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Patriots coach visits young patient during sickle cell treatment

RECENTLY, New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel visited Jayden Wilsey at Boston Children's Hospital after deciding writing back wasn't enough and invited the family to a Patriots game vs. Cleveland Browns.
During a prolonged hospital stay, the family's outreach began with a letter from teen patient Jayden Wilsey while undergoing grueling chemotherapy and gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease and lung shunting.
It is an incredible, incredible benefit to patients like Jayden, who said `It got me through the harder times in the hospital — like after I got out, but it still helped, and it was really cool because I could do it with my family and stuff` .
Jayden Wilsey recorded his first pain-free day in about three years, and Aubrey Wilsey said he is doing much better and hopes to try out for the high school basketball team NEXT YEAR.
That initial visit grew into a lasting relationship with the Patriots organization, which Jane Searfoss called `an incredible benefit to patients like Jayden`, and the family called the Patriots game a once-in-a-lifetime memory.

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