MIRACULOUS STORY OF RECOVERY FROM MOUNT WASHINGTON PEDIATRICS 11 NEWS ANCHOR MINDY BECERRA HAS MORE ON 19 YEAR OLD DON BAILEY'S LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. IT'S BEEN. YEAH, IT'S A LOT. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'M MANAGING. MANAGING PRETTY WELL. TO SAY IT'S BEEN A LOT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE SUMMER OF 2023, 19 YEAR OLD DON BAILEY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MIGRAINE. THE ONE MINUTE THEY TOLD ME I HAD A TUMOR AND I WAS SURPRISED. DON UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REMOVE THE TUMOR, BUT THERE WERE COMPLICATIONS. HE ARRIVED AT MOUNT WASHINGTON PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN A COMA. NON-RESPONSIVE. HE HAD COME HERE WITH A PLAN OF TEACHING HIS FAMILY HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIM IN THE STATE THAT HE WAS. WE WERE NOT REALLY EXPECTING RECOVERY. I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE HIM SURVIVE. LIKE, THAT'S THE SHORT END OF IT. BUT THEN, DOCTOR AL MADE A CHANGE TO DON'S CARE. I CHANGED SOME OF THE MEDICATIONS AROUND AND HE STARTED TO WAKE UP. HE DIDN'T JUST WAKE UP. HE BEGAN TO THRIVE. WE WERE ALL SO SHOCKED AT FIRST. AND THEN WE STOPPED BEING SHOCKED BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, WELL, THIS IS JUST WHAT DON WANTS TO DO. LIKE HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT ONCE HE SET HIS MIND ON RECOVERING, HE WAS GOING TO RECOVER. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL THERE HELPING HIM AND SUPPORTING HIM, BUT IT WAS REALLY HIS OWN SELF, YOU KNOW, MOTIVATION THAT CARRIED HIM ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE. DON IS WORKING ON WALKING INDEPENDENTLY, NO LONGER NEEDS A FEEDING TUBE. DOCTOR CHUDOW SEES A PROMISING FUTURE. HE LOVES TO COOK AND I THINK HE COULD MAKE IT TO THE POINT WHERE HE CAN BE A COOK, BE A CHEF LIKE LIVE ON HIS OWN. I REALLY THINK HE CAN GET THERE. NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP HIM. I KIND OF HAVE A UNEXPECTED BAD ENDING, BUT I'