Cool Chiari Stories

Lately,

There have been a few chairi- football related stories in the news. I enjoyed reading these articles, not just because they deal with chiari, but because they are about young men with the condition. Now I never played football myself, not because I have Chiari, but because I suck at sports, but I always wanted to play football or hockey and I'm glad I didn't, although I have smacked my head a few times snowboarding, prior to wearing a helmet and prior to my knowledge of Chiari.(Actually I have not snowboarded since my diagnosis, although I was given the thumbs up by a specialist.)
The first article is a bout Jon Dierkes, a slim kid who loves football, and after being smacked in the head with a few to many concussions he found out that he Chiarian. This guy has balls, he still decided to play football his senior year of high school, except he changed his position to kicker. The article says that he goes to weight training. Hold up, I wonder what kind weight lifting he is doing. It would be cool to find that out.

The second article speaks of a Casey. a kid who is no longer playing football because his Chiari diagnosis, after several concussions. The article makes it seem as though his Chiari is a result of his concussions. This is not the case though. You are born with Chiari right? You don't develop it. Chime in if I am wrong. The concussions could have really rocked his brain, but they are not the cause of his Chiari.
Either way, they are both inspiring articles

Here are they are

http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/1063571.html
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/asseenon5/21963004/detail.html