ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Yer boy has more guts than all us old farts put together Todd. Hope he continues to improve, I always love to hang with him in the back yard so he can show me his toys. Quite the guy!
Peace
Von you put us all to shame, wish I was as tough as you Bro!
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Hard Rock
Trad climber
Montana
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Had a similar experiene myself with a "Dead Bone" in my leg. In the 50's (2 thru 4th grade) they put my in a cast - the whole bad leg and 1/2 of the other for 3 months. Then on crutch for 2 1/2 years. It was hard on me but harder on my parents. They had to keep saying No to things and trying to make what they could work. My dad made we a flat cart with 3 inch wheels to get around the house for those 3 months. Pull up bar above my bed to get up and down (must have help for climbing). After a year on crutchs and asking a million times they let me ride a bike with one leg using the toe to pull up the pedal. Balance was an issue but my dad hung in there for the teaching phase. With backward pedal braking they were plenty nervous. Couldn't bike out of the neighborhood.
Got to play football in junior high (we were 30 miles the Green Bay Packers) but it killed my Dad when he had to say that High School football wasn't going to happen. Back then you didn't have many parents at the game but he got to make a couple. Even with Vietnam War Protest and long hair we could always talk about the packers.
Things work out for me. And my parents and I made it. Being a kid I can't say I always understood the decisions they had to make. But there was always love and looking back I know it was just as rough on them.
Hang in there being a parent in never easy.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2012 - 12:39am PT
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Anastasia
climber
I'm simply missing my mama.
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Great kid for a million reasons... He is just like his parents. Hugs to both of you!
Now imagine years ago when they didn't have these options for treatments? I was hanging out in the ER just a week ago thinking how many times I myself should be worse off, even dead without the treatment of modern medicine. Kinda blows my mind and... It makes it easier when I have to let those folks stick a needle in me. Even when it's painful, life is better for it.
I am sure your son will grow up stronger for all this and I am sure this would be easier to do it yourself.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jun 28, 2012 - 09:55pm PT
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The kid's Moon Walking!
Way to go, Young Man!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2012 - 09:39am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, todd.... i LOVE this picture...
we always say: there is nothing like a dad and son..
but really, it is always said: there is nothing like a mom and son, mom and daughter, dad and daughter, and ohhhhhhh my! the list goes on...
:)
thanks for sharing your family time!
note to hard rock:
as to your quote, this part...:
They had to keep saying No to things and trying to make what they could work.
thanks for sharing your whole story, looking back, you have a fruitful garden to see, when before, you only saw the ploughing and the seeding...
and 'hard rocks' that you needed to manuever around, ;)
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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What a trooper. It was very surprising to me how much I loved my son since the day he was born. I hadn't expected it, having never felt it quite like that.
Looks like you have a great family, Todd. I wish that I knew ya. Everyone else but me does apparently.
Seriously, kids are tough. They are getting to grow up like I did, playing in the boonies, chasing lizards and snakes and all that.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 29, 2012 - 07:03pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2012 - 09:30pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2012 - 10:41pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2012 - 10:43pm PT
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He's come a long way since those first 33 days in the hospital NIC unit....
Go Von!
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Oct 21, 2012 - 10:52pm PT
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Von looks like he has an amazing outlook on life! Conquer CP! I have done exercise therapy with CP and it is a tough foe to crack but quality of life can be accomplished!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2012 - 10:55pm PT
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He is an awesome young man, and he accepts his challenges w/bravery, strength and wisdom.......(as much as can be mustered up by a 6 year old.....)..
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T Hocking
Trad climber
Redding, Ca
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Oct 22, 2012 - 06:10am PT
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The Hocking family sends best wishes to Von and the Gordon family.
Hope your enjoying retirement Todd,I'm envious.
Tad
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2012 - 10:44pm PT
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New AFO leg brace;....this one has Superman on it with yellow straps;..it's cool...
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2013 - 07:49am PT
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We are talking to a surgeon about an operation late summer on Von's leg......lengthen the tendons and muscles to straighten his leg, give him more mobility, and more flexability........9 months in a cast afterwards.......(he wears a leg-brace everyday anyways, so he's used to something on his leg...).....They recommend this operation at age 7.....if you wait after that, then they have to mess with his bone structure too.....Any surgeons out there familiar with this procedure......
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