<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, January twenty eight, twenty twenty six, you are listening

<v Speaker 1>to the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,

<v Speaker 1>Clinton Daily, coming to you from my high city here

<v Speaker 1>in Denver, Colorado, and we are back for another week

<v Speaker 1>of talking sports with a dose of common sense. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>Happy Wednesday to you. Hope you had a good weekend.

<v Speaker 1>Hope that your week is going well and that you,

<v Speaker 1>your family, your friends, everyone in your world is staying

<v Speaker 1>strong and healthy right now. And yes, kids, super Bowl

<v Speaker 1>sixty is set. That's right, the Super Bowl that no

<v Speaker 1>one really wanted is now locked in as the New

<v Speaker 1>England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will meet up in

<v Speaker 1>Santa Clara on February eighth to play a game between

<v Speaker 1>two teams. I might add that did meet once before,

<v Speaker 1>back in twenty fourteen in Super Bowl forty nine. And

<v Speaker 1>in that game, those two teams made every single person

<v Speaker 1>outside of the Greater Boston area just nauseous as our

<v Speaker 1>old buddy Pete Carroll crew to be the dumbest man

<v Speaker 1>in the world. But now we get a whole nualistic

<v Speaker 1>characters in this game coming up. So, first off, in

<v Speaker 1>that AFC Championship game, New England Patriots quarterback Drake May

<v Speaker 1>outdueled Jarrett Stidham and the Denver Broncos. And when I

<v Speaker 1>say outdueled, I mean that he went ten of twenty

<v Speaker 1>one for eighty six yards in a game that kind

<v Speaker 1>of set offensive football back to an era of like

<v Speaker 1>little white guys wearing leather helmets. The Patriots beat my

<v Speaker 1>Denver Broncos ten to seven in the snow in a

<v Speaker 1>game that left a number of Bronco fans angry at

<v Speaker 1>head coach Sean Payton because they kept telling themselves that

<v Speaker 1>if he had kicked a field goal in the first half,

<v Speaker 1>then the Broncos would have definitely one. They apparently do

<v Speaker 1>not realize that they still would have had to score

<v Speaker 1>some more points because New England also scored ten, and

<v Speaker 1>I think Jared Didham could have had another, I don't know,

<v Speaker 1>seventy five more drives and he couldn't have generated any

<v Speaker 1>more points on Sunday. So ease up on Sean Payton.

<v Speaker 1>Remember this Broncos country, you could still have Nathaniel Hackett.

<v Speaker 1>And I guarantee Nathaniel Hackett would have kicked it on

<v Speaker 1>Sunday because remembered he could get from Mike seventy yards

<v Speaker 1>away with the game on the line, so that wouldn't

<v Speaker 1>have been a problem.

<v Speaker 2>But be careful what you wish for.

<v Speaker 1>Meanwhile, Hey, the Patriots have beaten some pretty good defenses,

<v Speaker 1>but please be aware of who they have beaten to

<v Speaker 1>get to the Super Bowl. Because the New England Patriots

<v Speaker 1>have beaten the Los Angeles Chargers with a complete backup

<v Speaker 1>offensive line. They beat the Houston Texans with Coleridge Bernard

<v Speaker 1>Stroud at quarterback. I'm no longer calling him CJ on

<v Speaker 1>this show until he can prove he deserves that nickname.

<v Speaker 1>He will now be called his given name, Coleridge Bernard.

<v Speaker 1>His mama named Cleve, Almahault and Clee. So they beat

<v Speaker 1>Coleridge Bernard and then they beat Jarrett Stadham in the snow.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, just being objective, this might be the softest

<v Speaker 1>path to the Super Bowl ever. I don't meant recently,

<v Speaker 1>I mean ever, like going back to win. There were

<v Speaker 1>only like four teams getting into the playoffs. This has

<v Speaker 1>been a soft path for the New England Patrios. Next

<v Speaker 1>up over in the NFC, we had the Seattle Seahawks

<v Speaker 1>and quarterback Sam Donald actually did outduel Matt Stafford and

<v Speaker 1>the Los Angeles Rams. In that NFC title game, Donald

<v Speaker 1>threw for three hundred and forty six yards and three

<v Speaker 1>touchdowns and Stafford threw for three hundred and seventy four

<v Speaker 1>yards in three touchdowns. And this NFC Title game, honestly,

<v Speaker 1>it was like watching I don't know, say the French

<v Speaker 1>Open after watching the AFC game felt like it was

<v Speaker 1>watching like pickle ball at the local retirement home by

<v Speaker 1>a few players that honestly desperately needed to change their pants,

<v Speaker 1>if you know what I mean. By the way, based

<v Speaker 1>on what New England has done so far, I am

<v Speaker 1>fully expecting some news to come out at any moment

<v Speaker 1>that Sam Darnald has like I don't know, poked his

<v Speaker 1>own eye out trying to trim that red mustache of

<v Speaker 1>his or something over the next few days, and then

<v Speaker 1>the Pats will get a face his backup, Drew Lock

<v Speaker 1>because that is exactly the type of year it has

<v Speaker 1>been for the Patriots. Also, what if I had told

<v Speaker 1>you that Sam Darnald would make it to a Super

<v Speaker 1>Bowl before any other quarterback from that twenty eighteen NFL draft,

<v Speaker 1>Remember that draft, Baker Mayfield, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Sam

<v Speaker 1>Donald got to the Super Bowl before any of them.

<v Speaker 1>So are we excited for the Super Bowl?

<v Speaker 2>Once?

<v Speaker 3>I'm excited. I'm looking forward to it. My mother has

<v Speaker 3>said to me once a week, Larry, why can't you

<v Speaker 3>get excited about something?

<v Speaker 1>You never excited?

<v Speaker 3>Nothing excites you.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I'm excited or if we're being

<v Speaker 1>completely honest. Are we just happy that the Kansas City

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs aren't in it?

<v Speaker 2>Now?

<v Speaker 1>We will see how football fans kind of cheer, But

<v Speaker 1>I feel like most everyone is going to be cheering

<v Speaker 1>for the Seahawks except for Gino Smith and Pete Carroll obviously,

<v Speaker 1>And then the only people truly cheering for the Patriots

<v Speaker 1>will be obviously those obnoxious Boston people. Oh and also

<v Speaker 1>some of those Chiefs fans that are right now as

<v Speaker 1>we speak, pulling out that old Patriot fan gear that

<v Speaker 1>they had tucked away for the past three or four years.

<v Speaker 1>I don't know who to cheer for. Is there any

<v Speaker 1>way both teams can lose that I would be up for?

<v Speaker 1>Of course, Here at the Dose never fear. We will

<v Speaker 1>get you ready for this big game. Like no one

<v Speaker 1>else can trust me on that. I'll get to more

<v Speaker 1>on that in just a few minutes. But first today

<v Speaker 1>on the Dose, I've got something completely different for you.

<v Speaker 1>I told you about this last week. I was telling

<v Speaker 1>you you better tune in. I have a guest that

<v Speaker 1>has an absolutely amazing story. I really think you would

<v Speaker 1>benefit from hearing it. In fact, we have so much

<v Speaker 1>to get today, we need to jump into that right now.

<v Speaker 1>Joining us this week on the Daily Dos, I have

<v Speaker 1>a young man that I honestly I can't wait to

<v Speaker 1>talk to you because this guy is a story and

<v Speaker 1>I think it's a story that needs to be told.

<v Speaker 1>You may have seen him a few weeks ago in

<v Speaker 1>the broadcast booth has the Colorado Avalanche faced the New

<v Speaker 1>York Islanders. But I'm telling you this kid has an

<v Speaker 1>amazing story. You need to hear it. Please join me

<v Speaker 1>in welcoming Jackson Stroud to the Daily Dos. Jackson, Welcome

<v Speaker 1>to the Dose. We are so happy to have you

<v Speaker 1>here this week.

<v Speaker 2>How are you doing, brother?

<v Speaker 1>We're doing great, and I'm really really glad that you

<v Speaker 1>joined us. Jackson. You've got a unique story, and I

<v Speaker 1>know that it's not a story that you're always happy

<v Speaker 1>to tell, but I'm really glad that you joined us

<v Speaker 1>because it's a story that I think so many people

<v Speaker 1>need to hear. First and foremost, Jackson, where'd you grow up?

<v Speaker 1>Where you from?

<v Speaker 2>Bornham raised? Or Vada, Colorado?

<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, I know I know our Vada. You're in

<v Speaker 1>that little landlocked area up up in Metro Denver area,

<v Speaker 1>up against those mountains a little bit, Jackson. Were you

<v Speaker 1>an athlete growing up?

<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

<v Speaker 4>Every just played about every sport, did you really? Football, baseball, hockey,

<v Speaker 4>just whatever My parents needed me away from from the house. Sure,

<v Speaker 4>just threw me in, told me to learn how to

<v Speaker 4>play it. But hockey was the one that I fell

<v Speaker 4>in love with. Hockey was the sport Jackson. You're a

<v Speaker 4>big guy.

<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, How tall are you? Six'? Five IF i

<v Speaker 2>stand up with a posture six?

<v Speaker 1>Five and playing? Hockey? Yeah what position are you? Playing

<v Speaker 1>where are you? Playing as you're growing? Up are you

<v Speaker 1>kind of learning different positions or are you kind of

<v Speaker 1>settling into? One what are you? Doing?

<v Speaker 4>So started WHEN i was nine and you, know wanted to,

<v Speaker 4>score wanted to one of the big flashy.

<v Speaker 2>Goals started on.

<v Speaker 4>Offense we actually had a defenseman get hurt WHEN i

<v Speaker 4>was nine years old and coach was, like all, right

<v Speaker 4>you got, it you, know got a fill, in gotta

<v Speaker 4>take one for the, team and realized THAT i was

<v Speaker 4>pretty good at, it and it stuck me there for

<v Speaker 4>the rest of the. Year and THEN i actually fell

<v Speaker 4>in love with the spot left defenseman AND.

<v Speaker 2>I was, alrighty so it was. Perfect, Okay, yeah.

<v Speaker 1>So you stuck with defense once you went over to that.

<v Speaker 1>Side that's where you were.

<v Speaker 2>At, yep.

<v Speaker 1>Yep were you a Big were you big as a

<v Speaker 1>little kid or did you grow later like we as a?

<v Speaker 4>Teenager, NO i was always in the ninety nine. Percent oh, Real,

<v Speaker 4>YEAH i was always pretty. BIG i hit six foot

<v Speaker 4>in seventh, grade oh. Wow and, YEAH i always, had you,

<v Speaker 4>know a real long, reach and coaches always asked, me you,

<v Speaker 4>know got the typical.

<v Speaker 2>Hey do you play? Basketball?

<v Speaker 1>Sure?

<v Speaker 2>Nah it was always.

<v Speaker 1>Hockey it was always.

<v Speaker 2>Hockey.

<v Speaker 1>OKAY i gotta ask, this favorite teams growing? Up who

<v Speaker 1>are the teams that you looked, At who are the

<v Speaker 1>teams that you, watched and who are the athletes that

<v Speaker 1>you kind of modeled your game.

<v Speaker 2>After so OBVIOUSLY i gotta stick with the Diehard avalanche.

<v Speaker 2>Fan thank you for.

<v Speaker 4>SURE i appreciate that growing, UP i actually was the

<v Speaker 4>biggest fan Of Nicholas cronwell on The Red, Wings, okay

<v Speaker 4>WHICH i know is pretty it's. Rival yeah, yeah it's

<v Speaker 4>a little frowned, upon but uh, yeah He's he's kind

<v Speaker 4>of the one you know before a, game if you

<v Speaker 4>wanted some, motivation you always watched his big, hit his.

<v Speaker 2>Highlight, reels and, uh you, know he wasn't much of

<v Speaker 2>a score.

<v Speaker 4>More it's a, scrapper but, yeah, yeah, NO i based

<v Speaker 4>my skating style off of him and his crossover techniques

<v Speaker 4>and skating backwards actually helped me a lot learn how

<v Speaker 4>to skate. Backwards and there's, him there's, uh you, know

<v Speaker 4>not a lot of not a lot of defenceman. REALLY

<v Speaker 4>i feel, like you, know if you play, defense you

<v Speaker 4>obviously look at defenseman on the defensive, Aspect but if

<v Speaker 4>you want to learn how to, skate you always pick

<v Speaker 4>out the fastest.

<v Speaker 2>Pushers.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah so, yeah that makes a lot of. Them you,

<v Speaker 4>know you learn that they're not they're not real choppy.

<v Speaker 4>Skaters it's all about long strides and figuring out how

<v Speaker 4>to use your knees. Properly but you don't really base

<v Speaker 4>your your playing style so much off of singular. Players

<v Speaker 4>you kind of pick your favorite, players find little things

<v Speaker 4>that they do and add them to your skill.

<v Speaker 1>Set BUT i like, that, yeah BECAUSE i know as

<v Speaker 1>a basketball, player you did the same. Thing you're, Like,

<v Speaker 1>OH i like kind of the way he passes the.

<v Speaker 1>BALL i like kind of the way he shoots the.

<v Speaker 1>Ball but you take a little a little bit from different.

<v Speaker 1>Guys you began playing high school eventually at the high.

<v Speaker 2>School, level, yep, yeah For Rossa, Valley.

<v Speaker 1>Jackson i'm seeing some. Evidence AND i know, you, SO

<v Speaker 1>i know you might not want to agree With. Jackson

<v Speaker 1>i'm seeing some evidence you were pretty.

<v Speaker 2>Good.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah traveled To minnesota for a little, bit and

<v Speaker 4>there's some camps up, there set some records as a

<v Speaker 4>fourteen year old and a sixteen you camp and, yeah you,

<v Speaker 4>know made my name loud them proud up.

<v Speaker 2>There.

<v Speaker 1>Jackson you're a big. Kid you're a fast. Skater you're

<v Speaker 1>a fast backwards. SKATER i gotta think like you're generating some.

<v Speaker 1>Interest forget the high school, Level like at the collegiate,

<v Speaker 1>level there's gotta be some some schools that are kind of,

<v Speaker 1>going this young guy can.

<v Speaker 2>Play yeah, yeah uh freshman.

<v Speaker 4>Year, actually our first game was Against Valor christian and

<v Speaker 4>after the, game me and my defensive, partner we were

<v Speaker 4>in the hallway and The Valor christian head coach came.

<v Speaker 2>Up it was, like hey, man great.

<v Speaker 4>Game if you guys are ever you know out and

<v Speaker 4>about during these certain, camps won't name.

<v Speaker 2>Him he was, like you, know stop by say. Hi of,

<v Speaker 2>course all, right.

<v Speaker 4>You, know it was definitely a. Hit he kind of

<v Speaker 4>wanted us on the. TEAM i can't, winn but, yeah

<v Speaker 4>you KNOW i. HAD i talked to Some Notre dame,

<v Speaker 4>SCOUTS i talked to H i talked to A du

<v Speaker 4>head coach at the, time and, yeah you, know you

<v Speaker 4>meet some some big, names but, yeah the biggest one

<v Speaker 4>Was Notre dame had a pretty good ask.

<v Speaker 2>There he wanted me to come to. Her the.

<v Speaker 1>School, well and you're not talking about small, Time you're

<v Speaker 1>not talking about, well here's a here's A d three

<v Speaker 1>school From. Connecticut you're talking about like a really really

<v Speaker 1>good hockey, programmer really really good, school really good. Academic,

<v Speaker 1>jackson you're pretty dang good at a really young. Age

<v Speaker 1>and what year are you in when you suffer pretty serious?

<v Speaker 1>Injury what? Happens walk me through?

<v Speaker 4>That so sophomore year of high. SCHOOL i was fourteen turning. Fifteen,

<v Speaker 4>Okay january, seventh remember the, date twenty. NINETEEN i got

<v Speaker 4>hit into the, boards AND i remember feeling a very

<v Speaker 4>sharp pain in my.

<v Speaker 2>Back legs went. NUMB i was on the ground and

<v Speaker 2>managed to push myself back to the.

<v Speaker 1>Bench the you went back to the, Bench you didn't stay.

<v Speaker 1>Down no hockey players are. Psychos, okay, Continue.

<v Speaker 4>So where the the boards kind of, Lip, yeah where

<v Speaker 4>the glass meets that's right up my. Hips and so

<v Speaker 4>WHEN i hit, that what it felt like is, that you,

<v Speaker 4>know your hips stay in, place but your spine just

<v Speaker 4>shifts over and so then sharp pain goes, down kind

<v Speaker 4>of feel off. CENTER i was losing feeling in my

<v Speaker 4>feet and like a little bit of my lower legs

<v Speaker 4>and was able to push myself back to the bench

<v Speaker 4>and looked at my coach and was just, like hey,

<v Speaker 4>man you know something's not.

<v Speaker 2>Right, yeah and, uh you know the typical coach. Question he's, like,

<v Speaker 2>well you, know how are you? Feeling you want to

<v Speaker 2>you want to wait it? Out you think you could? Play?

<v Speaker 2>SURE i just looked at it SAID i. CAN'T i can't.

<v Speaker 4>Play and, eventually you, know you you kind of go

<v Speaker 4>home and you got that mindset of, like, okay just you,

<v Speaker 4>know another. Injury yeah, right you, Know i'm gonna see

<v Speaker 4>how it. Feels next, day the pain started radiating towards my,

<v Speaker 4>hip the lower right side of my, hip and, eventually you,

<v Speaker 4>know just weeks went, by and uh chiropractors and acupuncture

<v Speaker 4>and needles and like, whatnot just trying anything to make

<v Speaker 4>this pain go, away but it's just getting. Worse eventually

<v Speaker 4>went to the hospital because you, know obviously there's some warriors,

<v Speaker 4>there and they said THAT i had what looks like

<v Speaker 4>stress fractures in my three of my.

<v Speaker 2>Vertebrates it was THE t, TWELVE t, ELEVEN t.

<v Speaker 4>Ten and you, know you're kind of sitting there and

<v Speaker 4>the doctor's explaining it to, you and he's, like from

<v Speaker 4>what it sounded, like from what they were talking, about.

<v Speaker 2>It's just from you growing so.

<v Speaker 4>Fast, Okay but this was two months after the, hit

<v Speaker 4>AND i, thought, maybe you, know like it could have

<v Speaker 4>been from the hit or.

<v Speaker 2>Whatnot AND i fully believe that it was from the.

<v Speaker 1>Hit, sure but.

<v Speaker 2>You, know they tell you take four to six weeks,

<v Speaker 2>off and OBVIOUSLY i didn't.

<v Speaker 1>Sore are you like still go to? School are? You

<v Speaker 1>are you involved still with a team or are you totally.

<v Speaker 4>Out i'm totally. Out it's kind of hard for me

<v Speaker 4>to be by the. Rink, sure, yeah.

<v Speaker 2>You, know once it's a game that you you, know

<v Speaker 2>it's your first. Love yeah with.

<v Speaker 4>Sports you, know sports can be romantic to some, people

<v Speaker 4>and you know it's what you want to do and

<v Speaker 4>get up every and do every. Day and yeah for

<v Speaker 4>me for the longest, time like just driving past my home,

<v Speaker 4>rink like you, know you get you get choked. Up but,

<v Speaker 4>uh you, know so the doctor tells, you like if

<v Speaker 4>the pain doesn't get, better obviously come. Back so pain's

<v Speaker 4>not getting any. Better REMEMBER i was at the store

<v Speaker 4>with my mom and took a step kind of weird

<v Speaker 4>and same. Pain that's WHEN i got, hit you, know

<v Speaker 4>sharp pain down the. Leg, okay vico Numb and so

<v Speaker 4>we go to the hospital and get AN mri. Done

<v Speaker 4>guy walks in and doesn't say anything, much just, hey

<v Speaker 4>you need to go to the main campus get some blood,

<v Speaker 4>drawn and you, know heart. Drops you're, like he's not

<v Speaker 4>telling us what he, sees what's, Wrong so you're thinking

<v Speaker 4>worse the. Worst went to the, hospital got emitted and

<v Speaker 4>they do a biopsy and there was a mass on

<v Speaker 4>MY t twelve. Vertebrae so the best WAY i can

<v Speaker 4>describe it is if you get your hand and if

<v Speaker 4>you put your forearm in the, middle if your forearms

<v Speaker 4>a spinal, cord, okay your your hands that. Vertebrae, okay

<v Speaker 4>the tumor was on the inside of the, vertebrae pushing

<v Speaker 4>on that spinal. Cord and you, know so they get the,

<v Speaker 4>biopsy come back about a couple days, later two days,

<v Speaker 4>later and you, know someone sits down with you and it's, like,

<v Speaker 4>hey you have you in.

<v Speaker 2>Sarcoma it's a bone in tissue. Cancer.

<v Speaker 1>Wow.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah so later found out that you, know IF, i

<v Speaker 4>IF i didn't have stress fractures or if that that

<v Speaker 4>shift in my spine didn't happen like, there there could

<v Speaker 4>have been a possibility that you, know it was never.

<v Speaker 4>Found and so it's blessing in disguise for. Sure, Sure

<v Speaker 4>but immediately you, know they say we have a. Plan you,

<v Speaker 4>know they ease your head and we have a. Plan

<v Speaker 4>this is what we, do this is our. PROTOCOL i

<v Speaker 4>went through seven months of inpatient, chemotherapy AND i had

<v Speaker 4>twenty five radiation, therapies and THEN i went through ten

<v Speaker 4>months of remission and it came back in the same.

<v Speaker 4>Area had started having that same. Pain AND i was

<v Speaker 4>actually on a camping trip AND i remember waking up

<v Speaker 4>one morning and rolling over and feeling AND i just

<v Speaker 4>kind of looked at my, friends, like, hey we got you,

<v Speaker 4>know got to go, home and LIKE i just don't

<v Speaker 4>want to be up here. Anymore AND i think they

<v Speaker 4>kind of. Knew but we get, back they do ANOTHER.

<v Speaker 4>Mri looks like it was coming back in the same.

<v Speaker 4>Spot and you, know at that, Point i'm seventeen years, old,

<v Speaker 4>okay and you and sarcoma is a pretty pretty aggressive

<v Speaker 4>cancer to say the. Least and at seventeen years, old

<v Speaker 4>you know that it's not about, hey what do you

<v Speaker 4>want to, Do, it's, uh this is what we're gonna. Do,

<v Speaker 4>yeah and you, know go through with. Surgery they took

<v Speaker 4>MY t twelve vertebrate out with the.

<v Speaker 2>Tumor. Okay they put a cage with bone.

<v Speaker 4>Graft from my hips and four, rods eighteen screws and,

<v Speaker 4>yeah that was that was the. Replacement went through nineteen

<v Speaker 4>days of sitting in the, hospital got spinal men and.

<v Speaker 4>Ingitis you, KNOW i had one hundred and four degree

<v Speaker 4>fever for eight days and uh induced. Coma woke up and,

<v Speaker 4>uh you, KNOW i was, like you, know when they

<v Speaker 4>tell you before, surgery, hey you're gonna have the, surgery

<v Speaker 4>you're gonna walk in the first twenty four hours after,

<v Speaker 4>surgery and so they're, like you're you, know your back's

<v Speaker 4>gonna be.

<v Speaker 2>Sore SO i wake up and my whole body, sore

<v Speaker 2>And i'm, like, hey, guys like, LIKE i was just

<v Speaker 2>told my back's gonna be, sorry, Right AND i was,

<v Speaker 2>like why DO i feel LIKE i haven't moved in? Forever,

<v Speaker 2>Yeah they're, like, well you, know surgery was a week.

<v Speaker 2>AGO i had no. CLUE i was delirious the whole.

<v Speaker 1>Time oh my.

<v Speaker 2>Goodness, yeah public or public uh medically induced. Coma and you,

<v Speaker 2>know once you wake up and just the realization starts,

<v Speaker 2>settling and it's, like all, right gotta you, know gotta,

<v Speaker 2>Go we gotta do, This gotta stand up and get.

<v Speaker 1>Recovering so when when you're going through all these, things

<v Speaker 1>are you still in? SCHOOL i mean you're you're a

<v Speaker 1>high school. Kid are you still in? School what are you?

<v Speaker 1>Doing what do you doing as far as, school what

<v Speaker 1>are you doing as far as? Interacting with with. Classmates

<v Speaker 1>are you doing any of that or are you just

<v Speaker 1>in the.

<v Speaker 4>Hospital so INITIALLY i, WELL covid actually it was happened

<v Speaker 4>at the same, time so everyone was kind of moving

<v Speaker 4>to online. School, Okay so INITIALLY i was doing online,

<v Speaker 4>school and my school thankfully was, like, hey you, know

<v Speaker 4>tune in when you, Can like we're gonna work with,

<v Speaker 4>you like we you, know we don't understand what you're going,

<v Speaker 4>through but like we're.

<v Speaker 2>Gonna try our best to help. You.

<v Speaker 4>Okay so eventually they told, me you, know, hey we're

<v Speaker 4>GONNA i actually got passed my soft or junior. Year

<v Speaker 4>they they eventually were just, like you, know focus on your. Health,

<v Speaker 4>well so my transcript just has A.

<v Speaker 2>P MY gpa IS p for. PAST i DON'T i

<v Speaker 2>don't have. It you don't have. It at, yeah, na

<v Speaker 2>it still made it to. College so.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah but, yeah you, know and you have your your

<v Speaker 4>close knit group of, friends the people that genuinely. Care you,

<v Speaker 4>know you get a lot of people who are, like you,

<v Speaker 4>know if you need, anything let me. Know, sure but

<v Speaker 4>you text and you don't hear, anything of. Course but,

<v Speaker 4>YEAH i had my you, know my five friends WHO

<v Speaker 4>i could really count on and you know every day

<v Speaker 4>they're just Hay, man you need, Anything, yeah like a

<v Speaker 4>genuine Hay, man you need. Anything AND i knew that

<v Speaker 4>IF i was, like you, KNOW i could ask them

<v Speaker 4>the craziest of, asks, yeah and they'd be there and

<v Speaker 4>they still do.

<v Speaker 2>It, yeah, yeah.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah so how did your high school career en? Up

<v Speaker 1>what did You what did you end up? Doing you

<v Speaker 1>ended up finishing it from the. Hospital were you able

<v Speaker 1>to participate in any in person? Things what did you?

<v Speaker 2>Do?

<v Speaker 4>SO i went to like all the prom and, homecoming

<v Speaker 4>but my my last actual assignment was first semester of junior.

<v Speaker 2>Year, really, yeah they graduated.

<v Speaker 4>Me they you, know they told, me, like just focus

<v Speaker 4>on your health because at that point there's a lot

<v Speaker 4>OF i don't know's in there, sure and, like you,

<v Speaker 4>know we truly didn't know the outcome of what's going to.

<v Speaker 2>Happen.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah so, hey just a quick reminder that you should

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<v Speaker 1>week over at dayodowsports dot. Com, okay what you've had

<v Speaker 1>a few setback since, then you've had a couple things

<v Speaker 1>go on with your, back since you've had these, surgeries

<v Speaker 1>since you've had things. Removed what, exactly well maybe not,

<v Speaker 1>exactly but what happened? There what what went on there

<v Speaker 1>with with your?

<v Speaker 4>Rack, yeah you, know obviously not the brag or, anything

<v Speaker 4>but big guy with that taking YOUR t twelve that's

<v Speaker 4>right in the middle of your. Spine so those are

<v Speaker 4>some of your biggest, vertebrates, vertebras, VERTEBRAS.

<v Speaker 2>I don't know the big doctor terms big.

<v Speaker 4>Bone when they take that out and they put your cage,

<v Speaker 4>inside you, know the spine above and the spine below the.

<v Speaker 4>Cage obviously there's room for putting the screws into the

<v Speaker 4>bone right and offering like. Stability there's no stability where

<v Speaker 4>the cage is, at, obviously because they can't drill into

<v Speaker 4>the cage with the.

<v Speaker 2>Screws so there's about three.

<v Speaker 4>To four inches of titanium That the best way my

<v Speaker 4>doctor described it is like if you get a paper

<v Speaker 4>clip and you just you, know keep, bending younding and,

<v Speaker 4>bending and eventually it's going to. Break, sure and you would, think,

<v Speaker 4>like you, know quarter inch titanium that shouldn't. Break but

<v Speaker 4>had some micro, movements and you, know micro movements over

<v Speaker 4>a year and a, half that's a lot of. Moving

<v Speaker 4>AND i was actually out of the state and felt

<v Speaker 4>a big pop and was rolling out of bed and kind,

<v Speaker 4>of you, know you kind of it's. Foreign you don't

<v Speaker 4>really know what. Happened and EVENTUALLY i stood up and

<v Speaker 4>sharp lay or sharp pain goes down the, lake, sure

<v Speaker 4>and mine goes to.

<v Speaker 2>Worse it's, like oh, no it's.

<v Speaker 4>Back yeah, no but thankfully luckily called my doctor and

<v Speaker 4>the pop was a very reassuring thing for my. Oncologies he's, like,

<v Speaker 4>obviously you, know tumors don't, pop. Right SO i fly,

<v Speaker 4>BACK i get off the, plane goes straight to the

<v Speaker 4>hospital and you, know they do AN x ray how

<v Speaker 4>to rod broke and, okay kind of looks like a

<v Speaker 4>collarbone when that mountain break happens and it's overlapping each. Other,

<v Speaker 4>yeah and so they do. That you, know they look at, You,

<v Speaker 4>hey you gotta have, Surgery like you can't just be

<v Speaker 4>walking around with. Us and so next couple of weeks go,

<v Speaker 4>By i'm doing. Cts, hey you got two rods. Broke,

<v Speaker 4>actually LIKE x ray, Shows oh, WOW x ray showed

<v Speaker 4>a clean. Break, obviously it's pretty obvious that it's overlapping each.

<v Speaker 2>Other shouldn't be doing.

<v Speaker 4>That THE ct looked like a like a hairline. Fracture,

<v Speaker 4>okay so it was, broke but you know it didn't.

<v Speaker 4>Shift it was still standing on top of each. OTHER

<v Speaker 4>i go in for my surgery AND i guess my

<v Speaker 4>surgeon came out to the waiting room talk to my

<v Speaker 4>parents and, go, hey you, know surgery's going. Great about halfway,

<v Speaker 4>through we're putting in those new. Rods we do just

<v Speaker 4>want to let you know we saw the broken, ones

<v Speaker 4>like the two on. Top we go to take the

<v Speaker 4>third one out just falls apart in my.

<v Speaker 2>Spots oh my.

<v Speaker 4>Goodness yeah, yeah, yeah it just just not in like

<v Speaker 4>pieces or. Anything but you, know they go to grab

<v Speaker 4>it and only the like bottom half came.

<v Speaker 2>Up so three out of my four rods were. BROKE

<v Speaker 2>i was just walking on one, rod which.

<v Speaker 1>Is Holy, god that's.

<v Speaker 2>Insane. Yeah and then a year and a half, later

<v Speaker 2>same thing.

<v Speaker 1>Happened so it's happened.

<v Speaker 2>Twice. Yep.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah first TIME i was rolling out of. Bed second

<v Speaker 4>TIME i was rolling into bed and felt the same.

<v Speaker 4>Pop the second, TIME i was pretty mellow about, it.

<v Speaker 2>You, know BECAUSE i kind of know what. Happened AND

<v Speaker 2>i just remember calling my mom upstairs.

<v Speaker 4>And, hey, UH i THINK i broke a rod, again

<v Speaker 4>and she was like. WHAT i was, like, YEAH i

<v Speaker 4>think we need to go to the. Hospital sure, enough you,

<v Speaker 4>know go get THE x rayed in the same, thing

<v Speaker 4>and same thing three rods.

<v Speaker 1>Broke how much of a of a recovery is it

<v Speaker 1>when they go in there and then fix all that, Though.

<v Speaker 4>So you, know obviously the first one's the. Hardest you

<v Speaker 4>don't know what to. EXPECT i was in the hospital

<v Speaker 4>for nineteen. Days, obviously should have been. Shorter they actually

<v Speaker 4>told me into twelve, days but should have been way.

<v Speaker 4>Shorter but you, know with the spinal meningitis and the

<v Speaker 4>infection and whatnot and relearning how to walk obviously took.

<v Speaker 4>Longer the second TIME i got rods put, IN i

<v Speaker 4>was out of the hospital in three.

<v Speaker 2>Days oh.

<v Speaker 1>Wow.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah the hardest part really was getting used to the you,

<v Speaker 4>know when they cut through the same, spot there's a

<v Speaker 4>lot of like.

<v Speaker 2>Scar, tissues and, yeah that's that's kind of weird to

<v Speaker 2>get used.

<v Speaker 1>To i'm sure that it. Is so now do you

<v Speaker 1>have to go, in do you have to be? Retested

<v Speaker 1>do you have to be? Rechecked? What what is the

<v Speaker 1>situation now as far as everything back? There are are

<v Speaker 1>you having to go in and be retested? Consistently so

<v Speaker 1>for the tumor the first five. Years the first year

<v Speaker 1>it's every three, months second year it's every four, months third,

<v Speaker 1>year every four, months and then the fourth and fifth.

<v Speaker 1>Year it's every six, months AND i actually just hit

<v Speaker 1>three and a half, years and so my next appointment

<v Speaker 1>will be four, years which is here In. March so

<v Speaker 1>it's coming up pretty. Quick, okay you know it takes,

<v Speaker 1>forever but then you get to that date and you're, like, oh,

<v Speaker 1>man it's already been four. Years, yeah but then after

<v Speaker 1>that five year, mark you're kind, of you, know in their,

<v Speaker 1>words in the.

<v Speaker 2>Clear but really the.

<v Speaker 4>Main thing That i'm worrying about is just these rods

<v Speaker 4>breaking man, like, well, sure, Yeah but the oncology team

<v Speaker 4>At children's In, Aurora. Colorado you, KNOW i can't be

<v Speaker 4>happier with my. Team you, know they have treated me so,

<v Speaker 4>well and any doubts THAT i have or any questions

<v Speaker 4>THAT i, have you, know there's always reassurance and always

<v Speaker 4>you hear all these horror stories about being in the

<v Speaker 4>hospital and being treated.

<v Speaker 2>Badly like you, KNOW i can't give enough. Praise that's

<v Speaker 2>a great.

<v Speaker 4>Team but for the for the raw, ASPECT i get

<v Speaker 4>checked every six, MONTHS i get you, KNOW i go

<v Speaker 4>in there for more a physical evaluation because they don't

<v Speaker 4>want to give you too MANY x, rays too many

<v Speaker 4>MRIs and, whatnot because the Radiation.

<v Speaker 2>I've already had.

<v Speaker 4>Enough so then you, know they'll feel check and make

<v Speaker 4>sure that what they're feeling is, okay and then if

<v Speaker 4>they feel it, necessary they'll.

<v Speaker 2>Give me AN x.

<v Speaker 4>Ray but, yeah my last appointment was about a month,

<v Speaker 4>ago and everything seems to be going. Good BECAUSE i

<v Speaker 4>forgot to mention. It but these last two, surgeries they

<v Speaker 4>actually moved my bottom, ribs so they're they're connected to

<v Speaker 4>The they fused them to the top of my spine

<v Speaker 4>and the bottom of my spine with they they took

<v Speaker 4>the ribs that still have vascularity in, Them, okay so

<v Speaker 4>they're still being fed. Blood, sure and those are kind

<v Speaker 4>OF i kind of have like three spines per.

<v Speaker 2>Se you're kind of, bionic, yeah man and human. TERMINATOR

<v Speaker 2>i guess you totally. Are.

<v Speaker 1>Jackson LIKE i said at the top of the, show

<v Speaker 1>you were early this year invited down to be involved

<v Speaker 1>with The Colorado, avalanche, who like you, said is your favorite.

<v Speaker 1>Team this is back In november in THE Abs Hockey

<v Speaker 1>Fight Cancer. Night, yeah you initially didn't want to be

<v Speaker 1>involved with. IT i talked to, you you AND i

<v Speaker 1>had a. Conversation why didn't you want to be involved in.

<v Speaker 2>IT i don't want WHAT i went through to be

<v Speaker 2>how people view me as. Sure you, know OBVIOUSLY i

<v Speaker 2>can't avoid. It it's a big part of my.

<v Speaker 4>Life, yeah you, know when people meet, ME i don't

<v Speaker 4>want them to think, like, ah that's the kid that

<v Speaker 4>went THROUGH, X y AND.

<v Speaker 1>Z don't want to be the different, kid the kid

<v Speaker 1>that stands.

<v Speaker 2>Out of, course you obviously want to stand out for different. Reasons. Yeah,

<v Speaker 2>yeah not because of what you went, through.

<v Speaker 4>Yea but, yeah you mentioned that we had a, conversation

<v Speaker 4>and actually you helped me. Realize you, know you, know

<v Speaker 4>some people need to hear the, story and some people

<v Speaker 4>need to know that you, know.

<v Speaker 2>Stuff. Happens, no you're, right and you're. Right you can

<v Speaker 2>get through, it.

<v Speaker 1>And you can get Through AND i think that was

<v Speaker 1>the big. Part and you AND, i you, know you mentioned,

<v Speaker 1>that you, KNOW i had that. CONVERSATION i was, Like,

<v Speaker 1>JACKSON i totally get. It but, man your, story, dude

<v Speaker 1>there is a kid out there where right now going

<v Speaker 1>through the same thing GOING i don't have a. Shot

<v Speaker 1>oh wait he did. It oh, yeah MAYBE i can do. This, Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>okay you ended up being, Involved you ended up going

<v Speaker 1>down being involved with The. Avalanche i'm a huge ass,

<v Speaker 1>fan you're a huge azz. Fan tell me about the.

<v Speaker 1>Experience what was it, like who did you? Meet how

<v Speaker 1>are the? PLAYERS i gotta hear.

<v Speaker 4>It, well you, know first you walk in and the

<v Speaker 4>arena is. Empty so it's ten in the. Morning we

<v Speaker 4>got invited to morning. Skate arena is, empty and all

<v Speaker 4>you hear, is you, know pucks banging against the, boards

<v Speaker 4>hucks hitting the, pipe and coaches yelling at the players

<v Speaker 4>and the players yelling at the pla and, like you,

<v Speaker 4>know WHEN i played, hockey you, know that's that's. Normal

<v Speaker 4>but when they play hockey like that's their. Life oh,

<v Speaker 4>yeah and it's just it's so cool seeing people so

<v Speaker 4>into what they do and loving the. Sport and you

<v Speaker 4>know that's HOW i felt WHEN i. Played, sure you,

<v Speaker 4>know that's this is the level THAT i wanted to play.

<v Speaker 4>At and, like you, know you kind of feel at,

<v Speaker 4>home like you're.

<v Speaker 1>Just right your back in that you're back in the

<v Speaker 1>in your in your comfort. Zone yeah, yeah.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah so you, know we Watched Morning Skate and what's

<v Speaker 4>funny is THAT i didn't take. VIDEOS i took a

<v Speaker 4>voice memos just BECAUSE.

<v Speaker 2>I i can't remember the last time THAT i just

<v Speaker 2>got to hear, practice like it was great and especially

<v Speaker 2>you know how many people get to go watch a

<v Speaker 2>pro morning.

<v Speaker 4>Skate, sure, yeah so we watched morning skate and uh

<v Speaker 4>we wait for the players to you, know do their,

<v Speaker 4>things shower and, whatnot and we're waiting in the main

<v Speaker 4>lobby and they.

<v Speaker 2>Just start walking out one by.

<v Speaker 4>One so first one is Like Ross, COLTON i think

<v Speaker 4>he comes out just you, know super charismatic guy and

<v Speaker 4>he shakes her one, hand like make sure that everyone's

<v Speaker 4>having a great day, whatnot just says. Hi and then you, Know,

<v Speaker 4>Parker kelly And blackwood came, Out wedgwood came, out and,

<v Speaker 4>uh they're just also, humble like you, know IF i

<v Speaker 4>were to put them on the, street you would never know.

<v Speaker 2>That like there's just another.

<v Speaker 1>Guy there's all town.

<v Speaker 2>Guys, yeah they just they just want to have. Fun,

<v Speaker 2>Yeah like they don't wear flashy. Jewelry they.

<v Speaker 4>Don't they don't wear like the super expensive. Clothes, well

<v Speaker 4>like you, Know kale comes. Out he's talking to me

<v Speaker 4>And i'm. Starstruck OBVIOUSLY i got my hand.

<v Speaker 2>Out i'm. Shaking, uh you, know we're just chatting it.

<v Speaker 2>Up he's chatting it up with. Everyone all of a,

<v Speaker 2>SUDDEN i feel a hand on my shoulder And i'm, like,

<v Speaker 2>oh look, up It's nathan.

<v Speaker 4>McKennon oh. Wow and he's, like, Hey I'm. Nate oh,

<v Speaker 4>YEAH i, KNOW.

<v Speaker 1>I kind of know who you.

<v Speaker 4>ARE i know exactly who you. Are, like and let

<v Speaker 4>me tell You nate he. Is you, know he doesn't smile. Much, no, no.

<v Speaker 1>No he's pretty serious about his.

<v Speaker 2>Craft. Yeah oh, yeah like and.

<v Speaker 4>But you, know super nice, guy you, know says hi

<v Speaker 4>to everyone, whatnot comes back and, goes, hey, MAN i

<v Speaker 4>GOTTA i gotta get.

<v Speaker 2>Going you, KNOW i got a game later.

<v Speaker 4>TODAY i GOTTA i gotta go eat taking that like you, know, okay, yeah,

<v Speaker 4>yeah go do it, guy do.

<v Speaker 2>MAN i want to see you. Win but you, know

<v Speaker 2>there's all such.

<v Speaker 4>Cool, people but, honestly the one that really stuck was you,

<v Speaker 4>know they all really.

<v Speaker 2>Stuck don't get me, wrong, RIGHT i love. That. Yeah

<v Speaker 2>we go into the.

<v Speaker 4>Locker, room Bed NAR's in, there and, Uh nat just

<v Speaker 4>comes in and Brock nelson come in and you, know

<v Speaker 4>they're chatting it, up and all of a, sudden The Swedish,

<v Speaker 4>Legend The Swedish Legends Gabriel landiskot three years away knee.

<v Speaker 4>Injury like you, know all of us At Hockey Fights cancer,

<v Speaker 4>night we're kind of resonating through this. Guy you, know

<v Speaker 4>we don't get to play, anymore and he.

<v Speaker 1>Had to be out for so long and he had

<v Speaker 1>to overcome so.

<v Speaker 4>Much, yes, yeah like a thousand. Days, no that's your,

<v Speaker 4>guy and you know we're all kind of living through. Him,

<v Speaker 4>yes like come, back like you, know do what you guy.

<v Speaker 4>Do and he comes in and, uh one of the

<v Speaker 4>one of the patients brought their, kids and the, kid you,

<v Speaker 4>know young enough to not know who this guy, is runs,

<v Speaker 4>up gives him a little coloring page and it's, like,

<v Speaker 4>hey LIKE i made this for, you and he just

<v Speaker 4>goes into dad.

<v Speaker 2>Mode he's just the normal. Guy.

<v Speaker 4>Wow it gets down on his. Knees kind of scared

<v Speaker 4>me a little. Bit, YEAH i don't want him to get. Hurt,

<v Speaker 4>yeah gets down on his. Knees he's like thank, you

<v Speaker 4>Like i'll put this on my refrigerator and like he

<v Speaker 4>he had a at least five to ten minute conversation

<v Speaker 4>with each person on the round. Goodness and you, know

<v Speaker 4>OBVIOUSLY i can't remember word for word the, conversation but

<v Speaker 4>you kind of black out during, it of, course but

<v Speaker 4>you know you JUST i kind of told, him, like you,

<v Speaker 4>know we're all kind of living through, you, Dude LIKE

<v Speaker 4>i know you don't know, me like we all know,

<v Speaker 4>you but you know you went through this crazy injury

<v Speaker 4>who at the, time no one has ever come, back

<v Speaker 4>not even who's the basketball player that it was one

<v Speaker 4>of ball.

<v Speaker 1>Brothers oh, Yeah Alonzo.

<v Speaker 4>Ba, YEAH i had the same same, injury and it's, like,

<v Speaker 4>okay like, hockey what are the chances that you come, back,

<v Speaker 4>like and like you, know we're telling, them like we're

<v Speaker 4>kind of living through, you and you, know you can

<v Speaker 4>kind of tell he's he's, like, wow you know it

<v Speaker 4>means a, lot, sure but, Yeah landy's just one of

<v Speaker 4>those you, know you put them on the side of

<v Speaker 4>the road and he's just walking down the. Street and

<v Speaker 4>if he, wasn't you know you kind of you can

<v Speaker 4>See landy and you're, like Oh.

<v Speaker 2>Landy.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah but like if no one knew the sport of,

<v Speaker 4>hockey average, guy just a average, guy like just normal

<v Speaker 4>and LIKE i love that about, sports of, course, yeah especially.

<v Speaker 1>Hockey oh, yeah because they are they're not these giant.

<v Speaker 1>Guys they're not these six eight. Guys it's it's very

<v Speaker 1>very different some of. Them, yeah it's it's not like

<v Speaker 1>you would always pick them out of a lineup. Though

<v Speaker 1>some of them are just like this just looks like

<v Speaker 1>an accountant down the, Street, like why the how in

<v Speaker 1>the world is he playing maybe the most athletic sport

<v Speaker 1>on the planet and you just wouldn't know. It that

<v Speaker 1>had to be absolutely. Insane oh, yeah to meet him

<v Speaker 1>in the locker room and for him to be to

<v Speaker 1>be that THEN i, said you don't want to meet

<v Speaker 1>your heroes until you meet your hero and he actually

<v Speaker 1>kind of raises your level of what you thought of

<v Speaker 1>him to begin.

<v Speaker 2>With yeh, ah so.

<v Speaker 1>Cool that's absolutely. Insane so you go to the game

<v Speaker 1>they played The, islanders, yep and you get honored before the,

<v Speaker 1>game you get to go up in the. Booth you

<v Speaker 1>were actually on the broadcast live doing some speaking on the. Mic,

<v Speaker 1>Jackson what in the world was it? Overwhelming?

<v Speaker 2>Uh, YEAH i mean my commentator career is not long at.

<v Speaker 1>All you, Know, HEY i saw. It it was pretty.

<v Speaker 1>Good you did a pretty good.

<v Speaker 2>Job i'm gonna be honest with. YOU i was shaking

<v Speaker 2>the whole.

<v Speaker 1>Time but, sure that's all.

<v Speaker 2>Right the great, view great, office of. Course, yeah you

<v Speaker 2>know you see.

<v Speaker 4>Everything, yeah and, uh you, know you get up there

<v Speaker 4>and they tell you kind of like the same setup

<v Speaker 4>we got, now you, know pressed the butt when you're

<v Speaker 4>ready to, talk and it'll it'll tell you on the

<v Speaker 4>little screen who's, talking and, uh you got a guy

<v Speaker 4>in your, ear like, hey broadcasting five four or?

<v Speaker 2>Three you, know, sure it's pretty. OVERWHELMING i can't, like you,

<v Speaker 2>know props to these, guys, like.

<v Speaker 1>Oh the job they. Do and it's funny because you

<v Speaker 1>hear the, Fans oh he got so And so's. Name

<v Speaker 1>roun do you realize the overwhelming amount of knowledge and

<v Speaker 1>information that they have to have?

<v Speaker 2>Constantly oh, dude the papers laying on the, table all the,

<v Speaker 2>names all the, stats and then you got guys walking

<v Speaker 2>up behind. Them hey say, this like you know this

<v Speaker 2>stat just. Happened make sure you mentioned. That, like they

<v Speaker 2>got a.

<v Speaker 1>Lot and to and to pronounce the names in, hockey like.

<v Speaker 2>Come, on, yeah and there's a lot of.

<v Speaker 1>Foreigners there's a lot of names THAT i still don't

<v Speaker 1>know how to. Say and they've been they've been on

<v Speaker 1>our hometown team now for years And i'm still, like,

<v Speaker 1>wait how do.

<v Speaker 2>You say THAT i, KNOW i still get choked up

<v Speaker 2>on the choo, kidding, like oh.

<v Speaker 1>For, sure for. Sure, Wow, Okay, JACKSON I i just

<v Speaker 1>think your story is so. Unique there's so many people

<v Speaker 1>that need to hear that. Story and LIKE i, said

<v Speaker 1>somewhere out there there's a person going through something similar

<v Speaker 1>to what you have, beaten and your STORY i think

<v Speaker 1>can literally give them. Hope But i've got To i've

<v Speaker 1>got to cut through some of. That we've got to

<v Speaker 1>get past that just a little. Bit i'm gonna come

<v Speaker 1>back to, it But i'm gonna get Back. Jackson Our

<v Speaker 1>Colorado avalanche should win The Stanley cup this, year And

<v Speaker 1>i'm getting real concerned because they're struggling And i'm getting

<v Speaker 1>worried And i'm freaking.

<v Speaker 2>Out, Okay, OKAY i don't know about, you But i'm.

<v Speaker 2>SUPERSTITIOUS i was.

<v Speaker 1>Cutting i'm a Little i'm not Super.

<v Speaker 2>We gotta we gotta watch what we're. Saying, OKAY i.

<v Speaker 2>DON'T i don't, Know.

<v Speaker 1>Jackson they're really.

<v Speaker 4>Good they're really, good you, know setting records halfway through The,

<v Speaker 4>yes no one does. That, no, no, No especially in

<v Speaker 4>today's day and age in, sports everyone is at the

<v Speaker 4>top of their.

<v Speaker 2>Game.

<v Speaker 4>Right we are in the time right now where it's

<v Speaker 4>only GONNA i, mean it's only gonna get.

<v Speaker 2>Better but we're watching the best sports we have ever.

<v Speaker 2>Seen oh, yeah the, best the best what no matter

<v Speaker 2>what sport you, watch, sure but you know you're gonna

<v Speaker 2>have your off, games yeah, right, yeah and you can't

<v Speaker 2>be mad at.

<v Speaker 1>It's such a long.

<v Speaker 2>Season, yeah such a long.

<v Speaker 4>Season and you, know as of right, now we are

<v Speaker 4>in such a good spot to figure out our.

<v Speaker 2>Team, really you, KNOW i know that sounds, weird but,

<v Speaker 2>no but you're.

<v Speaker 4>Right, Yeah i'm sure Ben nard's trying to figure out you,

<v Speaker 4>know the lines that he wants her, playoffs, yes and

<v Speaker 4>who works with? Who and you, know if a player

<v Speaker 4>goes out, here maybe he's. Switching like, hey if you,

<v Speaker 4>Know i'm not trying to put any bad juju in the,

<v Speaker 4>air but like if so and so gets, hurt and

<v Speaker 4>If i'm IF i move so and so into this,

<v Speaker 4>position how is he going to work with this? Line

<v Speaker 4>and you, know if it doesn't, work it doesn't, Work

<v Speaker 4>and that's probably you, know when we have our off, nights.

<v Speaker 2>He might just be figuring stuff.

<v Speaker 1>Out, no you're, right, yeah who are you looking? At

<v Speaker 1>in THE. Nhl who is the team that you're, like

<v Speaker 1>that's the that's the, concern that's the. Worry that's the

<v Speaker 1>team we've got to somehow find a way to. BEAT

<v Speaker 1>i THINK i know you're gonna, say BUT i want

<v Speaker 1>to know what you're gonna.

<v Speaker 4>Say, YEAH i mean the kryptonite for the past three

<v Speaker 4>years have Been.

<v Speaker 2>Dallas, yes, yeah, YEAH i don't. Know dallas is. Good,

<v Speaker 2>really H, yeah there's a lot of like underdogs this, Year, like,

<v Speaker 2>no you're, right Like Red wings are all of a

<v Speaker 2>sudden pretty. Good, YEAH i don't, know yeah really Just. Dallas,

<v Speaker 2>Yeah dallas is. Scary.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah and you, know like you, said there's a couple

<v Speaker 1>of teams out there that you look at and you're, like,

<v Speaker 1>well maybe they're not. Scary but you get in a playoff,

<v Speaker 1>series it starts to drag, on it starts to get.

<v Speaker 1>Scary you if you're Playing, vegas you know you're you're

<v Speaker 1>probably gonna come out on. Top it's going to be a,

<v Speaker 1>dogfight it's going to be a, struggle and and there

<v Speaker 1>are no gimmes in THE. Nhl you just you just

<v Speaker 1>don't have. That so all, Right i'm Gonna i'm gonna

<v Speaker 1>worry Abou. Dallas i'm already annoyed with them, Anyways but

<v Speaker 1>that's gonna be my my big, concern all. Right you, Know,

<v Speaker 1>JACKSON i gotta be honest with. YOU i really think

<v Speaker 1>you need to be a spokesperson and you need to

<v Speaker 1>be out telling your story. Somewhere AND i think that

<v Speaker 1>if anyone out there is listening to this and you

<v Speaker 1>Hear jackson's story and you want to book, him you

<v Speaker 1>reach out to The Dale dose BECAUSE i will help

<v Speaker 1>you book. Him But i'm going to be, very very.

<v Speaker 1>Transparent When jackson AND i started hanging, Out jackson is

<v Speaker 1>a very close friend of my, son and you AND

<v Speaker 1>i spoke and you, said why, Me why DID i

<v Speaker 1>have to go through? This AND i told you, then

<v Speaker 1>AND i believe that as much now as AS i

<v Speaker 1>told you. THEN i believe it is so you can

<v Speaker 1>help other people go through what you've gone. Through AND

<v Speaker 1>i still absolutely believe. That BUT i think you are

<v Speaker 1>the perfect person to tell your, story AND i think

<v Speaker 1>that there are a lot of people that will benefit

<v Speaker 1>from hearing your. STORY i want to thank you for

<v Speaker 1>sharing this story BECAUSE i, know LIKE i, said you're

<v Speaker 1>not the person that wants to get on here you

<v Speaker 1>don't want to talk about. Yourself you don't want to

<v Speaker 1>come on and be, hey here's my story and this

<v Speaker 1>is what makes me a little bit. DIFFERENT i get,

<v Speaker 1>that AND i appreciate, that AND i thank you for

<v Speaker 1>coming on the. Dose BUT i think there are so

<v Speaker 1>many people that benefit from hearing what you went through

<v Speaker 1>and seeing it didn't take. You it didn't it didn't overcome. You,

<v Speaker 1>yes it's a, struggle but you you are beating it

<v Speaker 1>and you're still moving on and you're still moving onward and,

<v Speaker 1>upward and that is what is so encouraging about. It

<v Speaker 1>that's WHY i wanted to have you on the. DOSE

<v Speaker 1>i think people need to hear that. Story and LIKE i,

<v Speaker 1>SAID i THINK i think your story needs to be.

<v Speaker 1>TOLD i think we need to get this out because

<v Speaker 1>there are too many people going through similar circumstances that

<v Speaker 1>need to, Hear, hey you can you can do, this

<v Speaker 1>you can get through, this you can beat.

<v Speaker 2>This, YEAH i appreciate. It you. KNOW i think the.

<v Speaker 4>The biggest thing That i've learned is the one THING

<v Speaker 4>i always told myself every, day you, KNOW i WAS

<v Speaker 4>i was getting sick every, DAY i was in pain every.

<v Speaker 4>DAY I i would have to you, know watch other people,

<v Speaker 4>succeed Which i'm happy for, them, sure but you know

<v Speaker 4>you feel you start to feel, Behind, yeah and like

<v Speaker 4>what DO i?

<v Speaker 2>Do.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah the one THING i always told myself was it

<v Speaker 4>can always be. Worse, no you're, Right i'm, Right i'm above,

<v Speaker 4>ground Yep son comes up every. Day, yeah and even

<v Speaker 4>with you, know circumstances at home or at work or you,

<v Speaker 4>know just daily, life it can always be.

<v Speaker 1>Worse, No and and having that gratitude for for where

<v Speaker 1>you're at is always going to change your outlook on

<v Speaker 1>what what all is going on in, life every. Everything

<v Speaker 1>if you can if you can wake up that day and, say,

<v Speaker 1>Hey i've got, This i've got, that it's going to

<v Speaker 1>change your outlook on. Life and that's a that's a great,

<v Speaker 1>point all, Right. Jackson going into this, interview you had,

<v Speaker 1>said do you want me to look over the? Questions

<v Speaker 1>AND i, said, NO i don't want you to look

<v Speaker 1>over the. QUESTIONS i want TO i want this just

<v Speaker 1>to be off the. CUFF i just want you to

<v Speaker 1>speak from the heart and not have to rehearse. ANYTHING

<v Speaker 1>i just want you to come on it and Speak.

<v Speaker 1>Jackson it Is. January it is Mid. January where JUST i,

<v Speaker 1>mean THE nfl conference title games are just taking. Place

<v Speaker 1>the Super bowl is. Set But i'm going to put

<v Speaker 1>you on the. Spot i'm going to give you a

<v Speaker 1>question THAT i didn't know YOUR i was going to give, You,

<v Speaker 1>jackson who's going to The Stanley Cup? Final ooh yep

<v Speaker 1>ooh yeah, no that's not where we THOUGHT i was gonna.

<v Speaker 1>Go but that's why you're gonna have to. Pick AND i,

<v Speaker 1>know LIKE i, said that's four or five months. Out

<v Speaker 1>who is going to The Stanley Cup? FINAL i need your?

<v Speaker 1>Pick And i'm gonna give you this caveat because you're

<v Speaker 1>thinking to, yourself what IF i jinx my hometown. Team

<v Speaker 1>if that's the, Case please don't waste your pick on

<v Speaker 1>a hockey, Game. Jackson make your pick on the, lotto

<v Speaker 1>because if you, can if you can control things with your,

<v Speaker 1>voice put things out into the, universe that you're gonna

<v Speaker 1>win the lottery, someday because that would be way more.

<v Speaker 1>Valuable who is going to The Stanley Cup?

<v Speaker 2>FINAL i don't like, this, MAN i don't like.

<v Speaker 1>THIS i love it all, Right abs are, going thank

<v Speaker 1>you are? Going, okay who's coming out of The. East

<v Speaker 1>we're gonna get By. Dallas we're gonna somehow get By.

<v Speaker 1>Dallas maybe we'll Avoid, DALLAS i don't, know but we're

<v Speaker 1>gonna get By. Dallas who's coming out of The. EAST

<v Speaker 1>i know you've got a. TEAM i know you. Have

<v Speaker 1>it's not the defending. Champs defend champs are. Struggling maybe

<v Speaker 1>maybe they pull things together and they're gonna, Rally BUT

<v Speaker 1>I i don't. LIKE i don't like how they're looking right.

<v Speaker 1>Now but who's going out of The. East you gotta

<v Speaker 1>give me one. Team carolina's not playing to, see that's

<v Speaker 1>WHO i thought you were gonna.

<v Speaker 2>Say they're not, Playing but IT'S i would say that

<v Speaker 2>it's it's too, Early yeah it.

<v Speaker 1>Is that's Why i'm putting you on the, spot.

<v Speaker 2>Because the thing is everyone's playing good right.

<v Speaker 1>Right, no there are some teams out there doing, really

<v Speaker 1>really good, stuff and we're getting ready to go into

<v Speaker 1>this Weird olympic break that we don't usually, have and

<v Speaker 1>that's gonna kind of change some things this.

<v Speaker 2>Year.

<v Speaker 4>Oh, actually another team THAT i could bring up That

<v Speaker 4>i'm kind of worried, About, Okay.

<v Speaker 2>Edmonton, no you're, right they're, hungry, yeah and. Talented, YEAH

<v Speaker 2>i think McDavid is.

<v Speaker 1>And he's got some. Help it's not just.

<v Speaker 2>Him, yeah, finally, yeah, YEAH i don't. KNOW i Think, Carolina, Okay, Colorado.

<v Speaker 1>Carolina yeah in the Final yeah you heard it here.

<v Speaker 1>First don't you say you didn't, Know. JACKSON i want

<v Speaker 1>to genuinely say thank you for coming in and stopping

<v Speaker 1>by The. Dose of, course telling your. STORY i think

<v Speaker 1>your story is absolutely credble and LIKE i, SAID i

<v Speaker 1>think people need to hear it at the story that

<v Speaker 1>shows being that hockey, player having that hockey Tough, Jackson

<v Speaker 1>you've been through. It that's why you're the kid that you.

<v Speaker 1>ARE i GENUINELY i appreciate you coming on and thank

<v Speaker 1>you for stopping by The. Dose you know you are

<v Speaker 1>welcome to come back and talk hockey. Anytime you, know

<v Speaker 1>you're always welcome here at The. Dose but thank. YOU

<v Speaker 1>i genuinely appreciate you coming.

<v Speaker 2>In thank, you, SIR i always appreciate.

<v Speaker 1>It, hey next week on The, dose LIKE i, said

<v Speaker 1>we will be getting you ready For Super bowl sixty

<v Speaker 1>as only we. Can we will break down the, game

<v Speaker 1>we will break down the, players we will break down

<v Speaker 1>the bandwagon fans of the, cities maybe even a few

<v Speaker 1>bets for you that you might want to be involved.

<v Speaker 1>In so don't go place those bets or even buy

<v Speaker 1>those squares until you listen to Our Super bowl. Preview

<v Speaker 1>i'm actually chasing a guest that is going to help

<v Speaker 1>us get you ready for the big day in a

<v Speaker 1>very special. Way make sure you stop by THE doce next. Week,

<v Speaker 1>HEY i want to say thank you so much To

<v Speaker 1>Jackson stroud for stopping by the day Of dose and

<v Speaker 1>sharing your amazing story with us. Today can't wait to

<v Speaker 1>have you back on and ToxS And menagello in the.

<v Speaker 1>Future AND i want to say thank you to each

<v Speaker 1>every one of you for listening to The Delo dose every.

<v Speaker 1>Week thank you about, emails thank you the, text thank

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<v Speaker 1>so much for sharing the, show for sharing the, videos

<v Speaker 1>and for sharing the articles with someone that you know

<v Speaker 1>we absolutely love it when you do. That phaps to

<v Speaker 1>thank you To JESS. P could not do any of

<v Speaker 1>this without. YOU i will see you on Next. Wednesday

<v Speaker 1>have a great, week.

<v Speaker 3>EVERYBODY i once So i'm, excited But i'm looking forward to.

<v Speaker 2>It my mother has said to, me.

<v Speaker 3>Once a, Week, larry why can't you get excited about

<v Speaker 3>Something you're never. Excited nothing excites you