The home crowd made Healy feel at home, asking for a wave as he sat on the bench after being substituted in the 75th minute, and he responded in kind.
"I went out to win the game for Preston because I'm a professional player and will be until told otherwise, so I'll give it everything until then," stated Healy.
"But I can't praise this place enough, the facilities, changing rooms, it's all geared for the Premier League.
"I know they're not in the Premier League flying high like they were a few years ago, but to me they're a massive club with a lot of history and so many great players down the years.
"Even for this game there were 30,000 fans out there and they gave me a warm reception.
"They'll have seen the papers and read the interest and it was flattering to see such a vocal support behind the goal chanting my name to give them a wave."