Bud Cup Hockey Tournament Raises $6,000 to Help Josh Patterson

Bud Cup Hockey Tournament Raises $6,000 to Help Josh Patterson

ROCK SPRINGS — The Rock Springs Men’s Hockey Association presented a check for $6,000 to help Josh Patterson with continuous medical expenses as Josh continues to fight.

The Bud Cup Hockey Tournament took place on March 11-13th. The organizers raffled a Ruger AR-556 to raise the money. In the past, the excess proceeds from beer sales were donated to a worthy cause. However, they never exceeded a $3,000 donation in a year before.

About Josh

Josh is a young man, only 18 years of age, who has Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome, which is a rare disorder that can affect many parts of the body, particularly the bones. There are approximately only 60 people in the world that have this disease! He has had over 50 surgeries on his legs, arms and 3 to remove a tumor from behind his ear. On top of this, he has Cystic Fibrosis, a disease that affects how his cells work in his body. This usually takes a big toll on the lungs, which usually is what takes the life of the afflicted.

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Josh undergoes three treatments a day to help break up the mucus in his lungs to try to prevent an infection, but with this disease it is inevitable. “Just have to try to keep him as healthy as possible for as long as we have him,” says his family. Lung transplants are one of the last ditch efforts, but those don’t come around too often.