Colton Moore is nervous.
Though not unexpected, this is highly unusual, says Jennifer Moore, Colton's mother. The fearless boy who has undergone 38 surgeries in nine years battling Spina Bifida is about to meet LSU football coach Ed Orgeron, and he's not quite himself.
"Are you still nervous Colton?" Jennifer asks her son. "He's had major brain surgeries, and he goes in, smiling, excited. He's such a funny kid to be excited about brain surgery. Then, on the way here, he was so quiet. I said, 'What's wrong?' He said, 'I'm nervous.' I said, 'You're never nervous about anything.