My name is Capt. Kevin Przybyl, age 30, I was born in raised
in Buffalo, NY. My entire life has been amazing despite having
Cystic Fibrosis; A deadly disease that
I was diagnosed with at birth. My initial life expectancy
was not good; if I was lucky I would live until I was
in my teens. As you can see thanks to my parents’ dedication
to keeping me as healthy as possible, I am still here
today. Growing up with this disease was not easy, constant
medications, and treatments throughout the day, got in the
way of a normal life. On average a cystic fibrosis patient
spends more than 2 hours a day doing these treatments, may take 15 to 30 medications a day just in order
to live a semi-normal and productive life.
Despite that, I still was able
to learn a lot from my Dad, a vietnam veteran in the Marine Corp, and my hero. My dad was a volunteer fireman
and chief for our home, so I was exposed to the
great firehouse experience. It was that experience that made
me decide to become a Paramedic at the age of 18 until I was
25. I dedicated every minute of my life to volunteering
and working full-time as a paramedic spending hundreds of
hours volunteering my skills to help save lives.
Another passion of
mine my dad taught me was fishing. He would take me out on
trips and around the town fishing every year growing up. That
taught me the basic knowledge to one day becoming a great
angler. As I grew older, that passion grew as well; I specifically
had partners on the ambulance that loved to fish. Together
we would bring our rods and gear on the ambulance and fish
in ponds or off the shoreline of Lake Erie.
About 4 years ago I married my
beautiful wife Michele, and quickly decided that it was time
to leave Buffalo, so I could get better doctors and be exposed
to warmer more stable weather, so Orlando became our new home.
Quickly after moving here I began a job at Walt Disney World
as a bass fishing guide. There I learned all the techniques
needed to be a guide and tournament angler. It was not long
after starting at Disney I decided I wanted to start my own
guide service and guide full time, so I took my Captains class
and started this business. This business was established so
I could raise awareness about cystic fibrosis. I love telling
my story to my guests and love learning about their lives.
I hope this business will gain peoples attention and maybe
they too will help raise money or educate people about this
deadly disease.
In August of 2009 my wife and I became proud
parents to my son Casey. In a blink of an eye everything I
do with my life and my business is all for him. Casey has
forever changed my life in the greatest way, and has inspired
me more than ever to stay strong and healthy.
In January 2010, I launched my own foundation to help those with Cystic Fibrosis; Kevin A Przybyl Breathe Easy Foundation. This is what I have been working towards for years and its finally happening. I am very excited to finally be able to help the 75,000 CF patients world wide and hopefully improving there lives.
That folks has been my life thus far, with more
exciting things on the horizon.
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