1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: I really want to make sure I tell you a 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: little bit more about this story, because a Darwin family 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: is facing every parent's worst nightmare after Riley Bowen suffered 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: a sudden brain aneurysm at home and had to be 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:17,159 Speaker 1: medically evacuated to Adelaide for urgent specialist surgery. Now, a 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: fundraiser is now underway to help cover the mounting medical 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: costs and to support his family during what. 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 2: Is expected to be a long recovery. 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: Now, the organizer, Bob Howison, joins me on the line. 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: Get a Bob, Yeah, good mate, thank you so much 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 2: for your time this morning. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Now, Bob, can you tell us what happened the day 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: that Riley suffered the brain aneurysm and how quickly things escalated. 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, the Briley wake up around two o'clock in 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 3: the morning, head against the for more with extreme pain 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: and couldn't control it. So they, you know, his mum, 17 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 3: obviously concerned, runs and basted into hospital in Darwin and 18 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 3: then within twenty four hours are in out laid in 19 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: emergency surgery. So he actually suffered from obviously at life 20 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: threatening brain bleed called an ABM and neurism. So the 21 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: ABM is the criteria venerous mouth formation that he had 22 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 3: and which do you knew about it? And obviously something 23 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: aneurism because of it. 24 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: Oh Bob, I can't even begin to imagine how his 25 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: family might be feeling at the moment. I mean, as 26 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: I understand you're the president of Palmerston Power Basketball, I 27 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: also understand that you've coached him at different times. 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: He's a family friend of yours. 29 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I've coached him since under nine's with when 30 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 3: he played with my my son as well. They played 31 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 3: together for a number of years. They're in under sixteen's now, 32 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 3: so that's played for a lot of years together. Kayley 33 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: is also the mother is also a secretary of our 34 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 3: club and there's a real staunch Farmers and Power stronghold 35 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: for us. So it's been been the start of a 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 3: season two. It's been tough without it, so we're all 37 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: behind it. 38 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: Mat tell me how is Riley going right now? 39 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 3: So? Riley's receiving a lot of neurological treatment, obviously a 40 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:45,399 Speaker 3: lot of muscle regeneration treatment. He still has a lot 41 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 3: of problems with his left side. That was obviously he 42 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: had a right side believe, which has caused the left 43 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: side to basically become inactive, so they're slainly treating it 44 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: to try and get the messages back down the left side. 45 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 3: The body is an amazing thing, Katie, and they've had 46 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 3: to re paralyze basically his left side to then get 47 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 3: it to regenerate itself. So they're using a botox treatment 48 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: at the moment, which is which is which is actually working. 49 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: He's managed to be able to lift his toes now, 50 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: so up until a week ago, well not over a 51 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 3: week ago. Three days ago, he was still dragging his 52 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: toes and causing damage to his teat and so for often. 53 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: So through his treatments he's actually been able to lift 54 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 3: his toes, so he's no longer dragging them, but he's 55 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 3: got a long way to go. There's there's no full 56 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 3: movement there. He's gone at least another five or six 57 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 3: weeks in that lady. He can't be relocated yet. Had 58 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 3: his first every night stay outside of the hospital in 59 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 3: the r old house the other night as a trial. 60 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 3: So I haven't slaying to his mother since then, but 61 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,839 Speaker 3: I'm sure that he's doing better because of that one night. 62 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: I hope he is. 63 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: Bob, you said he plays under sixteens now, So how 64 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: old is Riley? 65 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, he asked me how. 66 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 2: I can never remember. I'm guessing fourteen or fifteen. 67 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 3: Maybe fourteen this year because they moved up the grade 68 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 3: from under fourteenth last fourteen this year. He also plays 69 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 3: in rugby. He plays rugby for the Raiders rugby club 70 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: and he's at his first couple of seasons the last 71 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 3: two years. So you know, they're a really tight group 72 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 3: as well, and they're all getting behind him as well. 73 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 2: Oh mate, I'm hearing what you're saying. 74 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 1: Like, I've got a daughter that's fourteen years old that's 75 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: involved in sport like Riley is. You've got you know, 76 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: you've got kids yourself. I cannot even begin to imagine. 77 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: How do you finicult this must be for his family 78 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: at this point emotionally financially as well, especially you know, 79 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: having to be away in Adelaide for such a long 80 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 1: period of time. 81 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean without work. They've been for his bed 82 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 3: side the whole time. It's you know, it's it's it's 83 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:25,039 Speaker 3: a massive change of life. They used to live out 84 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 3: out towards the case here as well, so they are 85 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 3: only back last week to Actually the mum actually had 86 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: to come home to so she could move house. So 87 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 3: we helped her move house and so she could be 88 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 3: a house closer to Palmerston and in the area, so 89 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 3: she's close to the hospital. But he's going to need 90 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 3: on go and treat rocks on that. Yeah, it's a 91 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: tough time and you know it's cost them a lot 92 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: of money obviously, and ongoing costs is going to start 93 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: adding up, especially the treatment. 94 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 2: And you know, this is the thing. 95 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: You do anything for your kids, absolutely anything. But you 96 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: know the fact that you know you've started this fundraiser, 97 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: I think it's a really wonderful and nice thing to 98 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: do as a friend because sometimes people actually don't want 99 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: to ask for help, and you know, they don't they 100 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: don't they don't want to be asking for other people 101 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: to give them a hand. But you know a lot 102 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: of Territorians are going to be listening this morning, thinking 103 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 1: I want to try and help this young fella and 104 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: his family out because this has all happened through you know, 105 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 1: like through circumstances that are just you know, like so 106 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: hard for them. 107 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,239 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, Look, they're very proud people and they don't 108 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 3: like to reach other help, but not many people do, no, 109 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: But yeah, they really need it. They do need to help. 110 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 3: They're very thankful for everybody that's donating so far, and 111 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: they they do really next and they will never say 112 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 3: it and they will always be the first one is 113 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 3: to help out. Yeah, but yeah, they're right now. They 114 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 3: really need some help. 115 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 2: So Bob, we'll make sure we share the link. 116 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: But it is a go fund me page and people 117 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: will be able to search for Riley Riley Bowen on there. 118 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: We'll make sure we share it though, Bob, thank you 119 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: so much for having a chat with us. If you're 120 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: talking to his family and talking to to Riley, please 121 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: tell him that he's got the whole of the Northern 122 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: Territory behind him. We hope that he makes a recovery 123 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: and that you know, he's able to get back to 124 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: some of the normal life that a kid of that 125 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: age deserves. 126 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, just let you know to look, we're going 127 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 3: to run a couple of fundraising things in the next 128 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 3: few weeks as well. A couple of his mates want 129 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 3: to do a fun run and the Parmesraders are selling 130 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: journey jeez. Well, so look, if you see anything out 131 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 3: there with fundraising with meat raffles or whatever that we're 132 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 3: going to get out and go do just jump in, 133 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 3: jump behind it and turn that way again. Anything we'll 134 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 3: go a long way. 135 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: And mate, let us know as well when some of 136 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: those fundraisers are happening. I know that everybody here at 137 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: MIX will be really happy to try and help you 138 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: promote it. 139 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 2: I know the crew on Hot one hundred as. 140 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: Well that are just in the studio next door. They'd 141 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: be keen to try and help all. So, so you 142 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: let us know and we want to make sure that 143 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: we can give him a bit of a hand. 144 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 3: Awesome, Thanks Katie, thank. 145 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: You, thanks so much for having a chat with us 146 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: this morning. That's thanks Bob, thanks so much mate. That 147 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: is Bob, Bob Howson. He's the president of the Palmerston 148 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: Power Basketball and just a good bloke helping out a 149 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: wonderful young fella who you know, whose family are going 150 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: through what I can't even at this point. You know, 151 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: he's a fourteen year old boy and he deserves to 152 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: be out having a good time playing his sport, doing 153 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: his normal things that he'd be doing on the weekend. 154 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: But he's had this sudden brain aneurysm and he's now 155 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: in Adelaide for that specialist care and he's going to 156 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: be there for a number of weeks. 157 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 2: So if you I know a. 158 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: Lot, you know a lot of people doing it tough 159 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: in the community financially. 160 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: But if you've got to spare a little 161 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: Bit of money that you might want to donate, we 162 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: will share that link to the gofundb page so that 163 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: you're able to give them a little bit of a 164 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 1: hand at what must be such a difficult, difficult time.