Hero is spelled: Dr. Lenora Fitton, aka "Doc"

The Kottonbrock's and their beloved "Angel" Noah

Our Hero is our Pediatrician Dr. Lenora Fitton. She is unlike any other pediatrician we have ever met. The day she took on our one special needs child she stated "I would be honored to partner with you to help him reach his full potential.". Wow as many of us know that is HUGE in our world? We had been very unsatisfied with our former doctor and was having trouble finding a physician that wouldn't just push our son aside. We were willing to drive however long it took to find Brenton just the right doctor. We asked the disability clinic staff at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center and Hospital (CCMCH) if they had anyone that worked really well with them. To our amazement Dr Lenora Fitton was only fifteen minutes away from our home! Dr. Fitton has continued to support and encourage us along this journey of medically fragile foster care and adoption with the addition of Collin, Addison and Noah to our family.

Doc (as referred to by her patients will make house calls when your child is very ill to keep you from having to drag them out of the house, she answers the phone no matter what time of the night you call, she will do everything within her powers to keep your child home and out of the hospital. She also knows when it is time to go to the hospital. When you are in the hospital she keeps close contact with the family and the treating team of physicians. During times of critical illnes, as was the case with our son Noah,  she called the treating physician and us multiple times daily.


When it became obvious Noah was not going to remain here on this earth with us and the time for him to earn his angel wings drew near, Dr. Fitton rearranged her entire practice, her hospital rounds, her own children and personal schedule to be there. Chas went and picked her up. She came to CCMCH and helped Chas and I transport Noah home and kept him comfortable. Dr. Fitton stayed at our home for several hours that night and then went home. When things took a quick turn she was back within fifteen minutes and was here to call the time of of his death. She is also a deputy coroner for her county in her "spare time" (she has a very busy life).  Dr Fitton (Doc) is truly one in a million. I am not sure what our family would ever do without her. We have informed her she is not ever allowed to retire. We love her very much.

Dr Fitton gave Noah the gift of being home with his family when he earned his wings and that is a debt we can never repay.

Tracy Kottonbrook is mom to fve children all of whom have had or have medically complex diagnoses and two of the five children are heavenly angels.  She is a nurse, and advocate for special needs children in her community, recently winning an honorary award for excellence from her county board of developmental disabilities.