, our family doctor -- he looked at him and seen blood underneath his eyelids
and he said, "Just rush him to Hershey Medical Center as fast as you can", and that's when
they said that -- um, ahh.
>> And then my dad carried me in and then we went to the emergency room and then they
did like a scan.
>> His body kind of started shutting down.
We were getting in the elevator.
We ran to the elevator and up, and they're like, "Give him a kiss"; and so David and
I both gave him a kiss.
We told him we loved him.
>> I got sick and had meningitis and I had like black stuff all over my feet and arms.
>> We can't fix it.
We can't make it better.
As parents, that's your job.
It was hard, and as a mom, it was hard.
>> They told us that he had a less-than-10-percent chance of even living at all.
The first time the doctor said, "Do you want a priest to come up to the room?"
And I was like, "No, no, no, no, no, not right now.
Not right now.
My boy's going to make it.
He's going to make it."
>> About six inches below his knee down basically died.
The bones were dead, and on August 3rd of 2012 is when they amputated both of his legs
below the knee.
>> It was like -- I looked down and it was like gone and I'm like -- I'm like, "Why are
they gone?"
Like it's -- like it's gone but it's like they can't grow back.
So, it was like very, very sad.
But it was the best thing to do.
>> What's Deven's life going to be like?
He's a super active kid.
He loves playing football.
The year before he scored eight touchdowns.
He was so proud of it.
How is he going to get around?
Is he going to get married?
Like all the things cross your mind.
>> What I remember most about Deven and his family is that he was still smiling, even
though he felt so bad.
Our goal was to help him learn about his illness and to help to give him some fun things to
do, to help distract him from the things that worried him.
>> They would like sing, and then I would play with the toys, play games and not like
go into the surgery and doing another surgery.
Like I got a break.
I'd get to play.
>> And that's what was so great about Hershey and the Children's Miracle Network.
They were great.
I mean it's awesome that there's people out there that care.
>> The kids may see it just as having fun, but there's always a goal behind it.
>> We were still in the hospital, and he was saying, "Just wait 'til I'm playing football
again, Mom.
Just wait."
>> Here you go again.
Every time I think you're not going to be able to do something you do really good at
it.
>> You know, when they're little -- about one -- and they start walking, you get all
excited.
But I think seeing him walk again for the second time was way better than seeing him
the first time because he just had that smile on his face, and the determination that he
had as he was walking was amazing.
>> It was awesome.
Like it was the first time like walking, and I was like -- it was like the most awesome
feeling that like, "I get to wear my leg.
I get to wear prosthetic legs."
And it was like walking on them for like the first time, and I was excited.
It was like the best day ever.
>> He just tried them on and he started running.
And he came over to me and was like, "Dad, I love the way the wind felt on my face again."
That whole summer -- worked really, really hard.
We got him a personal trainer.
>> And that season he was able to join his football team again.
>> You're like running out like you're like the best player on the team.
Like everybody's shouting for you.
It was awesome.
Hike ten.
>> He's my inspiration every day.
>> I know through everything he's been through that has changed him as a person and has made
him a better person.
It changed our whole family.
He has showed so many people about not giving up; and, hey, if you want to go for it, go
for it.
I would absolutely call Deven a miracle.
He's my miracle.
>> I want to be an NFL football player and be in the Hall of Fame.