Driver needs YOUR help

Hello,
My son Christian was born on 3/23/98 with a Clef Lip and Palet in Soldotna, Alaska. At the time I owned a franchise in the Western States Hockey League and my wife's pregnancy was well known in the community. When Christian was born, news spread rather quickly about his condition. A Shriner (and hockey fan) came to the hospital and told us about their program and let us know that the organazation would love for us to allow them to "Take Care of Christian" and his problem.



We transfered the club to another party and made our way to Florida. After a few visits with the local Shrine in Tampa, we were flown to Galveston to meet with Dr. Blackwell and the Clef Palet Project in Galveston. After that first meeting, they convinced us to go ahead with Christian's first surgery to close the lip, He was 12 weeks old.



Well, the procedure was an amazing success, as has been his care thru all these years....

In this picture, Christian is about 2, and you can still see his scar, but his palet is also closed.




Dr Blackwell and his team have done an amazing job, but Christian and more then 700 kids like him need YOUR help.

Hurricane Ike did great damage to the hospital in Galveston where these kids have been taken care of. The hospital has suspended operations and the future looks bleek at best.

There is a possibility that Dr. Blackwell, Dr Farliegh, and Leslie Hill may be able to work out of the Houston hospital instead.

Please help us to convince the Shriners to do this. My son and the other kids would benefit greatly with this plan.




Please take 10 minutes and call the Shriners Hdq in Tampa and extend your support to move the Glaveston Clef project to Houston.

Their number is easy to find by google... search "Shriners International Headquarters
2900 Rocky Point Dr. Tampa, FL"

http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/Main/

You could also find your local Shrine contact info on their site.

Thank You,

Hyper

 

Thanks Admin for allowing this post....

 

Thanks DPAM... We are working our rears off to get this done.

Hyper

 

Thanks Ducks...we really appreciate it!

 

Thanks to all that have responded, or even just read this post...it means a lot to us.

 

The effort has paid off. Shriners Hospital is going to move both the Burn and Cleft Projects to the Hospital in Houston.

The folks did what I asked and CALLED the Hdqs today. Flooding the lines. I recieved a call from Douglas Maxwell (the head of the Shriners) a few minutes ago informing me of the plan that is now in place.

Would I do it again? Heck yea.

Thanks Again,

Stephen