Tell Me What Time It Is: Doctors and Surgeons and Nurses, Oh My! (Part Two)

The true story of 14-year-old Lewis Schofield, an award winning professional kid with cool ideas, Asperger Syndrome (a form of Autism) and now, Myasthenia Gravis, too. Myasthenia Gravis is a life threatening, debilitating, rare and complex neuromuscular auto-immune disease for which there is no cure. It strikes 1 in 500,000 children (Source: Karen Hill-Whitson, president of the MG Ontario chapter).

Lewis underwent a thymectomy on June 10, 2009 at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), He decided a month prior to his surgery that he would create a video that would help explain Myasthenia Gravis and why thymectomies are sometimes performed on people diagnosed with MG.

His original video entitled "Tell Me What Time It Is: My Life WIth Myasthenia Gravis" which was uploaded to YouTube in March 2009 is being used by Sick Kids as well as by a number of health organizations and MG chapters around the world.

This is Part Two of this 3-part video. In Part Three, Lewis discusses openly what he went through after the surgery.

Visit Lewis at his website at www.thisislewis.net to learn more about Lewis "Codeboy" Schofield.

Interested in reading more about MIC? Go to our blog at http://www.midnightinchicago.wordpress.com

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[g4tech]

nice vid, helped me a bit for a minor surgery i had a few weeks ago.

[ElyseBruce]

@g4tech Lewis is really happy to hear that his videos helped in some small way. Both of us hope you continue to heal well and quickly from your surgery so you can have a fun summer.

[g4tech]

@ElyseBruce yep well it was just a small day one and now im enjoying the summer :D.

[donnylyn]

Lewis - excellent job! I wish I had seen your video before I had my thymectomy in 2001. You are going to be helping a lot of folks new to MG. What a great accomplishment! Here's hoping for remission!

[indomitablefae]

Great video guys :) Lewis, on the dullest of days...you can always make this prairie cheerleader smile :)

You have such courage, strength, and wit. Be proud of what you are accomplishing! and be proud of the man you are growing to be.

Proud of you kiddo!

Prairie Trae

[moxy809]

This is a great video! Thank you for sharing your journey.

[AragornCF]

Great to see you're keeping up the courage and not losing your sense of humor, Lewis. ;-)