River Street Jazz Cafe Event To Benefit Young Man Stricken With Cancer

Brenda Hage believes that everything happens for a reason. That belief was tested on July 5 when her son Mike was rushed to the hospital after having a severe seizure. When she arrived at Geisinger’s Emergency Room, Hage, a nurse, quickly realized the situation was life threatening. Within minutes of his arrival, Mike’s heart stopped and he began having difficulty breathing, he was intubated and shocked back into normal cardiac rhythm. Mike’s brother Dave remembers that night vividly. “We didn’t know if he would make it,” he said.