Gary Yost III Story

OSLC Men's Fly Fishing Ministry

Gary's 10^th birthday was during the week of the 4^th of July. The week before his birthday, Gary was telling his parent's, Paula and Gary Yost II,
about the pain he'd been continuing to experience in his shoulder and they took him to the doctor. The doctor ran some tests and sent them all immediately
to Children's Hospital in Seattle. The doctor's there ran some tests, did a CT Scan and/or an MRI and found a tumor, 3 inches long, located
on one of his ribs - right next to his heart and lungs! They ran some further tests, including a biopsy, and determined it to be an aggressive
type of cancer, sarcoma cancer. Gary started Chemotherapy the week of his 10^th birthday and also started a long journey to recovery.

Gary just happens to be Paul's nephew and Gary, along with Gary's parents, the Remington family, the Tveter family, and all of Gary's close relatives
NEED YOUR PRAYERS!

Please pray for Gary to endure this treatment and be fully healed, for God's healing hand to be with the doctor's, for Gary's family to endure this time too,
and for the cancer to be destroyed permenantly. Also pray that it does not spread to his bones, heart, or lungs.
The picture below shows Gary after his first round of chemo, and although he is keeping a great attitude and looks like he's having fun,
the tube you see is a feeding tube being used to feed him at this time. He lost 4 pounds as a result of the first round of chemo!

Gary III at the very begining.	Tying towards the end of his Chemo.
	Gary's first fly after Chemo.	Gary is only one of 4 children to have the type of rib replacement procedure his treatment required and will have to go in to have his "ribcage" adjusted several times a year until he has grown to the point his bones have fused.

Along with your prayers, as another show of support, we here at OSLC Men's Fly Fishing Ministry and a local Fly Fishing business, Wilderness Angler, provided Gary with his own fly
tying equipment and materials for him to use during his recovery to make it a postive time. He has tied a few flies using Paul's equipment before finding out about the cancer and
really wants to learn more and continue. We thought it would be six months before he'd be up to trying to tie flies after his final treatment, but as you can see, it didn't
take 6 months before he was ready to get tying!

If you would like to help, he needs everything. If you do decide you'd like to help, please contact us via the Contact Us page of our website.
Tell us what you'd like to provide, we'll let you know if we have already have one coming or we will provide you with an address to send it to,
and we will make note of what has donated so we don't get multiples of the major equipment. Please provide us with your name and address so we can include
your name on the card when we give it to him to show him how many people are rooting for him. We will also keep you periodically informed of his condition
and put a list of what we have received on the website for you to look at.

Thank you all in advance for supporting Gary and may God bless you indeed!

Updates:

12-Jan-2008 03:31 PM Gary was so excited to get started tying flies, Paul, Gary's Uncle, took what we had accumulated over to Gary and they got started!
04-Nov-2007 04:31 PM I also just found out today from Paul that Gary goes in for his LAST chemo treatment this week - it's been so effect to date they don't need to go for
the full six months! God is good!
Monday, October 22 07:57 PM Gary (affectionately known as G2) has a new website dedicated to his journey. Sounds like he's moving forward well all things comsidered
Check his website at CaringBridge for his most recent state of recovery, inspiration, and more.
Monday, September 3, 2007 08:03 PM From my last talk with Paul Remington a couple weeks ago, little Gary goes in for surgery in October to remove the affected rib.
To date the cancer is shrinking - thank you for your prayers to date, please continue as it is working!
Here is a link to Light of Christ Lutheran Church where Gary and his family worship God and His Son, our Lord and Savior.
It has more information about the type of cancer, making financial donations, etc. Gary's section is under:
Special Items, Friends of Gary Yost III on the homepage if this link doesn't take you directly to it.
Here is a link to Light of Christ Lutheran Church where Gary and his family worship God and His Son, our Lord and Savior.
It has more information about the type of cancer, making financial donations, etc. Gary's section is under:
Special Items, Friends of Gary Yost III on the homepage if this link doesn't take you directly to it.
Here is a link to Light of Christ Lutheran Church where Gary and his family worship God and His Son, our Lord and Savior.
It has more information about the type of cancer, making financial donations, etc. Gary's section is under:
Special Items, Friends of Gary Yost III on the homepage if this link doesn't take you directly to it.
Saturday, July 28, 2007 8:06:43 PM — here is an email with all the ways to support Gary and his family during this time.
If you could next time you give blood, say that you are giving in behalf of Gary Yost III.
Click here to read about the many ways to support the Yost family.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:48:28 PM — Gary came home yesterday from his second round of Chemo and is back in next Friday for another 3 day round.
This 4 day/5 night stint that he just got home from went better than the first round (sickness wise), but he did seem to be more tired.
Continue to pray for healing and strength during the chemo and that the tumor shrinks in size and can be removed as planned sometime in October.

Donations to date:

Fly tying vise
Dr. Slick Fly Tying Jumbo Tool Set
Various threads, hooks, and tying materials provided by Wldnerness Angler

Thank you to everyone for your donations and the blessing they will bring to Gary's recovery.

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