The Show Presents: Full Show On Demand 12.12.24

Day TWO of The iHeart Rady Children's Give-A-Thon!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
San Diego.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Welcome, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 3 (00:06):
Yo, A new new day is here, and what better
way to start it than with.

Speaker 4 (00:11):
I feel like the show is going to be great.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
This show. I would like to introduce you to the
ringleader Eddie.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
I have a young mindset, okay, the mother of this
crew Sky.

Speaker 5 (00:21):
If you don't know anything about me, you may not
realize that I get cold very easily.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
I'm very rude, I'm obnoxious, and I don't care.

Speaker 6 (00:29):
And Emily, ever since I can remember, I've never wanted
to sleep with another human.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Welcome to the show.

Speaker 7 (00:35):
On San Diego's rock station Rock one oh five three.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
All right, and away we go. Day two of our
iHeart Rady Children's giveth On is now underway.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Let's go.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Let's let's go get this number eight hundred two five
eight zero zero zero seven or you can text the
word row to five one five five five. Day one
was fantastic. You guys brought the heat once again. We're
the leaders in the clubhouse. Thank you for that.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Yes, thank you for that that.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Yeah, the p Ones came strong, which every year they're
always so surprised. Oh they always are, like, what center
going on with the show on rock. I don't know
what are they doing differently and everybody else? We just
have the best listeners. That's it. That's honestly all it is.
You guys are amazing. Anything you can donate, let's get
these phone lines going right now. I always like to

(01:30):
shock them right out of the gate of like what
the heck is going on? Because Sky reminded me of
this yesterday in the very beginning of the Rady Children's givethon,
when we got involved, we had to sort of fight
our way in. We weren't going to be included, yes
wild and we were like, why aren't we part of
the givethon? They're like, well, you're a rock station.

Speaker 5 (01:50):
We're like, where are all the other radio stations in
the building? Why are we the only ones doing a
normal show today? And that's when we realized we weren't
included in the.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
First and I said, well that's crazy. I go why
would we not be included? We both have kids, me
and Sky, and I've been to Rady Children's Hospital. I
love it. And I actually at that time was doing
different sort of charity things, and my charity of choice
was Rady Children's Hospital, and so I was like, what
is going on here. This doesn't make any sense. And

(02:19):
they're like, well, you're a rock station. Yeah, I go.
First of all, have you ever listened to our show?
I go, not like we're sitting here all in black wildlies,
you know, just talking about metallicas Yeah, we were talking
about let's show, we talk about anything. We're just a
normal We're just normal people in our humans and our listeners.
I guarantee you are the best people, most giving people

(02:42):
on earth. Just watch put us on, see what happens.
And in that year we blew everybody's doors. I don't
think it's quite that much. That would be incredible, I wish,
but it was. It was an amazing thing. And now
we are like the show that they beg for us
to make sure there were you guys gonna do it
this shirer Of course we're gonna do it. So yeah,

(03:04):
two days out of the year, we give up our
show for the I heard Rady children, just give it on.
And you are the reason why we do it, because
you are the most amazing, most generous audience out there.
So please get the phone lines going right now. Let's
be the first people on the board. That's also what
I like. I like to be the first people on
the board because we have this like ticker that runs

(03:24):
that we can see when donations come in, so we'll
actually see your names and everything like that.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Sky takes it very it's her one job.

Speaker 8 (03:31):
She doesn't have her paper out yet.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
I know.

Speaker 9 (03:36):
It's loaded with ink. It's ready to go.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
Too much.

Speaker 5 (03:42):
Well, and yes, I get really excited about the ticker.
I don't know what it is. Oh yeah, and I
love to do shout outs to the people who donate.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
I feel during commercial breaks she tells Eddie who's donating,
as if we're like breaking news, and right in front
of me we all have that from Joe and La
Mesa just got that. Oh my god, that's amazing. That's
so exciting.

Speaker 1 (04:04):
Yeah, any denomination we will take call right now eight
hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven or text
the word rock to five to one five five five.
Now here's the deal. I get it. It's you know
that time of year. You know we're buying presents, we're
running around and you know the budgets are tight. This
is something you can do that will make you feel
good about yourself. Oh yeah, Honestly, like whenever I donate something,

(04:28):
I don't tell everybody like some people, but.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
I take alfie of it.

Speaker 9 (04:32):
I don't know if you heard.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
I'm just saying in general, I just don't do that exactly.
I keep it to myself. No one would they, but
but it does. It always makes me feel good.

Speaker 6 (04:40):
Yeah, And you know what also is kind of wild
to think about is how much we spend, Like how
much stuff is these days? Like we will go to
the taco shop here in the studio while we're on
the air, breast specifically, like I might want that to
happen in about twenty minutes.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Oh, but we'll drop minutes.

Speaker 6 (05:01):
We'll drop like sixteen bucks for rudo and with nothing
to show for it, right, nothing to show for it
except for a full belly. But I'm saying, for you know,
drop that much and donate it to Rady Children's.

Speaker 8 (05:10):
This guy is really busy right now.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
I mean, the one donation just came in, the first
donation and it's a p one And why are you
writing it down? I can see it. It's logan.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
I don't know, there's one donation came in. Yeah, logan, Logan,
thank you man, Lake Ozar.

Speaker 9 (05:25):
That sounds newsful.

Speaker 1 (05:27):
I don't know. Maybe Hey, listen through our iHeartRadio app.
You can listen to us anywhere. It's free.

Speaker 2 (05:32):
That is surecase free.

Speaker 9 (05:34):
That is a great.

Speaker 10 (05:34):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (05:35):
We do have listeners all over the world, which is fantastic.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:38):
So yes, please call and donate eight hundred two five
eight zero zero zero seven or text word rock two
five one five five five. You're gonna be hearing a
lot of stories.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
I can't deal with this chick. She is actually is
on one. She's writing down another donation, to.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
Write down every donation.

Speaker 5 (05:56):
Alberto P. From ib that's so exciting. Thank you, Alberta.

Speaker 1 (06:02):
All Right, we're not doing this, okay, for every donation,
We're gonna we're killing it right, Well, I got it.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
I know our listeners are great.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (06:11):
So yes, we're gonna be hearing from a lot of
different parents and kids who've been through Rady Children's Hospital,
and they're remarkable stories of survival and what Rady Children's
means to them. We they volunteer at the third time
and then these two days to come in and just
talk about it because they love Rady Children's Hospital so much.
How weird is that that sentence I just said, they

(06:31):
love a hospital. Yeah, it's weird, but it's it's true.
We've been through Rady Children's Hospital myself, Emily Sky are kids,
and it's just different. It just doesn't make any sense
when you go in there.

Speaker 5 (06:44):
Yeah, when you go to a place and you and
a hospital for that matter, and you actually feel that
people care about your kid and you as much as
you do, it's a it's a different feeling for a hospital.
Normally a hospital you have to like fight for attention,
fight to be seen. This is a whole flip on it,
and that's why, like Eddie said, these people will come
back year after year for this.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
You know, I've been in Rady Children's Hospital for my
kids a couple of times, a few times actually, But
you know, the scariest one was my son when he
fractured his skull. We were in there for like almost
a week and that was that was wild. But the
time I will really remember is we were on a
camping trip and this was before my son was born.

(07:27):
So my daughter was like maybe two or three years old,
and she must have put something in her mouth because
she we were driving home because we were up in
Yosemite and we were I'll never forget it. We were
over by what's that theme park that and I can't
remember the name of it, all of a sudden the
theme park that has like the Snoopy characters, and yeah, god,

(07:53):
that was embarrassing. I'll never forget it. But then I
forgot it. We were right by a Nottsberry farm on
the five, and out of the blue, my daughter just
starts vomiting everywhere in the back seat because you know,
she was still in a car seat and she was
really little. Oh gosh, and she starts vomiting all over
the place, and I'm like, oh, this is great. Yeah,
you know, so of course pull over, clean her up,
you know, And she just did not look good. And

(08:15):
so we finally get home and she starts having like
little weird seizures. Oh my god, And I'm like, what
the heck is going on? Man, Like this is so bizarre,
Like something's really wrong. Yeah, And so we of course
took her into Rady Children's Hospital. They rushed her right back,
and she was lying down on a table and there
was probably at least I don't know, five nurses surrounding her,

(08:38):
and she starts projectile vomiting to the point of where
it was across the room and like it was like
the scene from the Exorcist going on in there, and
I'm standing there and my you must have seen my face.
My face like I was ghost white. My eyes were
bugging out. I'm like, I've never seen anybody throw up
like this, and I've obviously freaking out because my daughter,

(08:59):
my first kid, I don't know what, She's never been
sick before, and now she's projectile vomiting. Her head is
twisting in circles, like honestly, yes, I don't know what
the hell was going on. Man, I mean I blacked out,
and so I mean you could tell probably from my
face that I was freaked out. Yeah, well, all this
is going on, and they're obviously working on her. One

(09:21):
of these godsend angels nurses comes over and just puts
their arm around me and goes, it's okay, dad, we
got it. Huh, Like why are you what is going on?
But that's kind of their mentality of like they're gonna
calm the parents down. They're gonna, you know, like black,
it's okay, They're in the right place. We got it.

(09:41):
And just that little bit it did, it worked. It
calmed me down and I was like, oh, okay, they
got it. They're like, we see this all the time.
I'm like, really, what are you talking about.

Speaker 8 (09:53):
Because in a normal place they would have panicked or
they're not.

Speaker 2 (09:56):
They but they don't care about you. They and that's
okay too.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
I get it. I'm not the patient. But at Rady
they do care about the parents because they understand that's
our kids. We care more about our kids than we
do about ourselves. And so to come over and just
put your arm around me and go it's all right.
I can see it on your face like you're freaking out.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
It's okay.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
And they did. They figured out what the deal was.
I don't remember what it was, but it was no
big deal, and they gave her some antibiotics and then
cleared right up, and so I was just like, holy smokes.
But at that moment, I've never been more scared of
my life. And so for them just to do that
and make me feel better about the situation and that
scene that is the worst thing I've ever seen, was amazing.

(10:41):
And so you know, that's the kind of reasons why
I will always help out with Rady Children's because they
are just remarkable and the fact that we have them
here in San Diego. Is we're so lucky because I mean,
obviously there's cities all over the place that don't have them.
I can't Sky immediately got the paper.

Speaker 2 (11:01):
We got a toughie.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
Okay, well you don't need to do this. There's so
many donations coming in. I don't think you need to
get in there.

Speaker 6 (11:08):
Every time she says we got a toughy, I it's
it's b e h r u Z Bayrus.

Speaker 2 (11:15):
Okay, that was the toughies exactly.

Speaker 9 (11:20):
Definitely.

Speaker 1 (11:21):
Bab had a you know, multiple trips to Rachel's hospital.
Her son read, Uh. The one that I always sticks
that with me is that poison situation.

Speaker 2 (11:33):
That I just can't she leaves poison on the counter.

Speaker 6 (11:36):
That that was actually after he think he drank that.
If you're referring to the round up that I had
right next.

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Yeah, there's lawsuits.

Speaker 6 (11:47):
Yes, that's not this instance. That's the round up was
in La Mesa. This is before I moved in La Mesa.
This is when I was living in south Park, you know,
south Park Girl for a long time.

Speaker 8 (11:57):
So I'm called me Queen of the South Park.

Speaker 1 (12:02):
I've heard of.

Speaker 2 (12:04):
Decades.

Speaker 6 (12:05):
Yes, we were living in South Park and we had
our little mini backyard.

Speaker 8 (12:09):
We were in like a duplex.

Speaker 6 (12:10):
The mini backyard that we had uh kind of butted
up to a mini mini canyon. And there was these
plants that I didn't even know were this plant because
I've seen them since forever in San Diego. They've they've
got big leaves and then they've got the prickly pods.
And I didn't know that that was a castor plant.
The it's it's the you know you've heard of castor oil.

(12:30):
There's a castor bean, and a castor bean is actually
what terrorists made rice and with like to like you know,
it's it's a deadly substance, right, And so I didn't
know that that was that plant at the time. And
then this is when my son was like a little toddlers,
So who's running around. I turned my back for one
second and I'm in the backyard doing something like water
and plants, and I see him on the ground chewing

(12:52):
one of the beans that come from.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
The pods, and I went, oh, my, I didn't know
at that time.

Speaker 6 (12:58):
I didn't know anything about the planet the time he's
chewing it, and like coincidentally, like somehow one of my
aunts told me, like the day before to work to
watch out for that plant, that it's poisonous.

Speaker 2 (13:11):
It's kind of a weird way that it all.

Speaker 6 (13:13):
Ended up playing out. But I knew that he just
put something awful in his mouth. I didn't exactly know
how bad. So I take a picture of the plant,
get it fishing out of his mouth, but it was
still in his like little mini like the barely champers
that he had, and we rushed him to Rady's immediately.

Speaker 8 (13:28):
And when I get to Rady.

Speaker 1 (13:29):
Thank god you did, because you know there are times,
you know, where you go, oh, I'm sure it's nothing,
and you just sort of like, you know, keep your
eye on them.

Speaker 10 (13:36):
But you.

Speaker 1 (13:38):
Are you glad you did that.

Speaker 6 (13:39):
I'm so glad I did that. And I got there
and I start showing.

Speaker 1 (13:43):
Up one of the beans.

Speaker 8 (13:44):
I didn't. I would have been a smarter thing to do.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
I feel like she told the nurses, this is all
Robert's fault, and they were like, missus Griffiths, we don't
even know, just tell us what's wrong. We don't know
who Robert is.

Speaker 8 (13:55):
Early stages Robert, so he was.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
It wasn't his fault.

Speaker 8 (13:58):
It wasn't as annoyed, Like I didn't have the same disdain.

Speaker 7 (14:02):
This is.

Speaker 8 (14:05):
At this time?

Speaker 2 (14:07):
Wow healthy? Wait what loo good for you?

Speaker 8 (14:10):
When I get there?

Speaker 6 (14:11):
You guys know that I can be a little panicky
a little bit, so I immediately obviously.

Speaker 2 (14:18):
Ran charges carry him.

Speaker 11 (14:22):
He's dying.

Speaker 6 (14:24):
No, But but anyway, like that he said, I mean,
they like immediately calmed to calm me down. Is saying
so much? Right, we get back there. It's a whole thing.
They have the e KG machines on him and they
have him drink this like charcoal substance to flush him out.
But but you know, we were talking about the special
little things about rady uh the charcoal thing that they
probably have at every hospital in San Diego. This one

(14:45):
was great flavored and like in a cute like bottle.
Like so they did break a picky toddler out to
drink it and want to drink it and get better, right,
and so like that's the kinds of things that they
do special at ready.

Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, honestly, those little touches and and you know you
were saying the EKG machine, those patches they use like
little patches, touches, That's what I mean. All those little
things good to make the kids not freak out matter
and they are through your donations. Those things, I mean,
they're not obviously something that you're gonna find in a
normal hospital. So they like the band aids, every little

(15:20):
tiny thing they gear towards kids, and they're all through
philanthropy and through you your donations. So that's why we
do our iHeart Rady Children's Givethon. So thank you so
much for those of you have already called in yesterday
and already this morning. You're lighting the phone lines up
which all so please call right now eight hundred two
five eight zero zero zero seven. Let's keep it going.

(15:42):
Our text the word Rock to five to one five
five five more with our giveth on next on the
show and rock with a five three.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
Christmas pack.

Speaker 1 (15:53):
Well that's Alison Chains. It is still a throwback Thursday.
Don't get it twisted here. Yes, it is still throw
back Thursday. On the show. It's Rock three. We are
in the middle of our irt Rady Children's giveth On.
Call us right now eight hundred and two five eight
zero zero zero seven, or you can text the word
rock to five to one, five five five. I forgot
to mention in the first break there. Don't forget about

(16:14):
our Hero program where just for nineteen dollars a month,
you can become a Hero. It's just a monthly donation
that they'll take care of, take it right out of
your account or whatever it is you want to set up.
And if you become a monthly Hero, you will receive
two tickets to Sea World or sesame place. So I mean,
I mean it pays for help real quickly. Yeah, it's
like that. So we have met a bunch of different

(16:37):
people over the years doing our giveth on and there
are certain people that I look for to see you
every year, and I gotta tell you, Reef is one
of them. This is like the coolest kid ever. He's
back here, Mom, dad, the whole family's here. This is
all always exciting to see you guys. Reef.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
How you doing, buddy, I'm doing good. Oh good.

Speaker 1 (16:54):
I'm so happy to hear that You're still busy at school.
Yeah yeah, yeah, doing any sports right now?

Speaker 11 (17:01):
Yeah, I'm surfing and playing soccer.

Speaker 1 (17:04):
I mean, tuesday is Reef, you want to do? What
do you want to do? Surfing off the soccer too?

Speaker 11 (17:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (17:11):
Oh man, that's so good. What do you do what
do you played? He score goals? Or are you a goalie?

Speaker 11 (17:16):
I play left wing.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
Wow, that's a hot position. That is a hot position. Yeah, Dad,
obviously in here too, Dad, p one, I remember that.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
I mean that makes me happy every morning on the
way to work.

Speaker 1 (17:29):
That's it. I talk to us a little bit about
Reef's story and Reef's entrance into the world and your
you know, time at Rady Children's Hospital.

Speaker 2 (17:37):
Yeah, it's kind of crazy.

Speaker 12 (17:38):
About ten and a half years ago, we were pregnant
with Reef and we went in for an ultrasound and
they saw a little dot that they didn't really like,
and so they they wanted to further explore it, which
caused an emergency c section for Reef the next The
very next morning, they they diagnosed him with an aneurysm,

(17:59):
which took up about it's about the size of two
ping pong balls full of sacks of blood on his brain.
And so a couple of days later they did an
emergency craniotomy on him where they opened his skull took.

Speaker 2 (18:13):
The blood out and how old was he at this side?
Seven days old?

Speaker 9 (18:17):
But as did he come early too?

Speaker 2 (18:19):
On top of that, just a little.

Speaker 4 (18:21):
Bit he was about thirty two weeks.

Speaker 9 (18:23):
Holy yeah, yeah, but still that is so tiny.

Speaker 1 (18:28):
So when you get that news that, oh, yeah, we're
just gonna you know, open up your kid's head, you know,
out a week old, what was going through your mind
at that time?

Speaker 12 (18:37):
It was really crazy because he was our second child.
So I had mom over at Mary Birch. Reef was
at radies, and I'm the one going back and forth
and dealing with the doctors and they're saying that they're
going to open his head up, and You're like, all right.

Speaker 1 (18:51):
Do I trust this guy?

Speaker 12 (18:53):
And the doctor that we had, doctor Levy, was so
amazing and he actually practiced through virtual reality reef surgery
probably you know, forty times before he was It was
new at the time, the technology ten years ago. Yeah,
this is ten and a half years ago. And he
literally told me, looked me in the eyes and said,

(19:14):
I've done this surgery thirty times.

Speaker 6 (19:17):
I've got it.

Speaker 12 (19:18):
I'm like, okay, I'm not going to touch your hands.

Speaker 1 (19:20):
Yeah yeah, I think you know a little bit more
than I do about this. So obviously scary process, but
things seem to work out. I mean, what exactly, you know,
what was that process like.

Speaker 2 (19:30):
Oh, it's so amazing.

Speaker 12 (19:31):
Like I said, they did the surgery. We had to
go back twice a year for the first little bit.
But Reef's doing really fine. Every time we drive past
Ready Children's we give it a high five.

Speaker 1 (19:42):
Minute yea look at it.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
But it's like the the experience there is so.

Speaker 10 (19:48):
Heavy and.

Speaker 12 (19:50):
It's so stressful at the time, but now looking back
at it, it's like so many people were doing so
many things to take care of us as a family.
You know, Reef was the page, but I definitely needed
something right.

Speaker 1 (20:01):
I was mentioning that this morning when when my kids
went into Rady Children's Hospital for several different things, nothing
as serious as Reef. I obviously was seeing my daughter
there on the table and I was freaking out because
she was like two years old, and they made a
point to come over and put their arm around me,
and I was like, what what is This doesn't happen
in normal hospitals. That's why Rady is so special, you know.

(20:22):
I mean those people that work there are just unbelievable. Well,
that's great, and you guys are coming back every year
because of your experience at Rady Children's Hospital, and it's
it's great. To see Reef that he's doing so well
and killing it. It's fantastic, Reef. What do you want
for Christmas?

Speaker 11 (20:37):
Here? I want to skateboards?

Speaker 2 (20:40):
Unbelievable, a serious. It makes me so crazy.

Speaker 1 (20:45):
Can you ride a skateboard right now?

Speaker 6 (20:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (20:47):
A little bit.

Speaker 11 (20:48):
Yeah, I just have a board without a lip on
the nose.

Speaker 1 (20:53):
Okay, So you need that to do your sick allie's
and jumps and stuffy. It's so awesome. Yeah cool, I
love it man. All right, Reef, I told you i'd
set you up. Read that phone number for me.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
Here we go.

Speaker 11 (21:07):
One eight hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven.

Speaker 1 (21:11):
That's perfect, dude. That's the number that you want to
call to donate for kids like Reef. You know the
Reef is around today because of the Rady Children's Hospital
and then remultiple things they're able to do. I'm telling
you you never really want to be there, but if
you are, you're gonna love it. And so please call
and donate eight hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven,

(21:31):
or you can text the word rock to five one
five five five. It is our righty. Children's give it
on going on right now. It's the show. It's Rock
with a five to three. It's Christmas time, Das Wow
Little Aerosmith on Throwback Thursday. It's the show. It's Rockodo
five to three. We are in the middle of our
iHeart Rady Children's giveth on call right now eight hundred

(21:53):
two five eight zero zero zero seven or text the
word rock two five one five five five. Everybody is
breaking out right now. There is a real reindeer in
the building.

Speaker 13 (22:09):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (22:09):
Dasher? Answer?

Speaker 9 (22:11):
I feel they're busy. Okay, okay, you know Dixon.

Speaker 2 (22:19):
Dixon, You're so that was almost said, mix and nobody
heard that either. Joe running back from the No, I
don't think it's Rudolph. Okay, we'd be able to see.
It would be a good am.

Speaker 1 (22:36):
I interviewing the reindeer because I got a lot of
questions about the games. Yeah, what are they this year?

Speaker 14 (22:44):
Tom?

Speaker 1 (22:44):
It is the coach? All right?

Speaker 2 (22:46):
All right? Okay yourself? That is that?

Speaker 8 (22:50):
Your comment? Impression?

Speaker 1 (22:51):
It's perfect?

Speaker 4 (22:52):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
I'm very excited to interview the reindeer. What's going on?

Speaker 8 (22:57):
I don't know if you can interview the reindeer.

Speaker 9 (22:59):
I don't think they Why is it?

Speaker 1 (23:01):
Why is it here?

Speaker 8 (23:02):
I think you're going to interview somebody from the SeaWorld.

Speaker 2 (23:04):
The handler of the sword brought the reindeer. Reindeer swim
it's not a.

Speaker 6 (23:10):
Sea creature, No, it's the sea World has a Christmas celebration,
and so they have reindeer out.

Speaker 8 (23:16):
They've always been many years. They have a little reindeer pen.

Speaker 5 (23:20):
Yeah, we were there like a week ago. Yeah, you
walk by, you see the reindeer. They're super cute. You
could take a little selfie with them in the back.
It's there's like it's like here, yes, in the building
or maybe outside hopefully inside.

Speaker 6 (23:33):
Well, I think it was over in the Cobo newsroom.
What may have had a bit of an accident that
I had heard of.

Speaker 13 (23:42):
It.

Speaker 8 (23:42):
We're not doing that radio.

Speaker 2 (23:44):
Well, when Jamie opened the door, I heard one of
the radears say, I swear my kids. Did you hear
the whole they make noise?

Speaker 8 (23:55):
We're not doing this.

Speaker 2 (23:56):
Where are my kids? The reindeer, We're not doing What
the hell is going on?

Speaker 8 (24:00):
The reinder didn't do that.

Speaker 1 (24:01):
I don't know the reinder, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (24:03):
But the reindeer was like, I only use the other bathroom.
I never used this bathroom. Wow.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
Wait, the reindeer took a dump in the Cogo newsroom.

Speaker 8 (24:14):
Yeah, number one.

Speaker 2 (24:16):
This is not surprising. It's it's a it's a it's
a it's a it's a game. When you have a
reindeer or like a while animal like that come into
a building, like when I'm out with my with our
horse blist or walking our horse. She'll just go to
the bathroom wherever she wants. That's what horses do. So
the reindeer, the two of.

Speaker 1 (24:37):
Them, which one I got a picture?

Speaker 2 (24:42):
Which one? Break? The first person?

Speaker 1 (24:45):
In all honesty, door Sky, we're talking sorry in all honesty, thor.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
How is your wife not here? Well, I just texted
her a picture. Any second she's gonna be. She's gonna be.
She would lose her. You know, remember my wife thinks
she can talk to deer.

Speaker 1 (25:02):
Yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 9 (25:04):
Does that translate to right? Is it a different language?

Speaker 2 (25:08):
I'm not sure that I'll ask her though, reindeer or
regular deer. Reindeer, regular deer, different language. That's a game,
my life player, regular deer.

Speaker 1 (25:19):
That's a different thing.

Speaker 9 (25:21):
That is definitely a different thing.

Speaker 1 (25:22):
Different things. Oh, this is fantastic. This is so there's
there's actual rainer.

Speaker 13 (25:29):
Not fake.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
Okay, so that's not that's why. And are these of
the Santa team? Are this donner blitzing?

Speaker 13 (25:36):
This is and tinsel?

Speaker 1 (25:38):
Okay?

Speaker 2 (25:39):
So these are they're like backups. They're backups like the
Tommys of reindeer.

Speaker 1 (25:44):
Okay, that makes sense. Yes, I don't have any What
is your name?

Speaker 13 (25:49):
My name is Tracy, Yes, and I have Jojo outside.

Speaker 1 (25:54):
Yeah, the reindeer handler.

Speaker 13 (25:56):
He is the reindeer handler.

Speaker 1 (25:58):
Okay.

Speaker 9 (25:58):
Santa is also a part of Rainbow.

Speaker 2 (26:00):
He's the captain of the team and he's working right now.
Otherwise this is unbelievable.

Speaker 1 (26:07):
You guys have you know, your big Christmas celebration at SeaWorld,
And so these reindeer are actually at sea World, right.

Speaker 13 (26:13):
Yes, they are at the park every day through January fifth, so.

Speaker 15 (26:16):
People can come see them.

Speaker 2 (26:17):
They come from the North Pole.

Speaker 13 (26:18):
They come from the North Pole. Santa is there as well,
so you know, they always go together. It takes a
break at night and goes to and then so guests
can see them, they can ask questions, they can do
all the things, and it's really fun because it gets interactive.

Speaker 15 (26:35):
Because they ask so many questions.

Speaker 13 (26:37):
One of the most common questions is I didn't or
maybe a comment is I didn't even know reindeer were read.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
That's a real thing. They're a real thing. Antlers and everything.

Speaker 8 (26:47):
The little faces are the cutest things ever.

Speaker 2 (26:49):
Oh my gosh, I've never seen a reindeer of course,
Like are they pretty docile? Like they don't what are
you going to do? Right?

Speaker 13 (26:55):
No?

Speaker 2 (26:55):
No, like like my wife, my wife, well she worked
at a on rescue and then she met a deer
once at yosementy and thought it was one of the
deer that she rescued him. It was pretty wild and
she went up to a wild deer, which is kind
of risky. Are reindeer like that at all? Or they're
pretty calm animal?

Speaker 13 (27:12):
They calm if you see him in the hallways after
this there, you know a lot of people are coming
up taking lots of photos with them, and they feel
really comfortable with them. They may go to the bathroom
near you.

Speaker 10 (27:23):
They we have.

Speaker 2 (27:25):
A little bit of an what they do.

Speaker 13 (27:30):
We gave a morning when we said we're going to
ruing reindeer. They're going to go to the bathroom.

Speaker 8 (27:33):
How do you feel about that?

Speaker 15 (27:34):
And they're like, we're going to take that risk and.

Speaker 1 (27:39):
Can put that together.

Speaker 5 (27:41):
Now I'm wondering, is it true that they eat candy
canes that they it does Sea World only feed them
candy canes?

Speaker 1 (27:48):
Where did you hear that?

Speaker 9 (27:49):
I've seen that in some sort of Christmas movie.

Speaker 1 (27:52):
You know every Christmas Eve we leave out the milk
and cookies and carrots.

Speaker 13 (27:58):
Yeah, maybe on Christmas they get a candid, but they
get like vegetables.

Speaker 2 (28:11):
They got to be fit about to go all over
the world.

Speaker 9 (28:13):
It's a hard time.

Speaker 1 (28:14):
Okay, take off, it's the whole thing.

Speaker 2 (28:15):
I got that one wrong.

Speaker 1 (28:16):
Well, here's one of the coolest things about SeaWorld is
you are involved in our givath on, which we appreciate
so much. If you call to become a Hero, which
is just a nineteen dollars monthly donation, you will get
a pair of tickets to SeaWorld or sesame place, so
you get to pick. So the fact that SeaWorld's involved
in that we really appreciate and think that's fantastic.

Speaker 13 (28:35):
Yes, we love being part of this event. We work
with Rady Children's Hospital year round for over a decade.
They're so special to us. We love hosting the patients
and the families at our park It's really just a
way for them to get away from the hospitals and
the doctors and all the things that they see and
just give them a break from their day.

Speaker 2 (28:53):
So we really love to hold Yeah, that's cool.

Speaker 1 (28:56):
And let me tell you, SeaWorld is a magical place
right now for the holiday. Definitely go check out the
park right now. It's super cool. You guys love to
embrace my root on your shirt. Yeah, Rudolph on my shirt.
It all just makes sense. I'm gonna definitely go hang
out with the right here after this. Thank you so much.

Speaker 13 (29:14):
Rudolph is also at Zeer World, so you can kind
of take a picture which is in your shirt with him.

Speaker 1 (29:18):
Trust me. Same time, I've bought in several pieces of
of clothing and merch from you guys, so I'm all
about it. Thank you very much for bringing them in.
That's yeah, that's really really cool.

Speaker 16 (29:29):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (29:29):
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(29:52):
going on right now. Great first hour, we look good,
but let's keep it going on the call right now
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We are in the middle of a matching hour. Now,
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(30:13):
whatever you donate will be matched. So if you donate
twenty bucks, that's forty bucks. So that's the way to
do it. I mean, honestly, that's when you should really get.

Speaker 2 (30:20):
Thor waits for a matching Yeah, yeah, sure he's gonna
help people.

Speaker 1 (30:24):
You donated more than you actually, so if you did forty,
so yeah, I'll do that. That's really solid, really solid.
Then thank you to Michael and Carol Brazinski who are
matching up to seven thousand dollars. If you just want
to call right now and just do seven grand and
then they'll match it and that's done. We're done, We're done.

Speaker 2 (30:43):
Let's be perfect.

Speaker 1 (30:45):
So that'd be fantastic. I can't tell you how thrilled
I am about what is about to happen. Tell us
because it is a family member who is in studio
right now, Sarah Biby, the Great Sarah bb In, longtime
radio veteran, who is back in our building as she
should be saying that right now, your face, good morning,

(31:08):
my dear friend, Sarah. Sarah is like I said, family.
We've known Sarah for a long time, fifteen years something
like that. And Sarah, I'm so happy to see you.
And you went through something which is one of the
crazier scenes and situations I've ever seen last year and
it was so scary. And to see everybody, the whole

(31:30):
family's here is just it warms my heart. It's great.
But let's talk a little bit about your time at
Rady Todum's hospital and what happened.

Speaker 7 (31:37):
Yeah, I was in saying you guys, we have been
so lucky to just all our kiddos have been born
perfectly healthy. We've gone to radies before, we got a tribe,
we got a try, we got a hockey tribe. Oh
family of five, and we've been a radies before. Because
Shane actually when he was little, he broke his arm.
I thought it was fine, but then she came home

(31:59):
from worker was like, oh my gosh, that's completely broken.

Speaker 4 (32:03):
You thought it was fine, fine, but apparently it's like spent,
like an arrow.

Speaker 10 (32:10):
Just broke.

Speaker 7 (32:12):
So at that point we went to a different hospital
and they're like, no, you need to go straight to Radise.
They sent us directly to Rady's just for a broken arm.

Speaker 8 (32:19):
Okay.

Speaker 7 (32:19):
So after that we learned immediately like, okay, if there's
anything ever wrong with our kids, straight to Radi's.

Speaker 1 (32:25):
We got absolutely.

Speaker 7 (32:27):
So in April of this year, you know it was
there was what's one Saturday, April six, Shane's playing hockey
morning and afternoon. He literally spends the afternoon helping a
little old lady neighbor gardening and like doing chores around
the house, and then he starts to get like this headache,
but it's like up in his sinuses, so I'm like,
you're probably getting a sinus infection. On Sunday morning, he

(32:48):
starts to take a turn for the worst and he's
got this crazy headache, he's got this crazy neck pain,
and he's got a little bit of a fever like
one hundred and one point seven. Nothing's scary, So we're
I'm thinking, okay, you slept wrong and kinked your neck.
And again this sin of infections.

Speaker 1 (33:04):
Just for the radar isn't going off quite yet.

Speaker 7 (33:07):
No, but I'll tell you why. Also, I have never
in my life heard of what he was diagnosed with ever,
so I did not know. Hey, parents, and by the way,
my husband Chip told me, I just did. We did
two other interviews this morning. He goes, hey, you know,
he's not my program director anything, but he's like, you
might want to tell parents if your kid has a headache,

(33:28):
neck pain, and a fever, get them to the hospital immediately.
It was a big lesson because what happened overnight on
Sunday to Monday morning. He got very ill in bed,
he got sick everywhere, He started hallucinating, and then by
by early Monday morning when Chip went to check on him,

(33:48):
he couldn't stand. He didn't he was laying in bed,
he thought he was in the shower. He had no
body functions. So Chip was like, oh my gosh, something
got to his brain. We're going to radies immediately. And
we get there and like immediately six doctors pounce on
us and we're like, okay, something is going on. He
had all the markers for bacterial meningitis.

Speaker 1 (34:10):
What the heck is that?

Speaker 7 (34:11):
Thank you?

Speaker 2 (34:12):
I was like, I don't know what this is. I'm
not about to get it.

Speaker 4 (34:16):
Well, that's a mystery. We don't know how you get it.
And I was like, I'm not about to google empty
this because.

Speaker 1 (34:26):
You don't want to go down. No, Sky, that's not
what you do, Sky.

Speaker 9 (34:31):
Okay, I'm not.

Speaker 2 (34:39):
Right literally Okay.

Speaker 7 (34:41):
So they're like the only way to determine if he
has bacterial meningitis is to do a spinal She's like,
oh my gosh. They kick us out of the room
for that. They get the results back and they were like,
we're hoping you want to you want to cross your
fingers that it's viral meningitis because that's the one that's
easier to treat. Shane's an overachiever. He got bacterial Oh
he got He got the worst.

Speaker 9 (35:03):
For the stars, that's what he does.

Speaker 7 (35:08):
But within a few hours, you know, bacterial meningitis is
an infection in your brain and your spine, so it's
you know, your brain sends all your signals to the body,
so everything started to shut down. He basically watched him
completely go paralyzed. He at some point he bit his tongue.
They don't know if that was like a little seizure

(35:30):
or something. So because there was I know, people get
picked out. There was a lot of blood. He inhaled
so much about his lungs started to collapse. So so
then all of a sudden, his oxygen tanks. He cannot breathe.
They kick us out of the room. We're out of
the room forever. And when we come back, he's in
a coma and he's on a ventilator. They literally saved

(35:52):
his life. Like, if time is not your friend with
bacterial meningitis, if we, for whatever reason just we're trying
to wait this thing out at home, he would have died.
So then god, my husband Chip got him to the
hospital in time. And these doctors, even though this is
an insanely rare disease and they had not seen a
case as bad as his in twenty years, Oh my god,
they recognized it immediately. You guys, bacteria managize what is it?

Speaker 8 (36:15):
Chip?

Speaker 7 (36:16):
One and six people die, and more than that, two
out of five or something like that, have one out
of five have have permanent damage like amputations, They go deaf,
they go blind, all these things I mean this, so
he he is a legit walking miracle. And that's what
the doctors kept saying. They would come in, They're like, oh,
you're the miracle boy, Oh.

Speaker 10 (36:36):
You're the mouse.

Speaker 7 (36:39):
After a week of being in the ICU, because everything
was shutting down, I mean it attacked his vision, his speech,
his motors. So he had to relearn how to get
it fork to his mouth, he had to relearn how
to walk everything. But he he did it so quickly,
I would say for having this, and he's perfectly healthy.

Speaker 1 (37:00):
Sight just killing it right for the ladies, like you
don't care, they no mess around. Yeah, that's right, Shane.
Can you remember any of this stuff that happened.

Speaker 14 (37:13):
I don't remember much from the hospital, but I remember
in the ICU, like the t the TV was like
in the farthest corner and it was like hidden and
it was stuck on Bluey the entire time.

Speaker 2 (37:26):
Was that the worst part of everything that went down,
That was the worst part was the worst part. He'd
rather he'd rather almost die than watch Bluid, not a big.

Speaker 1 (37:37):
He probably couldn't tell anybody, can you change that?

Speaker 2 (37:39):
I don't watch that anymore? Like it's really awful, eyes wrong,
that does sound terrible.

Speaker 9 (37:46):
I'm sorry to hear that.

Speaker 1 (37:48):
How do you feel now?

Speaker 14 (37:49):
I feel great?

Speaker 1 (37:50):
Yeah, you're back. Okay, where are we? Are we at
one hundred percent yet or are we still working things out?

Speaker 7 (37:55):
Or were we at His heart was cleared like a
month ago and back at one hundred percent like it was,
only it had inflated. It was only working at like
seventy percent. So again that was attacked.

Speaker 1 (38:06):
Just means you love more.

Speaker 7 (38:07):
It's y right, we are having We've had a rough
two weeks with these headaches that come from like healing
with that. But his balance is a little bit off still.
But you wouldn't know that unless you were his assurance. Right, yeah,
we're pretty much but we're getting there. But we're getting there.

Speaker 2 (38:26):
We make a recovery.

Speaker 7 (38:29):
I mean, it's one of those things you don't know.
He had double vision. He had to wear a patch
for months he had he could only look at it
when I from because he had double vision.

Speaker 2 (38:35):
That's crazy.

Speaker 4 (38:36):
This could be permanent. We don't know if this is
going to get back.

Speaker 7 (38:38):
Everything is a guessing game with bacterial meningitis because some
people heal and some people do not.

Speaker 1 (38:43):
I didn't know anything about that. I've heard of it,
you know, obviously meningitis. I didn't know there was a
difference between two until this happened to you. And after
it happened to you, I got freaked out too, and
so I started to look into it and talking to
you as well of what what it is and what
exactly happened. And it's a it's so scary. I can't
even imagine what you and Chip went through during that time.

Speaker 4 (39:04):
It was horrible.

Speaker 1 (39:05):
But what's amazing is Rady Children's Hospital.

Speaker 7 (39:08):
Those people, you guys, made the difference in not just
his survival, but our mental survival and health through it.

Speaker 4 (39:14):
And I will say somethings that Ronald McDonald house, Yes.

Speaker 1 (39:17):
It's right across the street. For people that don't know,
it is unbelievable place that it's for long care patients,
for their families. They can go and get away and
crash out and whatever, right, and they'll feed you.

Speaker 7 (39:31):
And it's crazy they do feed you, and you thinking,
you know, living here in San Diego, you're like, well,
I don't need that.

Speaker 4 (39:35):
I could just go home if I need you.

Speaker 1 (39:36):
No, no, no, no, no go anywhere.

Speaker 4 (39:38):
No, You're not going anywhere. I mean even for a shower.

Speaker 13 (39:41):
It was.

Speaker 7 (39:41):
It was three days until we actually even step foot
out of his room to go over there and take
a quick shower.

Speaker 13 (39:46):
Right.

Speaker 7 (39:46):
And then also we have two little kids and we
were not with them for three weeks. I mean grandma
and grandma had to take over. So when they would
come visit us, they weren't allowed on the hospital. We
would go to the Ronald McDonald house. Yeah, they had
volunteers on stop. The brought crafts, that brop gifts, that
brought blankets for them to feed them. They had ice
cream days, they had they have these amazing play this

(40:07):
playground and a room sponsored by the Padres, which is
be cool that a playroom ever, and it saved They're
like they were now excited to come visit us, even
though they were terrified and scared and knew what was
going on with Shane. The Ronald McDonald House is everything,
you guys.

Speaker 1 (40:24):
It's all connected, it's all part of it, and it
is why we do the giveth on every single year.
It's why Sarah's back, you know, to talk about your
story and talk about Rady Children's Hospital and all that stuff.
So I'm so happy to see you and so glad
that you did that Chip. Good job as a dad.
Good job.

Speaker 2 (40:42):
They never get credit.

Speaker 1 (40:43):
Yeah, we never get we don't.

Speaker 2 (40:45):
They never get me.

Speaker 1 (40:50):
Some dogs four animals. It's totally the same. Honestly, I'm
happy for your family. I love it and j I'm
glad Shane's doing good and and hang in there, buddy
and getting better, my friend. All right, call right now
eight hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven, or
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(41:10):
Let's keep the phone lines going in it as our
Rady Children's give it on going on right now on
the show. It's rocking O five to three. For long
time listeners of our show, that song is very significant.
That is Creed on throw Back Thursday. It's the show.
It's rock one O five to three. And I don't

(41:32):
know how that song played right there because we're about
to I can't go into something. You're an emotional terrorist.
I don't know that I am an emotional terrorist. Yes,
I'm just saying this sky that we have our iHeart.
Rady Children's give it on going on right now. Call
eight hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven, or
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five five and donate. The reason why that song was

(41:55):
played and why it solks significant is when Sky Sky
really struggled to get pregnant, Yes, and then when we
found out she finally did get pregnant, we actually ended
up playing that song. And so that song has great
meaning for Sky and her life and her daughter and
all that stuff. And so we are obviously doing the
Rady Children's Givathon right now, and unfortunately for Sky and

(42:18):
your daughter, you have been at Rady's quite a bit recently, Yes,
we have, and so you wanted to share a little
bit about your time at Rady Children's Hospital.

Speaker 5 (42:27):
Yeah, because you know, thankfully, what we are going through
isn't anywhere as severe as some of the crazy stories
we're hearing. But at the same time, it is heartbreaking emotional.
I mean, if you're a parent, or I mean just
anybody who loves somebody you know going.

Speaker 2 (42:45):
Through some serious issues or anything.

Speaker 5 (42:48):
Medical stuff is just draining. And so I'm going to
struggle to talk about this. I'm just going to be honest.
You want to play the song, definitely not any I
like it. I was almost in tears on the way in.
So here's the deal here on the show, we pretty
much share everything, right, but our goal here every day

(43:09):
is to kind of make people laugh, bring people joy,
make your life lighter. That's the why you're never going
to get serious politics from us or any of that stuff,
because that's not who we are. But what we are
is very honest and share a lot about our lives.
But with my daughter's health issues this year, it's been
so all consuming and just kind of honestly so depressing

(43:31):
and causing so much anxiety that I'm like, this isn't
fun for anybody. I'm not strong enough to talk about
this right now. But now we're seeing some light, and
the light we're seeing is all thanks to Rady Children's Hospital.
So it started in April, well, it started basically her
whole life. My daughter's always had two things going on.

(43:55):
Number One, when she gets sick, she gets like really sick.
Like you know, a normal kid will get a cold,
you give them, Yeah, you give them a good week
and they're good. My daughter gets that exact same cold,
she's like down for a month, and the level of
what's going on with her body always seems a lot
worse than the other kid with the same exact cold. Yeah,
but I'm just like, Okay, maybe that's just how she is.

(44:17):
Maybe you know her sinuses, I don't know. So we've
always had that going on. And another thing we've always
had going on with her is a lot of joint
pain and a lot of like cracking and literally like
her joints just popping out of socket and like all
of them, from her jaw to her hip to her ankles.

(44:37):
So that's something I've always kind of been watching. But
then April of this year, she got what I thought
was again just like a cold, maybe a flu.

Speaker 9 (44:47):
It was going around and she could just not recover.

Speaker 5 (44:50):
And then towards the end of it, like symptoms were
popping up that I'd like never seen before, Like her
whole entire face broke out in a rash and then
completely lee like peeled, and then she got this like
weird lump on her neck, and then like the amount
of pain she was having in her body and joint
just did not seem right.

Speaker 9 (45:10):
So I'm like inn emuschhal sorry.

Speaker 5 (45:12):
So that's when we really started following up with her
primary of me being like something's off. This is too
much of a pattern now, and again this is like
me having to go to her primary and like kind
of almost bake for these tests to be done. Of course,
I googled a lot, and so I wished to do
as I do, and I went in there and I

(45:33):
said I want these specific tests done, and her primary
ran them and then the results came back, and that's
when her primary doctors said, yeah, this is like above
our pay grade. You need to go and take her
to Rady Children's and take her to the rheumatology department

(45:53):
because she has autoimmune issues going on and she needs
to be under their case and have them figure out
exactly what's going on. So, you know, we had been
to so many doctor's appointments, seen so many people, so
by this point I am like, I am drained, I
am exhausted, and so honestly, I know how amazing Rady is,

(46:17):
but I was just so felt beaten down by the
medical system at that point that I remember going into
that first appointment with rheumatology at Rady's just being like, Okay,
they're probably gonna rush me out. I better put all
what I want to say in bullet points. And oh
my god, it could not have been more the opposite

(46:37):
with doctor Levy at Rady Children's in their rheumatology department.

Speaker 2 (46:42):
Her her took, I mean took.

Speaker 5 (46:46):
All the time in the world, like like when she
met with us, I never got the vibe like she
was in a rush, like like she had another patient next.

Speaker 2 (46:56):
It was like she was laser focused on us.

Speaker 5 (46:59):
She was giving us all the time in the world
to talk about every ache, pain, crack, this that, and
like giving.

Speaker 8 (47:06):
You space to gather your thoughts and totally.

Speaker 5 (47:10):
Like just such a different feeling from every other doctor
we had been to at every other facility.

Speaker 2 (47:16):
We all those doctors.

Speaker 5 (47:18):
I mean, I get it the medical systems kind of
messed up, but we felt rush, like we're just a number,
get to the next one. And as a parent, when
your kid's going through something, no matter how little or
how big, just like Eddie said earlier this morning, when
a nurse puts their arm around you and like calls
you mom or calls you dad, or calls you grandma

(47:41):
or uncle or whoever you are, like like you feel
like family and like they actually care and they they
respect the feelings of cause your mom and mom isn't
just sky, you know what I mean? In that moment,
I'm mom, so I am beyond thankful because we now

(48:02):
are really close to actually identifying what's going on with her.
I've learned autoimmune disorders. It's not just like one test,
it's a zillion test, and it's watching her and tracking
the symptoms and what's going on. But like the I
feel a zillion times lighter because I know that they're
now watching out, they have my back, they have her

(48:25):
best interest in heart, and it's just an amazing feeling
that you can't put a dollar amount on. And I'm
so thankful that we have Rady Children's because everybody loves
their kid. But as you guys know, I mean, we
struggled so long to have Lovelin and whether you agree
or disagree, she is my everything. And when this started happening,

(48:49):
I felt like it was happening to me like like
I can yeah, Like I would come in here and
off the air tell these guys everything, but I wasn't
strong enough to share it. But I'm like, if by
me sharing this today, raise is just one dollar to
help another kid like mine, then then it's worth it.
And I will share this story every day.

Speaker 1 (49:09):
You have it, so you're hearing this show, you like
this show, hopefully please call it donate eight hundred two
five eight zero zero zero seven, or text the word
rock to five to one five five five. It is
our iHeart Rady Children's giveth On on the show, and
rock with five to three that is green day on

(49:36):
the show. It's Rockuino five to three. We are in
the middle of our iHeart Rady Children's giveth On going
on right now eight hundred two five eight zero zero
zero seven, or you could text the word rock to
five one five five five, which makes it super easy.
We are still we are still in the middle of
a matching hour. Mike and Carol Bozinski are matching any

(49:58):
donation up to seven thousand dollars, so that is really awesome.
So right now is really the time to call and
get your donation matched. One of my favorite things about
doing the giveth on is the families that we get
to see every year, and there are certain kids that,
I mean, it's so crazy to me when I would
look over at Kellen and see what a grown up
man he's become. I'm just like, like, I remember Kellen

(50:20):
when he was yay big, and I was just talking
to his mom, Christina, and how long have you guys
been doing the givathon twelve years Kellen? How Keen?

Speaker 2 (50:29):
I'm fourteen years old?

Speaker 1 (50:32):
Lot, bro, I my parents here, It's no big deal.

Speaker 2 (50:36):
Whatever, whatever. Good put on a credit card.

Speaker 1 (50:39):
Fourteen?

Speaker 2 (50:39):
What happened?

Speaker 1 (50:41):
He just got older? Huh oh yeah, that dude. It's
crazy because I mean, I honestly I have pictures me
and Kellen Kellen that came with my hip. Yeah, so
this is it's so cool to see and so cool
to see Kellen every year. But uh, you know, before
we get into where you're at, Kellen, because I want
to hear what's going on with you, Mom, tell us
a little bit about Helen's story for people who don't

(51:01):
remember or never never heard his story.

Speaker 17 (51:04):
Okay, Yeah, So our journey started fourteen years ago, actually
fifteen years ago when I was pregnant my husband I
found out that Kellen had a heart defect. And as
my pregnancy went on and they kind of did more
and more testing and scans, it kind of was determined, Hey,
your baby's not going to live unless you do surgery.

Speaker 2 (51:25):
And he ended up having life saving surgery at four
days old.

Speaker 1 (51:28):
Oh my, I can't even imagine it. Days like that
news What was that like hearing at that time.

Speaker 17 (51:35):
We were just shocked and Terrence and I just kind
of looked at each other and were like, uh, And
I mean we knew right away, like we're we're not
going to terminate the pregnancy, because that was the option.
Like if he does not have surgery, he's not going
to live. So these are your two choices. If you
don't want to do the surgery route, we got to terminate,
and we knew that that's not what we wanted to do,

(51:57):
but we also didn't know what life was going to
look like going the surgery route, and like, how is
that possible for.

Speaker 1 (52:04):
A little, tiny little thing and you're gonna do heart
surgery like that would really like mess with my mind.

Speaker 17 (52:09):
Yeah, they said his heart was the size of a walnut.
When you're that little and you're operating on something so tiny,
so tiny inside there.

Speaker 1 (52:18):
So inane. Yeah yeah, So, I mean obviously terrifying for
you guys.

Speaker 2 (52:24):
Absolutely terrifying.

Speaker 17 (52:25):
And and the surgeon who's retired now, doctor LAMBERTI is
just an absolute gift. But he was like, well, we
could do this, we could do this, or we could
do this, and we're like, you don't actually know what
you're gonna do he's like, no, when we get in there,
we'll figure it out.

Speaker 9 (52:39):
That's how incredibly.

Speaker 17 (52:40):
Talented, insanely talented this man was, is that he's like, well,
I mean, we kind of have some options, but we
won't know until we actually look at the anatomy when
we're in there, and so we had to fully trust him,
absolutely fully trust him.

Speaker 1 (52:53):
It's hard to do, yeah, because you're that's your baby, yep,
and to just go okay and see what fears I
don't know. I mean, it's got to be so crazy.
And one of the more remarkable things about doing the
givathon over the years is almost every parent knows every
name of the doctor, surgeon, nurse still to this day.

(53:15):
I mean this was fifteen years ago, fourteen years ago,
and you still you just dropped the name like it
was your best friend.

Speaker 9 (53:20):
But yeah, so send Christmas cards to Yeah.

Speaker 1 (53:26):
That's unbelieving. And you guys come back every year because
of how much Rady Children's Hospital means to you and
means to Kellen.

Speaker 5 (53:32):
You know.

Speaker 1 (53:32):
So Kellen, you're sitting here here growing up now, you're
looking great, So obviously this didn't affect you in the
way that it really could have, right, I mean, this
really could have affected you in a really bad way.

Speaker 16 (53:44):
It could have changed so many things. But I'm so
grateful for all the doctors that they did such a
great job. And I'm actually able here today to be talking,
you know, smiling with you guys.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
It's been cool.

Speaker 1 (53:57):
It is cool, man. And I know that they still
like know you there and remember you and and you know,
every once in a while, don't you still have to
go there every once in a while, I remember and
so they still know you there, which is pretty cool too.

Speaker 2 (54:10):
Yea, it is cool. So what kind of stuff for
you into these days?

Speaker 7 (54:14):
Not much.

Speaker 2 (54:15):
I'm just focusing on school a lot, a boy.

Speaker 1 (54:19):
Are you in high school? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (54:20):
High school for wow? High school? Wow? My high school?
Liberty Charter.

Speaker 1 (54:27):
Okay, that's cool. WELC, I don't know the name. I
don't know the name is. Did they say that? Actually
a cool guy? Well, listen, I love seeing you every year, Kellen.
I'm glad that things are still good and everybody's great
and you guys love Rady Children's Hospital and that's why
we do this. Kids like Kellen, who's healthy and looking great.

(54:48):
So please call and donate right now, whatever you can
give it is our Rady Children's given on eight hundred
two five eight zero zero zero seven. Or text the
word rock to five to one five five five more
with a gift on next on the show on Rock
with a five three come they that is disturbed on

(55:09):
the show it's Rock one o five to three. We
are in the middle of our Iheartrady Children's Givathon going
on right now. Please call in donate whatever you can.
I mean, the donations are piling up, which is awesome,
so cool to see, so please keep them coming. Eight
hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven, or you
could text the word rock to five to one five

(55:31):
five five and do your donation that way. We are
in the middle of another matching hour, so the Wilmington
Trust Fund is doing a match of up to ninety
five hundred bucks, so five hundred bucks, so whatever you
donate right now will be matched. So again, you donate
twenty bucks, that's forty bucks, and then you know, tell
everybody that's what you donated, forty bucks and.

Speaker 9 (55:52):
Spend their money. Don't leave that money.

Speaker 2 (55:54):
Oh no, no, no, no, we're not doing that.

Speaker 1 (55:57):
We have one of the cooler kids I've met in
a while out with us in studio along with Dad
hanging out with us. Jimmy is here, who is a
big time Chiefs fan.

Speaker 2 (56:06):
Bigs.

Speaker 1 (56:08):
Listen, you know he has the right as the defending
champion to talk to some pop ups over here, which
he is doing back to back, maybe three in a row.

Speaker 2 (56:17):
Are they the best team at the bar? And I
think you got a book? I think you got a book.

Speaker 1 (56:24):
Done, Dundale, Jimmy says, done.

Speaker 10 (56:26):
Deal.

Speaker 1 (56:27):
Who do you who do you want to see in
this school? Who would you want to play?

Speaker 10 (56:29):
I want the Lions, yes, not score, I just want
them to still cry.

Speaker 2 (56:37):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (56:37):
Really you did rub it in there. Okay, okay, give
me no mess around, man. Dad, tell us a little
bit about Jimmy's story and and why you guys are
such big fans of your children's hospital.

Speaker 2 (56:48):
Oh not the Chiefs, No, we'll.

Speaker 1 (56:51):
Get the more chief.

Speaker 3 (56:54):
Well, it was just the last Thanksgiving, uh, right before Thanksgiving,
we thought Jimmy had some RSV was having a little
breathing problem at night, and we went in to radies
with epileptic shock and wound up being diagnosed with mL leukemia.

Speaker 2 (57:21):
Oh wow.

Speaker 3 (57:21):
And it was very shocking for us because we didn't
have a history of cancer in our family, and there
was a lot of hidden underneath complications with his inflammation,
and the doctors had a really hard time figuring out
what it was. So that led to them looking for
a fungal in the brain. So we had a nose
operation and eur operation.

Speaker 1 (57:42):
Wow, that be fun on Jimmy.

Speaker 3 (57:45):
Yeah, yeah, about fifteen Yeah, yeah, he has splindectomy, has
got about ten percent of his spleen left, and about
fifteen inches of his intestine was removed. Yeah, it was intense.
They had a supposed to be a two hour operation
in about eight hours later they came out and they

(58:05):
said they had to open them up, and they said
they've never seen anything like it. All his muscles were
fantastasized to all of his inside was brown because the
chemo had been linking out into his system. And they
still are trying to figure out what some of his
inflammation has come down, but they're still were curious and
not real one hundred percent sure why his markers were

(58:26):
so high.

Speaker 1 (58:27):
You know, it's got to be one of the more crazy, unfortunate,
scary things for a doctor to say never seen anything
like it. That's not a good thing to hear. You
know when you're at that point, and so I'm sure
you're probably terrified at that point and not knowing what
the heck's going on. But the people at Ray Children's Hospital,

(58:48):
they're the ones that make the difference. They're the ones
who are involved in it. And really for us parents,
they're incredible. Honestly, for the kids, it's beyond But honestly
we're the ones kind of need to help to.

Speaker 3 (59:01):
Oh yeah, it was incredible. Radius was absolutely phenomenal. Uh,
just the amount of complications and the support and uh,
just the intelligence and.

Speaker 1 (59:12):
Just the tools that they have. It was just amazing.
Next level.

Speaker 3 (59:17):
Really, it was really next level.

Speaker 1 (59:19):
I mean, look at Jimmy, though I would never know
anything's wrong with him. Kid is amazing. Yeah, where are
you at now, Jimmy? How are you feeling?

Speaker 10 (59:27):
So? I just started a rec center basketball league.

Speaker 1 (59:30):
Kid out of here.

Speaker 10 (59:32):
I'm playing basketball this season.

Speaker 2 (59:35):
Not too much, Okay, we're working on I got you.

Speaker 10 (59:38):
I can pass it and I can and I can
get three bounds.

Speaker 2 (59:40):
Boxing out Dennis Rotten throw some bows man.

Speaker 1 (59:45):
All right, all right, so you're shooting hoops? What other?
What other stuff do you like? Said football?

Speaker 10 (59:50):
I'm a big Fortnite Kids.

Speaker 1 (59:51):
Okay, Oh, wow, I get that. I get that nice.
Nice you always plays the Chiefs.

Speaker 2 (59:59):
Yeah, yes, okay, why not? Why not? Now?

Speaker 1 (01:00:02):
Did I hear this correctly? Did you get to meet
Patrick Mahomes?

Speaker 10 (01:00:06):
Indeed?

Speaker 1 (01:00:07):
I may not be a teach fan, but I give
anything to meet Patrick Mahomes. I mean that is crazy cool.
What was that like?

Speaker 2 (01:00:15):
Yeah?

Speaker 10 (01:00:16):
He was super nice and super tall.

Speaker 1 (01:00:18):
Yeah, but he was super cool, super cool. Did you
get anything signed?

Speaker 10 (01:00:23):
I got a card in a jersey.

Speaker 2 (01:00:25):
No way a player, obviously. Did you get to go
to the facility or did he come?

Speaker 10 (01:00:32):
They flew make a wish, flew us out to Kansas
City and we went to their training.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
Camp and that was that was your wish is to
meet Patrick Mahomes. Oh that's so cool. That's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (01:00:43):
Did you meet anybody else or was just him?

Speaker 18 (01:00:45):
There?

Speaker 10 (01:00:45):
We met Xavier Worthy?

Speaker 2 (01:00:47):
Okay, check o nice.

Speaker 10 (01:00:50):
Trent McDuffie like their cornerback.

Speaker 2 (01:00:51):
Yeah, Taylor Swift wish she wasn't there?

Speaker 9 (01:00:55):
Oh you wish?

Speaker 8 (01:00:56):
I wish?

Speaker 2 (01:00:56):
Oh you're you're a fan who is? Well, I don't know.

Speaker 5 (01:00:59):
Some people in the beginning, she's distracting to the team.
She's shown too much on the broadcasts.

Speaker 2 (01:01:05):
Okay, to the tailor, do you like more Taylor or Patrick?

Speaker 10 (01:01:12):
Patrick?

Speaker 1 (01:01:13):
That's a stupid question. So much so where we Dad,
what's the prognosis? What are we doing from here on
out with Jimmy.

Speaker 3 (01:01:26):
Uh, well, that's a that's a great question.

Speaker 2 (01:01:30):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (01:01:31):
Yesterday, he continues to go. We're checking in about once
a month now. He had some stuff with his eye.
He had a small cataract, but that has not grown
or anything. And uh so we had an optimology appointment yesterday.
His health is on track. They give you the five

(01:01:51):
after five years of getting through this. If it hasn't reimmersed,
then you have a very high percentage it won't come.

Speaker 2 (01:02:00):
That's great.

Speaker 3 (01:02:01):
Yeah, he also played some flag football this year. Used
to be a football player. He was a center and
a guard and before all that happened, one of.

Speaker 1 (01:02:10):
The big nasties.

Speaker 3 (01:02:11):
Uh, it's great that his health he's doing pretty good.

Speaker 1 (01:02:15):
I mean it's it's good, especially where you were at
and hearing all those scary things.

Speaker 3 (01:02:20):
And I mean, yeah, he was hooked up to about
fifteen different medicines.

Speaker 2 (01:02:24):
So you're so he's in for a mission.

Speaker 10 (01:02:26):
He was one year.

Speaker 2 (01:02:28):
Oh that's great. Man, that's awesome here. Yeah, so we're
just so grateful, fantastic.

Speaker 1 (01:02:33):
Yeah, that's what Rady does, man, And it's kids like Jimmy,
who that's why we do this giveth on. Man, He's
a cool kid. So please call it donate to our
Rady Children's Give it On eight hundred two five eight
zero zero zero seven or texta word rock to five
to one five five five. Only for you, Jimmy, I'll say,
go chiefs.

Speaker 2 (01:02:52):
Wow, I didn't think that ever happened.

Speaker 10 (01:02:54):
There you go.

Speaker 1 (01:02:55):
Give on next on the show I'll rock with a
five three, Oh Guns n' Roses on Throwback Thursday. It's
the show. It's rock with five three. We are in
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(01:03:16):
rock to five to one five five five. We are
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so whatever you call and donate it will be matched
by the Wilmington Trust Fund up to ninety five hundred bucks.
So the donations are coming in which we really love
and which we really appreciate, So please continue to call
and donate. We got another cool kid hanging out with

(01:03:37):
us this morning. I'm looking ever at Camden. Wow, who
is sitting here with us? And Mom? The whole family's here,
which I think is fantastic. Mom tell us a little
bit about Camden and his story.

Speaker 19 (01:03:48):
Yeah, so at twenty weeks pregnant, we found out that
he had his condition ke general did I frag matic
hernia CDH. Basically his diaphragm just didn't fully develop. So
it ends up being like one out of two, don't
make it. Were people of faith, though, so we just prayed, okay, Lord,
like he's in your hands, You're gonna take care of them.
And yeah, at thirty eight weeks he was born. He

(01:04:08):
came out well, they didn't even know if he had
two lungs. They didn't know about his heart because his
heart was kind of messed up. And so anyways, he
was born at thirty eight weeks and he came out
like I just remember like him being delivered and him
like looking like a champ, just like trying to cry, and.

Speaker 10 (01:04:24):
I'm like, he has what.

Speaker 2 (01:04:26):
Champion Bay?

Speaker 19 (01:04:28):
And so anyways, they did surgery at four days old
and found out his stomach his spleen and all of
his intestines were up in his chest, so his heart
was compromised. He did have one functioning lung and then
his other lung. We call it the nemo lung because
it was a quarter of the size of his normal lung.
So they were like really worried that, like he was
going to have like breathing issues and things like that.

(01:04:49):
And by God's grace, he after only like five and
a half weeks he came home from the Nikkei when
he should have been there for six months.

Speaker 9 (01:04:55):
Wowlievable.

Speaker 1 (01:04:59):
You know, I totally agree with you. God's grace and
the fine people at Rady Children's Hospital talk to me
about you know, you being there obviously for that long
and the people that were in that unit.

Speaker 19 (01:05:10):
Yeah, well it's it's crazy because I mean, you never
think something's gonna happen to your baby, right, like he's
our first child, like first grandkid. E.

Speaker 2 (01:05:17):
Then I didn't even know that's a thing stuff can
be up there? How is that even posupled?

Speaker 19 (01:05:24):
I know, we did the ultrasound and they call us
like literally that night and they're like you need to
come in now for an ultra like an emergency ultrasound
and I'm like what why what why, Like we just
saw our baby. He's good and so anyways, they noticed
it because his heart was on the wrong side of
his body.

Speaker 9 (01:05:37):
But when we got when we got the.

Speaker 19 (01:05:39):
News, my husband and I we went to Radi's because
they spent well, it was doctor Evans, we call her
our angel. She was the head of the NIKU at
that time, and she spent three hours with us like
this is the good, the bad, and the ugly. This
is what you can expect, this is what could happen.
Your baby might not make it, you know, just all
these different things. And so we came out of there
really like overwhelmed, but at the same time like thank

(01:05:59):
you Lord for letting us have this facility here in
San Diego, because we know, like kids get flown in
from all over the country and all over the world
like to come to this place, and so we knew,
you know, God has his hand on him and we
have the best doctor's, best nurses, everything, and honestly, like
I remember just being in the nicky room, like just
singing like praise and like having dance parties, like just

(01:06:21):
our little baby was on life support. But I was
like Okay, like we know this, this facility is blessed
and like we we just need a praise because that's
all we can do.

Speaker 1 (01:06:28):
It's different.

Speaker 12 (01:06:28):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (01:06:29):
Can you imagine going through all that in just a
normal sterile hospital environment and be miserable? And so all
those little touches that they do, especially the Nick unit.
I know, those angels that are working in that unit
are unbelievable. That's why we do the givethon every year.
And now I'm looking at Cabden. Wow, I would never
know anything was ever wrong with him. And because he

(01:06:51):
looks great.

Speaker 9 (01:06:52):
Yeah he gets battle scars to prove it.

Speaker 2 (01:06:53):
Okay, yeah, that's about it.

Speaker 1 (01:06:55):
What kind of stuff do you like, Camden? What kind
of stuff do you are you into?

Speaker 8 (01:06:59):
I like spa and soccer and jiu jitsu.

Speaker 2 (01:07:05):
Wow, didn't see it coming.

Speaker 1 (01:07:06):
I didn't either. You know, I'm a baseball coach. You
play baseball? What position do you like to play?

Speaker 13 (01:07:12):
Hi?

Speaker 11 (01:07:12):
Late play second and out?

Speaker 1 (01:07:16):
Okay, I'm gonna work on you and can you to pitch?
This sounds good?

Speaker 2 (01:07:19):
This sounds good?

Speaker 11 (01:07:20):
Is a baseball coach? He is too, a biball coach
for my brother and my brother plays baseball and yeah
my brother.

Speaker 9 (01:07:30):
Hey wait wait, who was your your brother's baseball coach?

Speaker 10 (01:07:32):
My dad and my mom?

Speaker 1 (01:07:35):
Yeah, yeah, that's odd. So cabinet, what do you know
what's right around the corner Christmas? What do you want
for Christmas?

Speaker 11 (01:07:50):
I really want a toilet to drive in?

Speaker 1 (01:07:52):
Oh that's what happened. Okay, okay, very specific, very good,
very good stuff. Well listen, it's is like Camden and
his story why Rady Children's Hospital is so incredible and
it's so awesome that we have it here in San
Diego and it is in existence through your donations. So
please call and donate right now eight hundred two five

(01:08:13):
eight zero zero zero seven, or text the word Rock
to five one five five five. In fact, Camden, you
want to read that number, Call on now one.

Speaker 14 (01:08:21):
Eight hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven.

Speaker 1 (01:08:24):
Yeah yeah you need ten, I know, I know. Listen,
it is our Rady Children's Give it on more with
the show on Rock with a five three.

Speaker 9 (01:08:32):
You see what us see.

Speaker 1 (01:08:39):
Is rats on Throwback Thursday. It's the show. It's Rock
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up for that, you can get two tickets to SeaWorld

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or sesame place as well. So it's a nice little deal.
So this is a pretty an amazing deal. Here, we
have Chris in studio with us right now, along with
mom and dad who are hanging out with us as well.
Tell us a little bit about Chris's story and why
you guys are here for Rady Children's Hospital.

Speaker 20 (01:09:39):
Yes, Chris, when he was two and a half a
month's old, was diagnosed with Allstrom syndrome or he basically
was stopped breathing and we took up We're told to
go straight to the emergency and he ended up basically
having like and stage heart failure right there at the hospital.

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And uh due to the miraculous work of the doctors there,
they intbate them or put them on life support immediately
right there two and a half months. Not scary, it
was quite obviously as parents, that's your worst nightmare. And

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uh so, and we were told that night that he
would not make it through the night. So obviously a
tough time, but the the staff and the doctors there
in the ICU were amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:10:39):
And he is is he has Allstrom syndrome.

Speaker 20 (01:10:44):
So it is a multi organ failure.

Speaker 1 (01:10:46):
So you're that that like, I've never heard of that before.
I'm sure you guys there that before. So again, scary,
what does that mean?

Speaker 20 (01:10:57):
Yeah, so extremelyxtremely rare. But yeah, so in the in
the second grade that would it hit his eyes. So
he is now completely blind blind and but his heart.
He still receives care from the Rady's Children's Hospital with
the cardiologists and they monitor his heart and everything like that.

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But he's quite a trooper here. He keeps on going.
Hasn't stopped this guy.

Speaker 1 (01:11:27):
That's believe Chris, how old are you know? Sixteen sixteen?
He went from he's not going to make it through
the night to now he's sixteen and look at him again.
Looks great. That's that's inspiring. Honestly, it really is.

Speaker 20 (01:11:43):
Qualified for the state championships and for California state championships
and one hundred meter for the Mission Bay.

Speaker 2 (01:11:50):
Tris way, No way, that's awesome.

Speaker 20 (01:11:53):
He's breaking barriers. He has the world record in the
one hundred meter for his age.

Speaker 2 (01:12:00):
Here about seventeen and you're twenty. Look at you, Oh
pretty fast, that's awesome.

Speaker 1 (01:12:07):
Like a cheetah, Chris the cheetah.

Speaker 2 (01:12:11):
I don't know if that's the kids. They may you
don't know that it might stick that.

Speaker 1 (01:12:17):
I just nicknamed you.

Speaker 10 (01:12:19):
And mom.

Speaker 1 (01:12:20):
Noel, you you work at Rady Children's Hospital. Did you
work there prior to all this?

Speaker 18 (01:12:26):
No, I'm new to the team, so I just started
in October.

Speaker 8 (01:12:30):
Oh wow.

Speaker 18 (01:12:30):
It's just been a wonderful journey for me to be
able to come and give back. And I work for
the foundation, so I hope raised money.

Speaker 1 (01:12:38):
Obviously it's all because of what happened with time.

Speaker 18 (01:12:42):
Absolutely, I really wanted to be here and help support
kids like Chris.

Speaker 1 (01:12:50):
Yeah, I mean you know you you guys obviously spent
a lot of time at the hospital, you know, dealing
with all this stuff. Talk to me a little bit
about the people that worked there and why they're different
and why it's so important that we do these givethon.

Speaker 2 (01:13:05):
Yeah, it's just amazing.

Speaker 20 (01:13:08):
The whole staff, all the way from the nurses, the
respiratory therapist, the doctors. They made us feel as comfortable
as it is possible to be comfortable in that situation.
And they just go out of their way, and I
think they can feel they're so well trained, they feel
and kind of know what you're going through, even kind

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of when you don't know what you're going through.

Speaker 2 (01:13:30):
So the staff.

Speaker 20 (01:13:32):
We continue to go there, and we're truly so grateful
to Brady's children and his team. You know, he has
a team of people that have to monitor his care
and they're all just amazing people. And you know, we've
become like friends with them because you see them.

Speaker 1 (01:13:49):
So what we keep hearing is that, you know, almost
it's like a second family at this point. Absolutely.

Speaker 5 (01:13:53):
And I had shared earlier that my daughter has been
spending a bit of time there this year, and I
don't know if you guys feel this way, but this
is a different feeling that I've had at any other hospital,
any other doctor's office, I feel like when they're with
my daughter, she is their only patient. She is the
only one they care about and are focused on. And
I know they probably have like ten other patients, but

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you never, seriously but you never feel it.

Speaker 9 (01:14:18):
And as a parent, to feel that.

Speaker 5 (01:14:20):
Somebody is one hundred percent focused on your child, you
cannot put a dollar amount on that.

Speaker 20 (01:14:26):
Yeah, it means the world to parents to just feel
that they're getting that extra Karen that if they make
you feel like your kid is the only kid.

Speaker 1 (01:14:34):
Yes, oh, Chris, are they pretty nice to you there?

Speaker 14 (01:14:39):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:14:39):
Good? Okay, good, Well keep up the running man. This
is very excitingly thinking maybe possibly at some point going
for the gold. I hope it happens because then I
can brag and say I met youa yeah we know
the cheetah. Yeah, that's amazing. Stories like Chris is why

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we do our giveth on. So please call and donate
whatever you can eight hundred two five eight zero zero
zero seven, or like I said, text the word rock
to five five five more with our Rady Children's give
it on next on the show on Rock with five three,
Let's shine down on the show. It's Rock one oh
five three. It is our last hour for us of

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our rate.

Speaker 2 (01:15:28):
Okay, addie, how could you do this to me?

Speaker 1 (01:15:32):
So our Rady Children's giveth on that eight hundred two
five eight zero zero zero seven or text the word
rock to five one five five five our last hour
of our giveth on. Of course it is gonna go
on the rest of the day in the afternoon as well.
So if you can't make it to your phone or
whatever just this second, maybe you're working. I don't know
whatever you're doing, but yes, you can do it. We

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are in the middle of another matching hour. Oh yes,
this is great, another matching hour. Kevin and Chingannon are
matching up to seventy five hundred bucks right now. So
again you donate ten bucks, that turns into twenty bucks,
and so on and so forth. I don't know who
just walked into studios here. I don't recognize her. I

(01:16:15):
don't recognize her whatsoever. There's some sort of blonde bombshell.

Speaker 10 (01:16:20):
That is just walking in here.

Speaker 1 (01:16:22):
I don't know where my red is, but yes, Master
Chef winner Claudia san vall is a great friend of
us in the show, is in here who's gonna be
working the phones out? Hear, Yes, so you can talk
to a celebrity chef if you call. As soon as
you're done here, we'll put you to work. But what's
going on with this gorgeous hairdoo? The red is your signature?

(01:16:44):
What's now?

Speaker 2 (01:16:45):
We all have to if Madonna can do it, So
you're just gonna go by Claudia now, yes, okay, you're right, ye, yes,
what made you decide to do the change?

Speaker 1 (01:16:59):
Just one to switch it up?

Speaker 21 (01:17:00):
Or yeah, yeah, I think yeah, I think everyone needs
to evolve. And you know, my kid left to college.
I know, how do I have a kid in university?

Speaker 10 (01:17:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 9 (01:17:11):
So so yeah, do people see you in public and
kind of like double take.

Speaker 2 (01:17:15):
All the time without the red hair? Now, I mean,
low key, I'm kind of happy about.

Speaker 1 (01:17:18):
You're Like, I can go to ball really stood out.
I mean you you were picking you out no matter
where you were exactly.

Speaker 21 (01:17:26):
I would be like at festivals and people would be like,
I saw your red hair from like.

Speaker 10 (01:17:31):
And I knew it was you.

Speaker 21 (01:17:32):
And yeah, so now I get to be I have
a little more privacy. Yeah, I can go to the
grocery store without being recognized.

Speaker 2 (01:17:42):
Ten times. Now it's down to like two.

Speaker 1 (01:17:46):
You can get through. How do I make benuelo?

Speaker 5 (01:17:48):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:17:51):
What is that delicious?

Speaker 13 (01:17:53):
That is?

Speaker 1 (01:17:56):
Being a holiday time? Is there good besides like the
mallis and stuff like that, like go to stuff that
you'd love to make.

Speaker 21 (01:18:02):
For surem tamperello, it's like this like this essentially it's all.

Speaker 2 (01:18:09):
Tamp and we slow this down. What do you think
of it?

Speaker 21 (01:18:17):
Tampodo is like Mexico's version of like a hot chocolate,
but we thicken it with uh, with corn massa, so
it almost becomes viscous, almost like if you had put
like corn starch in it.

Speaker 1 (01:18:28):
Is it like a soup?

Speaker 21 (01:18:29):
It almost tastes like drinking chocolate gravy. Wow, but it's
only chocolate. Like it's only chocolate and a little bit
of corn, and it's got a little bit of cinnamon
and it's got a little bit of whole cloth. So
it's those festive flavors that were used to and know
throughout the holidays.

Speaker 1 (01:18:43):
Oh, I gone my whole life and not had this.

Speaker 2 (01:18:47):
No, now you feel bad for not bringing in.

Speaker 5 (01:18:52):
Would I would someone frown upon me putting marshmallows in
that like I put marshmallows and hot.

Speaker 21 (01:18:56):
Probably wouldn't want to okay, that was that was a
It would be kind of weird. But you know what
do what we do put in it? Yeah, so you know,
you can make it a little more spicy. And we
also have which is like a fruit punch that is
also cinnamon and whole clove and a little bit of
starnie and you put a bunch of fruits in there

(01:19:18):
and then you boil them and you drink it all.

Speaker 2 (01:19:20):
Nice and hot.

Speaker 21 (01:19:21):
We actually will add mescal to that too, so it
kind of keeps you warmth throughout the holidays. So yeah, festive,
festive drinks and Mexico agave at a gave went a.

Speaker 2 (01:19:30):
Doubt at a gave.

Speaker 1 (01:19:33):
Must is automatically. That's where you're.

Speaker 2 (01:19:36):
Gonna be absolutely absolutely because you were doing like a
tamale class for a little while.

Speaker 18 (01:19:40):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:19:40):
This year, this year, family has you know, been a
little bit difficult.

Speaker 21 (01:19:44):
We have a lot of and in fact, that's part
of the reason why I'm here right you know, we
have a couple of people in the hospital and I
just you know, I think it's like important to give back.
And so this this this season is probably the first year,
I haven't done my Tomali making classes, and I kind
of said, you know what, I've got to take a
step back and focus on family. And sometimes we get
to prioritize family.

Speaker 1 (01:20:04):
Yeah, you're right, and that's why we do the givathon. Yes,
you're a mama, obviously we're just heard. Have you ever
had to go to Rady Children's Hospital? Oh of course,
but everybody kind of.

Speaker 21 (01:20:14):
If you have a kid, a kid, I mean, now
she's nineteen. I don't even know if she qualifies for Rady.

Speaker 1 (01:20:20):
Girl Hospital.

Speaker 21 (01:20:21):
Yeah, but but you know, no, no, no, but but
you know, Rady's is really important to my family because
I actually have a cousin, My cousin A Moore whose
son Zachary, actually received a life saving treatment at Rady's
and it was the first and only child at that
point to ever receive a specific medication for MRSA.

Speaker 2 (01:20:38):
And the lungs.

Speaker 21 (01:20:39):
His left lung was failing and I'm not joking, like
it was like really serious and it was like he
was seven months old.

Speaker 2 (01:20:47):
He was just a baby. Yeah, and so uh doctor,
oh my gosh, I'm gonna I'm gonna mess this up.
I can't remember.

Speaker 21 (01:20:53):
I think it was doctor Bradley gave him this this
medication I think it was like sef traline or something
like that, and it was the first time that a
child had ever received that medication and for MRSA. And
that happened fourteen years ago. He's now fourteen years old,
my god, and it's thanks to the life saving treatment
that he received at Rady's that he's alive and doing well.

(01:21:15):
And I have, unfortunately stories like this throughout my family,
you know, my goddaughter also, you know, for chronic things too,
because we all often talk about like these kind of
once in a lifetime things, but also for chronic things
like you know, her neurological stuff where she has you know,
focal seizures and things like that. And it's because of
Rady's that we're able to have a good long life

(01:21:37):
and that managed care that's so important and impossible thanks
to radies.

Speaker 1 (01:21:40):
You couldn't be more right, you know, we hear about
these stories. You're one of multiple people who have come
in and said my kid was the first or I
knew so, and you're like, how is that even possible? Exactly,
because there's such an amazing facility and literally they'll they'll
fly kids into Rady Children's Hospital because they're so good. Yeah,
and we're just lucky to have them in our backyard.

(01:22:02):
And so they are around through your donations. That's why
we do this givethon every single year is for reasons
like this.

Speaker 2 (01:22:09):
And it's true.

Speaker 21 (01:22:09):
They become familiar, you know, they're part of the familia.
Like they're not even it's not even just funny, right,
Like me and my cousin were on the phone this
morning and I was talking to her about coming in
here and she was like, yeah, they're they're part of
our family now, and I'm like, damn, maybe we should
take them.

Speaker 1 (01:22:32):
Absolutely, Yeah, we hear that a lot too. It's so
remarkable when they talk about their doctors and their nurses.
Everybody still it could be fourteen years, it could be
fifteen years. They still remember the doctors that worked with
them when they're born, you know, throughout the years and
things like that. So what you're saying is absolutely true.
They do become family and things like that. And you

(01:22:52):
don't think that about other hospitals. Oh absolutely, not another hospital.
You're kind of in and out. Yeah, the number Yeah,
you know, they're like all right, you're good go ahead
and go home. But at Rady Children's Hospital, they care, yeah,
and it's just different because they working with kids and
it's all those little touches that they do at that
hospital that makes it so much better than a regular hospital.

Speaker 21 (01:23:12):
And it's like what Skuy was saying earlier. You know,
they make you feel like your kid is the only
one there, right, Yes, they make you feel like, you know,
you are important and this specific case is the most important.
And that type of patient care, that type of table,
you know, like of bedside manner, is just so important.

Speaker 1 (01:23:30):
It really is, and it's unheard of.

Speaker 5 (01:23:31):
Well, and it's wild because like, as parents, we notice
all these things, right, but like the kids on like
a subconscious level get it too.

Speaker 9 (01:23:39):
Because even my daughter, like if she has.

Speaker 5 (01:23:41):
Another doctor's appointment, she's like, oh good, okay, where are
we going? And then as soon as I tell her
we're going to Ready, she goes, Okay, well that's okay,
because they're.

Speaker 2 (01:23:48):
Nice there, you know.

Speaker 5 (01:23:50):
So it's like, normally a kid would be traumatized by
so many appointments, so many visits, but when my daughter
hears the appointment is at Rady, she's like, Okay, that's fine,
they're cool, they're nice. I may get something cool, So
it's like a whole different vibe. And those are just
again those little things that as a parent matters.

Speaker 1 (01:24:07):
Yes, it all matters again. That is why we do
the giveth on and we're gonna put Claudia to work.
She's gonna go with the phones. So if you want
to talk to a master Chef winner insane, which is
so cool, ask her about tomaly's maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:24:20):
One question for person so you can take many donations possible.
Temper this a little bit so you really like, yeah,
I'm sure she's never been asking the number one?

Speaker 10 (01:24:32):
You kid me?

Speaker 21 (01:24:32):
Yea?

Speaker 9 (01:24:33):
Is it really that mean?

Speaker 2 (01:24:38):
Your kids?

Speaker 1 (01:24:39):
Talk to you Claudia right now eight hundred two five
eight zero zero zero seven call right now. Hopefully you'll
be able to be on with Claudia. It would be
really cool. It is our iHeart Rady Children's give on
More with the show on Rocket All five three from
Deaf Leppard on Throwback Thursday, the show It's rock Big

(01:25:04):
donation alert. Oh wow, this is massive as massive gets.
I can't believe that this just came across sky. What
are we looking at over here?

Speaker 5 (01:25:13):
Well, as Eddie had said we're in a matching hour
and we want to spend all that money. And Judy
are from San Diego clearly heard that because she just
made a thousand dollars donations.

Speaker 1 (01:25:26):
Thank you, Judy, Yes hours, Yeah, that's fantastic. Keep those
donations coming in Sky's right. We are in a matching hour,
so we really appreciate that. Call right now eight hundred
two five eight zero zero zero seven or text the
word rock to five to one five five five. It
all adds up. We'll take any dollar you can spare,

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so please call and donate right now. We are being
joined by Ashley here. Ashley, you've been on our show before.
I remember actually, actually you got a couple of twins,
right if I remember correctly, that is correct? That is yes,
all Dash and Rider. Where are those two crazy kids
the school today? Probably probably make life a little bit

(01:26:13):
easier for you a little bit.

Speaker 15 (01:26:14):
Yes, they got to skip yesterday, so just yeah, too many, ye,
too many?

Speaker 1 (01:26:20):
Absolutely so actually tell us a little bit about their
story and how they came into the world a little
bit early.

Speaker 22 (01:26:27):
A little bit too early, delivered at twenty six weeks,
which is never the plan.

Speaker 1 (01:26:35):
That great.

Speaker 15 (01:26:36):
So, yeah, did not have your typical, you know, first.

Speaker 22 (01:26:40):
Mom dream of everything, perfect, hold your baby, those first moments.

Speaker 1 (01:26:46):
So did they go right to and straight to.

Speaker 15 (01:26:50):
Two months stay?

Speaker 8 (01:26:51):
So a lot of.

Speaker 1 (01:26:55):
And you know that particular department is the one that
we hear a lot about. The apartment is and the
people that work there are just unbelievable.

Speaker 15 (01:27:03):
They were incredible.

Speaker 22 (01:27:05):
When you're leaving your child at the hospital and having
to trust someone, it is amazing to have that, you know,
trust and comfort and relief.

Speaker 2 (01:27:16):
What the care We got a ladies, and you didn't
just leave one two right, you know? So I mean
that's double the worry, I'm sure for you.

Speaker 15 (01:27:24):
Yes, And they came home at different times.

Speaker 1 (01:27:27):
Were they do they have separate issues or anything like
that or just separate times to grow or like what
was going on?

Speaker 22 (01:27:33):
Yeah, they had some separate issues, some developmental things, lungs
GI just things dash. Actually they were supposed to come
home together and I got there and one had hypoxia
and your child is gray, which is very concerning. So
their lungs aren't fully working that means, so they were

(01:27:54):
testing them off the machines fully and he obviously didn't
do couldn't do it yet.

Speaker 15 (01:28:00):
So the lack of oxygen. They turned gray and it's
very alarming.

Speaker 2 (01:28:04):
Yes, oh my gosh, I don't think they're supposed to
be that. I don't think.

Speaker 1 (01:28:09):
Well, listen, if they come out that early, they're not
done cooking. So I mean, you know, there's stuff that happens.
It's not great. And so yeah, the team over at
Rady Children's Hospital is incredible, so much so, and you
you spend so much time with them and you appreciated
the care so much that now you work there.

Speaker 22 (01:28:28):
Yes, has shifted my career path and it's great. I
love working there. I love being a part of the team.
And it's gone full circles.

Speaker 1 (01:28:37):
Isn't that crazy? But I mean they're such a great
group of people that everybody that works there, and so, uh,
you know, I can't imagine you know that that's not
a great place to work. Yeah, it's pretty rewarding.

Speaker 15 (01:28:48):
Yeah, it's incredible.

Speaker 1 (01:28:50):
So how our dashing rider these days?

Speaker 15 (01:28:52):
They're great. They're teenage thriving boys and very.

Speaker 1 (01:28:56):
Active and twin boys.

Speaker 6 (01:28:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 22 (01:29:00):
Look with that we eat a lot. Yeah, I figure
are very expensive these things.

Speaker 8 (01:29:04):
I have one fourteen year old and he's a handful.
I can't imagine two of them.

Speaker 15 (01:29:08):
Yes, I'm out of numbered.

Speaker 1 (01:29:09):
Yeah, for sure. Health wise, everything's good with them.

Speaker 22 (01:29:13):
And I mean we continue to get treatment at Radio
for secondary things. So still grateful for the care we receive,
but doing great minor things good, amazing.

Speaker 1 (01:29:23):
Are they are they active? Do they are they stable
to do different?

Speaker 22 (01:29:26):
Oh, we're very active. We visit ORTHO a lot as
well because we are too active.

Speaker 1 (01:29:32):
Yeah, I get that, I get that a lot. That's crazy. Well,
that's that is a great story. And again your time
at Rady Children's Hospital has inspired you so much the
now work there, so I mean that's the kind of
stuff we're talking about. That is why we do the
giveth on. So whatever you can donate, please call eight
hundred two five eight zero zero zero seven or like

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I said, text of word rock to five one five
five five. You can also become a monthly hero for
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you can choose between Sea World or sess Me Place tickets.
So yeah, lots of good stuff going on. Please call
and donate right now. More with our Rady Children's give
it On. Next on the show at Rock with five
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It's rock at five three. Yes, our iHeart Rady. Children's
giveth On is going on right now. You can call
and donate eight hundred zero zero zero s all right.

Speaker 7 (01:30:38):
Next to wood Rock.

Speaker 1 (01:30:42):
I'm just listening to this gorgeous music. Oh wonderful.

Speaker 2 (01:30:45):
Oh my gosh, just gets me in the movie, you know, yeah,
I still love it.

Speaker 1 (01:30:50):
It's been a remarkable couple of days for us doing
the Children's Give It on Sky. I your paper there,
it's amazing. Is almost serial killerike. I mean, it's like
a manifesto.

Speaker 5 (01:31:05):
I should definitely be an executive assistant on some sort
with these no taking skills.

Speaker 6 (01:31:10):
There's like certain things like highlighted and underlined and like
check marks and like, I mean, it's a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:31:15):
It's a lot going on. Yeah, that's Sky's brain.

Speaker 2 (01:31:19):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (01:31:20):
So since you've been small and frost working so hard.
Oh no, look at that look she gave me. Do
you want to give some shout outs to some donators?
You want to, Eddie, I'm good, yeah, yeah, just writing
down for no reason. She can't have like two days
where she just chills back and she can't do it.

Speaker 2 (01:31:42):
No, like tomorrow. She's looking forward to getting back here
at you know, two am, when she gets here again
doing a million stories. Yes, I'm a worker, I'm a worker.

Speaker 9 (01:31:54):
Yes, A huge thank you too.

Speaker 5 (01:31:56):
I mean, we got so many amazing donations in the
last couple hours, but some of the big eies because
I unfortunately can't mention everybody.

Speaker 9 (01:32:04):
I'd like to.

Speaker 2 (01:32:05):
I know you would, you've written.

Speaker 9 (01:32:08):
Fortunately I can't.

Speaker 5 (01:32:10):
Some big donations from Joseph P from Swampscott, Massachusetts?

Speaker 1 (01:32:17):
Was that really? Was that really?

Speaker 2 (01:32:18):
Boston rob getting in there?

Speaker 23 (01:32:20):
Donated money than no and that amount definitely Another really
big donation from Deborah P in El Cahoe.

Speaker 6 (01:32:31):
Yeah's wife Deborah.

Speaker 2 (01:32:35):
But I feel like there's more than one Debora P.
Alcohol that'd be pretty crazy.

Speaker 9 (01:32:39):
I guess we'll never know.

Speaker 2 (01:32:40):
I'll never know.

Speaker 6 (01:32:42):
I don't talk about it if you don't mind me asking,
Oh wow, much did deb Debora P donated five hundred
blocks during a matching hour, so than dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:32:53):
From I heard you said it was also from Tyler
D and Emily G. That's definitely not true. Yeah, yeah,
definitely not Wait, how do you know? I'm guessing?

Speaker 5 (01:33:04):
And some pie ones who have become heroes signing up
for monthly donations.

Speaker 9 (01:33:10):
We have Melanie M.

Speaker 5 (01:33:11):
From sant Joshua W. From Chula Vista, Tim B. From
Ocean Side, and Whitney E from Temecula. Oh yes, and
Leslie from Idaho.

Speaker 2 (01:33:23):
You guys, yeah, yeah, all right, you feel better now.

Speaker 9 (01:33:29):
I feel so good. I wish I could have done that.

Speaker 1 (01:33:31):
I mean, you have carpal tunnel now, but.

Speaker 11 (01:33:36):
So many.

Speaker 1 (01:33:40):
We have a lot of people to think. Obviously, I
don't care how much you donated. If you donated, thank you, Yes.
I mean, the last couple of days have been unbelievable
and you guys brought it. And that's what I love
about our audience, so giving, so generous, and we appreciate it. Obviously.
The people at Rady Children's Hospital appreciate it. They're always
so blown away by our audience and we can't thank

(01:34:00):
you enough for donating. And it continues. The give on
is going to keep going, so keep the phones going.

Speaker 18 (01:34:06):
Here.

Speaker 1 (01:34:06):
I want to thank San Diego County Toyota Dealers, Cable
Pipe and Leaked Detection, SeaWorld, Sesame Place. I have to
give a special shout out to our promotions department. These
poor kids, they deserve a raise. We had we had
real reindeer in the studio. They were they were rocket

(01:34:27):
Man and so like real life reindeer here from SeaWorld,
And there was some accidents that happened and I kind
of thought like, okay, well they they're probably ready to
take care Nobody was ready to take care of it.
So our poor promo team had to go and clean up, yes,
And so I got to give a shout out to
that for doing that, because I mean, that's kind of
not in the job. But oh no, large it's a

(01:34:54):
pretty wild deal. Thank you to everybody that volunteered to
help out over the last couple of days that worked
the phones and did all that stuff. Supposed to shout
out to Kathy in our sales department. This is her
baby and so she you know, this is really important
to her, and so we we appreciate that as well,
and everybody that was involved in this throughout the radio
stations and things like that. Like I said, though, the

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givethon is going to continue for the rest of the afternoon.
Kat is going to be taking over here in just
second with Betto in the afternoon as well, and so
let's keep those phones ringing for them eight hundred two
five eight zero zero zero seven or like I said,
text the word rock two five one five five five.
Thank you again to everybody that called and donated for

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our givethon back to regular programming tomorrow, guys, so we'll
be doing Cameo, Roulette, free Comedy Friday and all that
good stuff. We'll see you then