Brett Favre Visits Sick Oconomowoc Boy
YouTube Video Shows Former Packer's Wisconsin Trip
POSTED: 10:59 am CST December 21, 2010
UPDATED: 11:47 am CST December 21, 2010
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. -- An Oconomowoc family has posted a video on YouTube showing a visit from the Minnesota Vikings quarterback.
On Friday, Brett Favre and his wife, Deanna, stopped in Wisconsin to see Anderson Butzine, 5, who was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening tumor in 2006.
In the video, Favre kisses Butzine's foot and even gives his family gifts.
The former Green Bay Packer talked about the visit in his post-game press conference Monday night.
"Since the brain tumor, he had started writing his '4' backwards so during the game Deanna sent this towel down with a '4' backwards knowing I knew what that would be about," Favre said.
Over the last few years, family friends had contacted Favre to make Butzine's dream come true.
The young Favre fan has had several surgeries and the most recent has been difficult on the family.
Butzine's parents did not want to talk on camera, and Favre asked that no media be present during the visit.