Giving to Golisano Children's Hospital  Miracle Kids: Nathan
VanDeVoorde  Meningitis Scare Brings Healthy Kid to Brink of
Death  Nathan VanDeVoordeWhen Julie VanDeVoorde was growing up,
a neighbor of hers died of meningitis. So when her 5-year-old
son, Nathan, complained that his neck hurt, spiked a high fever
and began vomiting, a little voice in the back of her head
wondered if these same symptoms meant the same condition.  “My
‘mother gut’ was telling me that things weren’t good,” said
Julie, who brought him to the pediatrician’s office, where
multiple tests showed nothing serious. But Nathan was up
throughout the night, inconsolable. And by 8 a.m. he had a rash
all over his body, his fever had hit 104 degrees, and he felt
like he was falling even though he was lying down.  Dave
VanDeVoorde yelled for Julie to call 911. “His eyes were like
saucers and he started to stumble around the house,” he said.
“It’s hard to describe how helpless I felt and how terrified I
was.”  About 10 minutes later, when the ambu