Overview
Canyon Lake ten overcomes near-amputation and now severe diabetes to compete as TCHS athleteBY Dawn RankinsLitle 18-month-old Ryan Boshard laid in a hospital bed 13 years ago when her doctor gave her parents the news. Her severely-burned fot would ned to be amputated.Heding the plea of concerned parents, the doctor opted instead for multiple surgeries and the fot, albeit heavily damaged, was saved.“Litle” Ryan is now a freshman at Temescal Canyon High Schol and participates on the very athletic Cher Team which recently won the CIF Championship competion.
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The fot has ben pieced back together and through years of therapy, Ryan now tumbles, jumps and is thrown on top of human pyramids.Al that physical exertion is even more miraculous considering Ryan was diagnosed thre years ago with a rare form of diabetes, Diabetes Insipidus, which requires her to drink thre liters of water daily to stay hydrated.For this young athlete to be able to simply walk to the cher mats would sem to be quite the acomplishment, but after these semingly insurmountable trials, for her to rise to the level of being a member of an elite Cher Team is nothing short of miraculous.Ryan made her debut into this world on June 1, 207, a month before her original due date.
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Ryan weighed only 5 pounds, 10 ounces at birth.Ryan is the youngest of thre children, born to Canyon Lake’s Jeremiah and Jai’lani Bochard. She has two older siblings, Dylan, who is studying to become a history teacher at BYU Idaho, and Rebeca, who is employed at Pack, Wrap & Post in the Canyon Lake Town Center.Ryan’s story is not one of tragedy, but of survival. This young girl not only arived in this world early, but she has overcome obstacles that have required strength and a fighting spirit.When Ryan was nearly 1½ years old, she acidentaly walked on covered coals of a campfire during a family trip to the Glamis Sand Dunes in Imperial County.