Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Hemophilia Athletes

Here's a nice article about two boys who haven't let severe hemophilia slow them down. Its from the London Free Press in Ontario, Canada.

The opening graphs:

They play soccer and run long distance races. One's even a competitive
diver.

They ran in this year's Toronto Marathon as part of a family relay
team.

They act like normal 12-year-old kids.

Paul Travaglini and Emrik Burrows are about as normal as you can be, considering what they have to live with.

Both have severe hemophilia, a genetic disorder that results in the blood not clotting normally and making a bruise or cut a serious problem.

Read the whole thing

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

it always so rewarding to know about such good news...it 's about discipline, training, good nutrition, having a good multidisciplinary team and family together for the success in these competitive sports.or just do it for the fun! and having prophylaxis i suppose help too.
congratulations!
ps: i couldn't access the whole article...
warm regards