Terrible News!

[Big Dave2]

Please forgive me if there is already a post about this but I couldn't find one.

A member of this forum lost his newborn son a week or so ago.

Lowblazah (Andrew Tesch) who most of the catfish guys here should know from the BPCL lost his 3 month old son David.

I don't know all the details but David was born about the middle of May and it seems that he had health complications immediately. I believe he had a heart problem along with kidney and other complications. David put up a good fight for a while and it appeared to me that he was getting better by what I was reading on Facebook but in the end there just must have been too much stacked against poor little David. The celebration of David's life was last Saturday.

I don't know if Lowblazah is monitoring this forum right now as I know he has much bigger fish to fry but I thought it would be nice if some members here who know Andrew would give him a shout out with some well wishes or prayers. I know he is in my families thoughts and prayers and I'm sorry I never got to know David as I am sure he would have been a great guy just like his dad!

[DTro]

Thoughts and prayers out to Drew and his family.

I'm very sorry to hear this.

[paceman]

Very sadd. Prayers on the way.....

[pikestabber]

Condolences and prayers from this end.

[Get'n Jiggy]

My sincere condolences, losing a child has to be one if not the toughest

things anyone can face.

[Steelhead Chaser]

The story brings tears to my eyes. More prayers and thoughts are on the way.

[KG243]

I am at a loss for words as i have two youngsters. My prayers and thoughts go out to the family.

[Scott K]

So sorry to hear this, thoughts and prayers have already gone out!

[Gordie]

Prayers sent out and your family will be in our thoughts Andy

[Shack]

Lowblazah hang in their dude! That is very sad and I hope things get better for you and your family. Thanks Dave for the message.

[harvey lee]

Prayers sent.

[reinhard1]

the Tesh family will have our prayers from our family. god bless.

[Northlander]

VERY VERY SAD News! My prayers go out to the family.

[bottomdweller]

So sorry for theyre loss, prayers on the way.

[Big Dave2]

here is an e-mail I just received from Andrew. I hope some of us can help them out with this. I'll be doing what I can.

My wife and I have been presented with an opportunity to walk in the 1st annual congenital heart defect (CHD) awareness walk in Alexandria on Saturday, Sept. 11 in honor of our son David and the many other children that have lost their lives or are struggling with a congenital heart defect. Please consider making a donation in honor of David by supporting our team "Dashing for David". Follow the link below to donate:

Follow this link http://imhwalkforchd.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=430448&u=430448-302822784&e=3701276837 to visit our personal web page and help us in our efforts to support Its My Heart!

Here a few astonishing facts about CHD:

• CHD is the most common of all birth defects with 1 in every 100 children - that's a whopping 40,000 babies every year!

•

• There are presently 35 known heart defects that have been identified.

•

• More children are affect by CHD than Down’s syndrome and spina bifida

•

• Each day 10,830 babies are born in the U.S.; 411 of them have a birth defect -- of those, 87 will be born with a congenital heart defect -- that's more than cerebral palsy (27), sickle cell disease (27), Down Syndrome (12), and oral/facial clefts (11) combined (total of 77). (According to the March of Dimes)

•

• Every 15 minutes a child is born with CHD.

•

• There are twice as many children that die each year from CHD ALL forms of childhood cancer yet funding for pediatric cancer is 5 times higher.

Help me make a difference so that we can eliminate families having to go through what we are going through!

imhwalkforchd

[Shack]

Any news on how this went Dave? It looks like the goal was met. Any word of another one?

Hope LB is hanging in their. Tough deal all around. Thoughts and prayers still going.

[Big Dave2]

Any news on how this went Dave? It looks like the goal was met. Any word of another one?

Hope LB is hanging in their. Tough deal all around. Thoughts and prayers still going.

Sorry shack, I forgot all about this thread but I don't know how things are going. I maybe need to put a call in to Andrew to see how things are going, just didn;t want to bug him yet.