THE MIXSON FAMILY Their story started with a horrible phone call no parent ever wants to get. "When I hung up from the phone I was in the process of losing control of my emotions managed to communicate to them the severity of his injuries," said John Mixson, Catlin's Father. Those injuries were caused when a bomb blast went through a humvee in Iraq throwing 21-year old Catlin Mixson in a ditch on the side of the road. In order to save his life, both legs had to be amputated, and doctors had to rebuild portions of his arm. "I'm very upset that this has happened to him that he has to live the rest of his life struggling without having his legs, arm injured, and the emotion that he'll have to live with his buddies death," said Karon Mixson, Catlin's Mother. Since his last visit during the holidays...Catlin has been in an army hospital in San Antonio, Texas. His sister is with him everyday while mom and dad try to piece things together for the day he comes home for good. "The financial outlook because our lives have been disrupted, we have a lot of things to tend to because of this incident," said John. "I still don't sleep at night...it's every single day is a struggle, especially when i look at the news hear how many more have died today my heart hurts for every single family," said Karon. BACK TO THE BIG GIVE