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per WCCO:
His father is the Associate Athletic Director in charge of football for the Minnesota Gophers.
But last year he neither attended the Gophers’ bowl game.
Casey was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
“We learned a lot about Casey,” Dan O’Brien said. “And when you’re in these situations, when you wake up every single day you get a chance to choose what kind of attitude you’re going to have that day.”
While Casey went through intense chemotherapy, mom and dad were with him and his brother 24-7.
“I’ve never seen a family handle a tougher situation. And Dan would fly to Chicago for a Big Ten event and would want to be with his son. [He’d] fly all the way back, stay on the couch with his son and then turn around and fly back to Chicago,” Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/...ing-football-player-will-head-to-citrus-bowl/
Go Casey O'Brien!!
His father is the Associate Athletic Director in charge of football for the Minnesota Gophers.
But last year he neither attended the Gophers’ bowl game.
Casey was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
“We learned a lot about Casey,” Dan O’Brien said. “And when you’re in these situations, when you wake up every single day you get a chance to choose what kind of attitude you’re going to have that day.”
While Casey went through intense chemotherapy, mom and dad were with him and his brother 24-7.
“I’ve never seen a family handle a tougher situation. And Dan would fly to Chicago for a Big Ten event and would want to be with his son. [He’d] fly all the way back, stay on the couch with his son and then turn around and fly back to Chicago,” Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/...ing-football-player-will-head-to-citrus-bowl/
Go Casey O'Brien!!