Galleo, age 16, was born
in Roanoke, Virginia. “I’ve always lived in Virginia never really been anywhere
else”, Christian stated. At first sight you wouldn’t notice the difficulties
Christian faces every day. Christian’s younger Brother Aidan has Duchene’s
muscular dystrophy which in this variation of the disease his younger brother’s
muscles deteriorate slowly over time until he can no longer use them anymore.
Christian was doing a
research project in his seventh grade English class and he decided to do his
project on the disease his brother, Aidan, had Duchene’s muscular dystrophy.
After doing plenty of research on the subject Christian realized just how bad
the situation really was for his younger brother Aidan. “I had to leave the
room after reading about it because I didn’t realize it was so bad”, Christian
later remarked. Christian knew what would eventually happen to his brother and
he knew he couldn’t tell his brother about it, so he tries not to talk about it
with his brother Aidan. Christian’s life would be drastically different than many
other people’s life, and Aidan’s life would be the same way as well. The
disease has many variations, but the variation Aidan got is one of the more
fast acting forms and his life expectancy isn’t very high. “It’s hard watching
that happen to my brother day after day”, Christian explains. Christian won’t
let that get the best of him though because he will cherish all of the memories
he has with his younger brother Aidan.
Christian’s father works
as an officer of the law and isn’t home too often, but Christian looks up to
him and would like to become either an officer of the law or join the Air Force
if the opportunity presents itself. Christian went to Oak Grove Elementary School,
then to Hidden Valley Middle School, and is now currently enrolled at Hidden
Valley High School. He would like to go to a college in state not too far away
from home. He would like to get a job where he can work with computers. He also
plays Trumpet in marching band, and often listens to music from the 80’s and
90’s.
By Rachael Lumpkin
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