Why him? Why him? We got to experience Danny as a baby, and it wasn’t fair what he went through. I can take the pain; it’s OK. I am in the pain business. I didn’t want to see Danny go through that. I was told a few times that Danny didn’t have a chance to live. I wasn’t about to watch one of my children die again. There were a lot of sleepless nights.
UFC Middleweight Dan Miller discusses his son's illness in Joseph Santoliquito's excellent feature which also includes some telling quotes about Dan from his friends and family. I'm somebody who is fortunate enough to know Dan Miller the person, not the professional cage fighter, and this piece is the best story I've ever seen in terms of capturing who he is, what he's carried without complaint because his family needed him to, and why he should be an inspiration to any new husband and father.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand teary eyed
Time to put the claritin box on my desk before someone says something.
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I've always been a huge fan of this guy
He fights anyone on any notice, steps up from ‘easier’ fights to bigger fights on the card on no notice…he does whatever the UFC asks him to, and the way his record is as of late…many would advise against it, but he doesn’t care.
The guy is a f’cking trooper in and out of the cage. I’ll always root for him.
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Just read it… Inspirational is an understatement lm a young father and husband myself and I can’t imagine what him & his family have been thought these last few years … God bless them. When trying to Save a kids life things shouldn’t revolve around $ & medical bills, it’s ridiculous that these things can’t be handled after the fact… Big business thats all it is and the public aren’t patients they are consumers.
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by RECE ROCK on Jan 18, 2012 8:24 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That’s MURIKA! for you… He’d have $0 to pay if he lived in Canada. Just sayin’…
With that said, incredibly sad story and it’s almost a miracle Dan Miller is still able to compete at an elite level with everything he has to go through…
For now
Best wishes for the Miller family.
You might pay 0 dollars in Canada… for now. At the rate things are going, it appears the Canadian healthcare system will be bankrupt within a decade or two.
by AngryTwinkie on Jan 26, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
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As soon as you have a kid, this kind of story isn’t one you can just skim through. Goddammit, now I am all effed up. My little boy was sick for 6 months and went from being in the 95th percentile to the 11th percentile in bodyweight in that time, and noone knew why. But he got better. It was %^& scary, but I can’t even imaging having to give your kid dialysis every night.
Good luck man, good luck. I will root for you always, and I deeply, deeply respect your effort.
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Fuck
There are no words. Really puts things into perspective..
Just got my Chocolate Al shirt in the mail the other day, been wearing the hell out of it and spreading Dan’s story. That guy is amazing. I vow to never ever root against a Miller brother. You’re a terrible human being if you root against these guys.
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After reading this, it’s impossible for me to root against a Miller brother. I already liked them, but after reading this.. Man, lots of respect.
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Who’s the little girl in the picture with them? Can’t be their daughter who passed, right? If she was only alive for seven hours with an infection, I can’t imagine she’d be dressed with the mother already. Do they have another child (besides Danny)?
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That’s their daughter, Katie. She’s their third child, and is thankfully healthy as can be.
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Thank God. Not so heart-crushingly depressing now.
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by BVandDietPepsi on Jan 19, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Been a big fan of the Miller brothers for years
Now that I’m a father myself, my admiration for those guys is on a whole new level.
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by Forbidden Psychological Technology on Jan 24, 2012 8:09 PM EST reply actions
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