First car cruise of the year!

2nd Annual Zoonic Cruise - March 13, 2010



We will be accepting donations at the event or you can make a donation @ any Chase bank.

 

hmmm I might be able to make this.

 

Count me in...TNT & TS guys/gals are really good group of nice people. Had a great time doing the last Hood to Hood cruise.

 

Here is the background on Keagen Kircher from an email that I recieved:

"You may or may not know Kevin Kircher but he is very into cars and is associated with a lot of people who are in clubs etc. I know sometimes faces click more than names so who knows but anyway he is Shawn and my best friend and has been for years ever since our mutual friend Daniel Varo was murdered. We were there when Keagen was born and is a nephew to us just like family. To us they are family even though we arent blood! We have been there for everything in little keagens life.
Kevin lives with us and we all noticed that Keagen had developed a cough and was slowly getting sicker and sicker so they took him to St. Vincents. St Vincents sent him to childrens emanuel. At that point they thought he just had something minor that would go away but his stomach was hard and big. They admitted him into the pediatric unit for observation and they started running blood tests on him. No answers were coming back as to why he was getting worse and his stomach was getting bigger each day. His cell counts were low and everyone started getting concerned about dehydration due to all his diarrhea episodes. They started throwing out the thoughts of leukemia, a blood disease, spleen disease, etc. They also performed bone morrow tests to test for cancer and leukemia.
For days things were not getting any better and his body wasnt absorbing the fluids so they put him in ICU. Day by day he kept getting worse and worse with no improvement and again his belly was growing but now after scans and xrays they could see that his organs were enlarged especially his liver and spleen. Last Thursday (2/1 night his organs had enlarged so much that it was constricting his breathing and he was put on a breathing machine. Still NO answers as to why this was happening. Friday(2/19) morning everyone got a call from Kevin and Abbey (Keagens mom) to get to the hospital right away and that he was going in for emergency surgery. The drs took us all into a room to discuss what was about to happen. They were going to open him up from one side to the other to remove the fluid that was in his abdomen to allow his organs more room. I have pictures up on the Keagen support group or on my page so you can see how big it was. They said his chances of survival after all of this was 10% because all of his organs were failing. He went into surgery and they said things went well. I stayed with Keagen at the hospital all that day and night to take care of him in ICU because they werent sure if he was going to make it through the night and Kevin and Abbey were having a hard time dealing with it so they went home. Right as I was getting ready to go home the next morning (2/20) the doctors came up to me and asked me to have Kevin and Abbey come down to the hospital for another emergency surgery. This time they wanted to remove his spleen and he had a 2% chance of coming out of this one alive. The spleen was hindering the rest of his organs and hoarding the necessary nutrients and enzymes to function properly. So they removed his spleen and again he came out of it. This little baby is a fighter! They had to put him on dialysis because his kidneys were failing due to them being squished basically and deprived of proper blood flow. During this surgery they had done a biopsy on his liver and spleen. He made it through the weekend and Monday (2/22) he had yet another surgery for the doctors to make sure everything was going ok and kind of do a little exploring of his organs. They stitched him up part of the way but not all of the way yet. Again pictures can kind of paint the situation. Tuesday 2/23 there was another meeting called and it was me, kevin, abbey, and kevins dad in the room when they dropped a bomb on us. They said he had what is called NON HODGKINS LYMPHNOMA. In other words cancer. They found the cancerous cells in his spleen and liver from the biopsy they had done. They said this cancer is SOOOOOO rare that there has only been 20 reported cases in the last 16 years in children and only 50% of them have survived this. They told us that when they treated him that we would have 1 chance to kill all the cancer cells or it was definite that it would be fatal. They said also that since they removed his spleen basically his immune system, that he may not be able to tolerate the chemotherapy. Yesterday they called yet another meeting with all 7 doctors that have been trying to figure out what is wrong with this "mystery baby" as they call him. Now they are saying that its not NON HODGKINS but he still has lymphnoma (cancer) and that he may have a non curable disease called EVG but they dont know yet and they have to test for this. And then they said it could be something genetically linked. So bottom line is NOBODY knows for sure what he has or how to fix him. Hes going up and down. Some days are good while others arent. He is a fighter for sure. Nobody thought he would make it through any of this stuff the last week. They started Chemo last night and so far his body isnt accepting it but they said it could get worse before it gets better. Its day by day and everyone is still waiting for answers. They are going to take spinal fluid next to test that.
So my role in this besides being there at the hospital every day for the last 19 days and taking care of the baby as well as supporting the family, is I am trying to help Kevin and Abbey by trying to raise money to pay for the medical costs of this. Neither one of them has worked for 3 weeks and they have tons of bills and also have a 2 1/2 year old daughter to care for as well. Abbey and Kevin are such good people who have always been there for everyone else and I want them to know that people are there for them too to help them get through this. If its by prayers, donations, hugs, etc. Anything and everything helps right now. As I said Kevin lives with us so its not like we leave the hospital and get a break from the emotions. We all come home and we still have to make sure kevin is ok or we are taking care of their daughter or what not."

 

Wow, sorry to hear this. Wish I could say I can make it, but I have to wait until I find out whats going on at work before I can commit to anything right now. We will be praying for him. Drs. are getting my wife ready for a stem cell transplant in the near future, so I know how the dr. bills can pile up.

 

wow, what a fighter! I will keep all of you in my prayers and I'll be at the cruise.

 

gonna try to make this!!

 

Reminder, the cruise is THIS SATURDAY 8-)

As an update, I do have some sad news....Here is the message I recieved:

"Just a little update for everyone. Keagen did pass away on Saturday March 6, 2010 at 4:30pm when he finally lost the battle with the monster inside of him. He battled non hodgkins lymphnoma (cancer) and 2 blood infections for 26 days in the hospital with 3 surgeries and sadly the parents decided to let him go be with the angels and not suffer anymore. It was inevitable that he would not have made it. It has really hit us hard knowing that he was so little and only here a short time. He was only 11 months old and his birthday is this Friday March 12 and he was 6 days shy of his first birthday. The funeral will be held sometime before Friday. We are hoping to raise enough donations to give baby Keagen a proper head stone ($2000-$3,000) and help the family with any of the medical bills they are going to be receiving, funeral costs, or regular bills. Neither parent worked for the whole entire month and they also have a little 2 year old daughter named Haylee. So again thank you for everything you are doing. It means the world to us right now. We will see you on Saturday!"

So, I hope to see lots of people come out and celebrate the life of young Keagen.

 

really going to try and make this !
brian do you what route we will be taking for this cruise?

 

Wish I could make it, have to work until 4am Sat. morning. If I knew about what time you will be at Sonic I could try to meet up with everyone there.

 

Im not 100% sure of the route, but I know the general direction. We'll be driving to hwy 30 and then take it about 10 miles out and then take some crazy curvy, awesome fun road to the hillsboro area.....Thats about all i know lol

I would say we'll be at Sonic around 12-12:30

Hopefully see some of you guys come out! Rain or shine, 9:30am

 

I need some scion reinforcement. Only one here & out numbered.

 

Thanks to everyone that came out to this event!

Here are some photos from the event:







Check out all the pictures at www.ThatsSiiick.com

Also check out the coverage from The Examiner : http://www.examiner.com/x-23886-Port...examiner-email

 

Great cruise.... My heart and condolences go out to Keagan's parents. It hit me hardest when I was behind a car that had a sticker for Keagan in the the window & I realized he was just a few days short of his 1st bday.
Thank you TNT for putting this together... On the lighter side, I made friends with some Evo owners and my car made it on to the top pic and slideshow for the Examiner.com feature.

 

Yeah, its sad. It really hit me when Keagan's Mother stood up in front of everyone to say thanks.

Thanks for coming out to support the event.