Colorado Mountain Adventures Inc. 16606 CR FF Blanca, CO. 81123 Home 719-379-3913 Cell 970-376-2414 Cell 970-712-8702 Lic. #2582 www.coloradomountainadventures.net
ATTN: Sportsman and women,
To whom it may concern: First of all I would like to thank all of the hundreds and thousands of e-mail in support for my friend that most everyone has heard of Tred Barta. As most of you know he has been stricken with a spinal stroke, by which the cause is just now showing it’s self. Tred has been stricken by a cancer that is called “Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia”. It is very rare, like 1 in a million will contract this type of cancer? This is a cancer of the blood I am told.
Tred is now in the process of going through Chemo treatments and will be returning to rehab soon after. For Tred and Anni this is life-changing and life challenging. Tred is not poor by any means but how can anybody prepare themselves for this type of disaster? To equip his house to be handy-capped accessible will be close to $100,000 dollars. I have posted a couple of messages from his wife Anni so you can see what they are going through.
"We just found out today that Tred has full blown Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, a rare but very treatable form of lymphoma. The aggressiveness and sudden onset leads us to believe that it may be the cause of the paralysis and perhaps even reversible over time. We have been moved to Porter Hospital where Tred's cell phone works just fine and we will be there for 5 days for plasma pheresis and chemo. This again has kept me from getting a letter out but I promise tomorrow, now that the discovery is done. FINALLY!!!!!! love, ANNI"
"Hi Dan, The damage signals on Tred's spine are progressing, moving up to his neck now. We are basically starting from scratch now, trying to come up with the correct diagnosis. We have EVERYBODIES attention now, and they are all over us with tests in every quadrant. The good news is that if they can find the cause soon and find a solution, possibly some of the damage could be reversed. Yes, I am way too busy. I am struggling to put together a synopsis of where Tred is right now medically. I absolutely would love to rely on you to manage all the posts and keep an eye on the threads. However, I don't have enough time to follow the streams but if you can please print them out if possible, for reading as time allows. If you see something especially good or valuable, timely of course forward it to my email or call me. Thank you so much Dan, you are such a good friend!"
"We are trying to put together a fund raising effort for all of his medical and new living equipment needs. They will probably amount to around $100,000 can you believe it. Anyway, if you would send a letter to friends and also pass along to me any websites that you think would be good. Here is the info: Donations can be made in Tred's name to The Vail Valley Charitable Fund, which is a 501(c)3 charity, and funds are tax deductable. Their address is: PO Box 1275, Avon, CO 81620, or call 970-845-6339 or pay by credit card on line at www.vvcf.org<;http://vvcf.org> Be sure to mention that it is for Tred. You may also make deposits to Wells Fargo Bank, Tred Barta medical fund. Routing #102000076, acct # 8990772827.
I have a letter prepared for the websites so be sure to let me know which you think would be the best to send info to. Any other ideas I'm all ears for. What's up with you, how are the horses, we miss them. The ranch is so quiet, I get to hug Ahi once a week and have him approved to visit here now for Tred. The Vail Daily was here today and Tred was able to set up his bow and shoot. He shot a perfect two inch circle with 5 arrows, we both cried. Thank you dear friend for being there for us! Give hugs to your girls! Love, Anni"
The above was dated June,13th-19th 2009. Tred has a road to travel that I would not ask anyone to travel. He is my friend and he has worked harder than most to arrive at his position he is in today. Prognosis is, nobody knows how this will end or when. He has given his life to helping under privileged youth by raising well over a million dollars for them and now he needs our help!!
I am donating 4 archery hunts this year. The dates are scattered throughout Sept. The hunts are $3500.00 fully guided horseback wilderness hunt. All proceeds can be made to the Tred Barta fund at the above numbers. Please call me for trip details. I am posting this with the Bowsites permission. Thank You Pat!! We will try to make a website for all of the information as soon as possible…
Thank You,
Dan Harrison
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