Iron Kid – Kelci Wunschel

Kelci is this weeks Iron Kid of the Game.  Kelci was born with Cystic Fibrosis 3&1/2 years ago.  Cystic fibrosis is a devastating genetic disease that affects children and young adults. Advances continue to be made in finding a cure, but your help is needed now – more than ever – to help keep up the momentum of this life-saving research. Too many young lives depend on this vital research to let it go unfunded!

GREAT STRIDES is the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation’s largest and most successful national fund-raising event. This year, Kelci is walking in the GREAT STRIDES events at the Milwaukee County Zoo on May 17th and Twining Park in Monroe, WI May 16th, 2009. The CF Team has worked very closely with us in making the medical changes needed for Kelci to stay healthy!

Making a donation and joining our team is easy and secure! Just go to the link below to make a donation and/or join our team; online donations will be credited to our team. Any amount you can donate is greatly appreciated!   We would also love for anyone to join our team on May 17th at the Milwaukee County Zoo!!  The CF Foundation picks up the admission and parking costs to the zoo as a “thank you” for your efforts in helping raise money for CF.  It is a funfilled day at the zoo!

If you would like to visit my GREAT STRIDES Home Page go to: http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/KarenWunschel

We hope to see you at the football game on Friday night and the Zoo on Sunday!!

Thanks

Iron Kid – Austin Edmonds

Howdy all,

Skywalk Pharmacy’s 4th Iron Kid of the Game was Austin Edmonds on May 1st.    Austin was born with a rare kidney disease, which lead to a kidney transplant when he was 14 months. The kidney transplant was done at Children’s Hospital, his grandfather, Elton, donated one of his kidneys and Austin’s were removed. Austin is now 5 1/2 years old. He has had 20 surgery’s and cancer treatment for Burkkits Lymphoma, a rare childhood cancer, that was found when he was 3. Austin continues to have health, sensory and ADHD issues due to some of the chemo drug side effects and passed health history. He is scheduled for his 21st surgery in April of 09 for a tooth issue. In general Austin is doing good, he continues to go to Renal, Oncology, Feeding, ENT, and Behavioral Clinics on a regular basis to monitor his progress. We continue to administer his drugs thru his “G” Tube located in his tummy.

To learn more about Austin, you can visit his care page at

http://caringbridge.org/visit/austinedmonds

Austin and his family had a great time.  The best part of the evening (the Iron didn’t play very well again), was when Austin was getting autographs.  He first asked defensive standout, Quartez Vickerson to “Sign your name here and put your “picture” here” while pointing to the football that team owner, Drew Vallozzi gave him.  Well, Quartez was a little confused at first trying to figure out how to put his “picture” on the football, but he said “OK” and he drew a little self portrait.  Well after that, Austin asked everyone to “sign your name here and put your picture there” and everyone starting drawing little pictures of themselves.  It was great.  Check out the picture of the football to see a couple of their self portraits.

Take care and try not to get the swine flu.  We will see you at the next game.

Iron Kid recap – Corah Buth

Sorry I am so late in posting Corah’s pictures.  We had a blast at the game.  Too bad the Iron didn’t have quite as good a showing, but it was still a great time.  Here is what Corah’s mom had to say about the game.

“Thanks to Jake, who owns and is a Pharm.D. at the Skywalk Pharmacy at Childrens Hospital, our family was able to attend the 4-17 Milwaukee Iron Arena Football game at the Bradley Center.  It was lots of fun to watch!  The girls had a great time.  Corah was the “Iron Kid” of the night.  She (and we since she didn’t want to walk out by herself) was able to go out onto the field after the 3rd quarter.  They announced her name, that she was the Iron Kid of the night and had recently finished chemo, and then everyone did a ”Happy Birthday” (early by a couple weeks shout out to Corah.  Thanks Jake for the Birthday surprise!!  Corah and Myah were very excited and got to shake the Cheerleaders Pom-poms out on the field!”

You can check out more and see some great pictures at Corah’s caringbridge page.

http://caringbridge.org/visit/corahbuth

Thanks and see you at the next Iron game.