Paul Brogna is this week’s guest on The Sports Show.
We talk with Paul Brogna. He ran in this year’s Boston Marathon to raise money for Brigham and Women’s Hospital. That hospital saved his child’s life. We talk with Paul about running the Boston Marathon, fatherhood and more.
Paul Brogna and his family.
Paul and his son’s story….
Last year on April 22nd Paul’s son, Luca was born and immediately admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). He stayed there for 13 days. Paul writes on his website site that is was a traumatic experience that his wife and him will never forget. Paul kept an online journal of his experience with his son. You can read that journal called Luca’s Story.
Paul talked about his emotions to a local paper in the Boston area. “Paul told the newspaper, “I picked up his hand, and it was floppy. One second everything was fine, and the next it was, ‘Will my baby live?’ It was a very out-of-body experience.”
Luca was born with a serious infection. To make matters worse there were further complications as the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice. Luca was taken away to the neonatal intensive care unit. Paul and his wife, Kelsey were shocked and horrified with what was going on.
Paul and his wife were so thankful for what Brigham and Women’s Hospital did that he made the “The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation at BWH” his choice charity. He wants to raise as much money as he can for that hospital and charity.
About The Sports Show Hosts:
About Art Eddy:
Art Eddy is one of the co-founders here at Life of Dad. He hosts and produces all of the Life of Dad podcasts as well as hosting a few Facebook Live Shows on the Life of Dad Facebook page. He is one of the main writers on the site. Art loves Star Wars, football (49ers fan), baseball (Red Sox fan), Air Jordans and all things Geek.
About Jon Finkel:
Jon Finkel has written for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, GQ, Details, The New York Times, AskMen.com, ComedyCentral.com and Yahoo! Sports’ ThePostGame.com. He was the Editor-in-Chief and founder of the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame’s website, FootballMatters.org, as well as the founder of SweatBeforeSix.com. He is currently the Publisher at Beckett Media and hosts a Facebook Live Sports Show for LifeofDad.com.
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