A special youth recipient. Please take a look.

vermonster13 · April 22, 2008, 09:53:00 PM

I young fellow named Cristian will be receiving a Maddog Pup 14@20 with a MikeG AG and Quiver and a half dozen arrows. I'll let his grandfather oldskool(Robert) explain Cristian situation and I think you'll understand why this boy needs a bow. Look forward to pics this weekend as you should get the bow Friday or Saturday.

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 10:50:00 PM

First let me say thank you to Vermonster13.
My name is Rob and I am Cristian's grandfather.
Cristian is 1 of 7 grandchildren.(6 grandsons)
His father was hurt in an accident at work.(broke his back and is paralyzed from the waist down) He is a single father on a tight fixed income.

When Cristian was 18 mos. old he had seizures.
He was diagnosed with a golf ball sized tumor on the left front lobe of his brain.
The specialists (they called in 3)said they didn't want to do surgery because that type of surgery has never been done on a child that young.
His chance of survival without surgery was 0% with surgery wasn't much better.
The family decided some chance was better than no chance so the number 1 specialist
(best in the country)set the date.
At 20 months old Cristian went into Children's Hospital for surgery,chemo and radiation.
He spent a year in there except for 2 days he got to come home for Christmas.
When they where finished with surgery,they put his right arm in a sling and tied it down so he wouldn't use it.(left side of brain works right side of body) They didn't want him to strain his brain.(no pun intended)
Well he was in the sling long enough that his brain forgot how to use his right arm.
He is now nine years old and with a lot of therapy,we finally got him using his right arm with hand eye coordination.

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 11:01:00 PM

now for the rest of the story.
Now we need to build up his arm strength. The therapist has tried everything they could think of and couldn't find anything that would work.Cristian didn't like to do it'it wasn't fun)
We suggested archery so they found a bow and tried it
and guess what....thats right Cristian loves it,and it's working.
The only problem is he only gets to shoot at therapy every other week.
Thanks to Vermonster 13 that is about to be solved.

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 11:09:00 PM

Now for problem 2
Thanks to all the chemo and radiation,It messed up his growth hormones.
Cure
Shots 6 days each week to stimulate his growth homones. (he hasn't grown a cm in almost a year)
side effects
..........you guessed it it causes brain tumors.
All we can do is pray for the best.
Children ARE our future!
Thanks Vermonster 13 and all the Tradgangers

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 11:10:00 PM

I will post pictures this weekend

vermonster13 · April 22, 2008, 11:12:00 PM

We'll be praying and pulling for him and when he gets too strong for that one we'll do a swap.

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 11:19:00 PM

I was going to ask you if we could do that.
Thanks again Vermonster13, can't wait to get home and let him open it up.

Jason Lester · April 22, 2008, 11:30:00 PM

I'll keep him in my prayers for sure.

Glad there are still good people out there to help others out like this. Way to go Vermonster13

Jason Lester · April 22, 2008, 11:31:00 PM

Oh yeah and oldskool...please keep us updated if you would.

oldskool · April 22, 2008, 11:35:00 PM

Sure will Jason
We will probably be doing a alot of stump hunting together now. Thanks

imskippy · April 22, 2008, 11:54:00 PM

This is why I love this place so much. Keep up the good work guys and best of luck and health for cristian. Skippy

Chris Surtees · April 23, 2008, 12:10:00 AM

Congrats to Cristian, and will be praying for him. Can not wait to see some pics!

Leon.R · April 23, 2008, 03:23:00 AM

Good luck to him, well done!

BigRonHuntAlot · April 23, 2008, 05:28:00 AM

vermonster13 · April 23, 2008, 08:21:00 AM

I believe this young fellow is going to be a pretty good source of inspiration for a lot of folks.

Doug Campbell · April 23, 2008, 09:25:00 AM

Awesome

joe vt · April 23, 2008, 09:30:00 AM

It's amazing the endurance kids have. If only I had a quarter of that amount.

Good work Dave.

ishiwannabe · April 23, 2008, 02:09:00 PM

Sounds like he is a trooper for sure! I look forward to the pics and will say some prayers. Good for all of those involved...great people doing great things.

Talondale · April 23, 2008, 03:00:00 PM

I know what you're going through oldskool. You have my prayers.

woodchucker · April 23, 2008, 03:42:00 PM

Great Spirit, Creator of all Life

I ask you to watch over our young Warrior Christian and keep him from harm.

I ask my Brother Bear.....To give him Strength.

I ask my Brother Eagle.....To give him Keen Eyesight.

My Brother Hawk.....Will bring him Wisdom,and help lead his way.

May The Great Spirit Guide Your Arrows Little Brother