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Proceeds from this event will go to support two of our Spartans and their families:

Back in January of this year (2008), Zech started complaining of chest pains to us. We decided to take him into Children's Hospital to see a cardiac specialist. He was diagnosed with having a failing Aortic valve - which meant that 50% of the blood that was being pumped out of his heart was leaking back into the chamber. It had obviously been this way for several years undetected. Zech's heart had grown larger than it should be for a 10 year old and he needed an operation

soon. Our best option for the operation was a procedure called the "Ross" procedure. This is where they take out the defective aortic valve and replace it with his pulmonary valve; then they replace his pulmonary valve with a bovine jugular vein (shaping it into a pulmonary valve). During Zech's seven hour operation, the doctor's discovered that his coronary artery had a small flap of skin blocking it (this came from his aortic valve). This small flap of skin was causing blockage of his coronary artery. When we heard about this we thought about all the times last year, when Zech was flying down the football field, and yet at anytime he could have dropped because of heart failure. Needless to say, the operation was a complete success and the recovery process is going well. Zech will need a series of continued check-ups throughout the next few months and into 6 months and more. Unfortunately, we do not have health insurance. We applied at Children's Hospital more than 2 months ago for their insurance and so far no word. The application is still pending. Now the bills are starting to come in. We thank everyone for their support and appreciate any and all help. The Myrick Family

In Her Own Words . . .

Hi!! My name is Allison Kay Narro. I just turned 11 years old. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when I was about 18 months old. I got the Rhoda virus when I was 9 months old and that is when it all started. I haven’t had it bad until now. I am in the middle of a Flare up and its been going on since before Thanksgiving. This has been my worst one yet. Not to worry, I will beat this one.

I love to dance and have been dancing since I was two. I started competing when I was 6 and have been since. I think I might quit competing next year because I am going to start middle school. I worry about not having enough time for homework. I will still continue to dance just a couple of hours a week.

I love to ski! My uncle Allen is a very good skier and skied in the Handicap Ski Races at Winter Park when he was younger. I look up to him because he didn’t let his Handicap stop him and I won’t either.

Now, a little bit about my family. I live with my Mom and Dad, my sister, Jessica, my brothers Jeremy and Austin. We live in Aurora, CO but hopefully in the next two years we will be moving to the Kiowa/Bennett area, that’s where my horse is and she is getting ready to have a foal in March. My mom and I started to learn Barrel Racing but stopped when we found out my horse was pregnant. We will start racing again this summer.

I want to thank you for doing this marathon. It means a lot to me and CCFA is so special to me! I went to my first camp last summer and it was GREAT. I met so many kids that have the same disease as me and now I don’t feel so alone. It’s nice to go to camp and not be afraid of something embarrassing happening. Everyone at camp understands what I’m going through, it’s nice to be able to talk to other kids that really, really understand.

That's right...show off your Spartan Spirit every Friday at school by wearing your football or softball jersey to school!

People will know you have pride in your club and your team!

Good luck to all of our teams this fall!

In fact...do you know any business/restaurant owners who would be willing to give Spartan Spirit discounts for players who come into the places of business wearing their jersey?

If so, click here to email our community committe with your ideas...