Carson Victory Rollers to raise funds for seriously ill child, junior teammate this Sunday
Carson City’s own roller derby team, the Carson Victory Rollers, are holding a naughty vs. nice scrimmage to raise money for a junior derby teammate who is in recovery from a very serious illness at a Colorado Children’s Hospital.
Eagan McBroome (also known as Thunder Strike) is a 10-year-old Dayton boy who attends 4th grade at Riverview Elementary School.
He is an active member of the Junior Derby Team, plays percussion in his school band, and is on the Lego Robotics Team. Now, however, he is relearning how to speak and eat.
According to the GoFundMe started on behalf of the family to help with medical costs, on October 11, early in the morning his parents found Eagan unconscious. He had been suffering flu like symptoms the night before.
Eagan was rushed to Carson Tahoe Hospital.
He was later transported to Renown where he spent 12 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The doctors were at a complete loss; they had no idea what was causing his symptoms.
Everyday Eagan made small steps forward. He started moving his legs, eyebrows.
Ten days after he was admitted, he opened his eyes.
On Oct. 13 the doctors did decide that he had a form of Meningitis that was located in his brain but didn’t know what kind, or what had caused it.
On Oct. 23, the doctors diagnosed Eagan with Lyme Disease. He was transported to Children’s Hospital in Colorado to begin his long recovery process.
The fundraiser/scrimmage will be held Sunday, December 2 at the Carson Ciy Community Center.
Junior Scrimmage starts at 4:30, adult scrimmage at 6:00.
The cost is $5 for skaters and spectators, but additional donations won’t be turned away!
All funds collected will be given to the GoFundMe to help the McBroome family.
For more information on the event, click here.
Can't make it Sunday, but would still like to donate? Follow this link here: https://www.gofundme.com/eagan039s-fund?fbclid=IwAR1IfMZJCtbAdSyM31902R2...
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