"When days passed and I didn't hear anything, I thought perhaps Christian forgot to pass them out, Then I heard from one," Larsen said in the Facebook post. "He did get them out ... We waited a couple more days, but still no 'yes's or no's.' I know a lot of people just don't, so I was hoping that's all that was going on."
KTVB reported that one of Larsen's friends saw the post and contacted Dan Holtry, a football coach at Nampa High School.
"She told me that she had gotten in contact with Dan Holtry, and he wanted to bring some of his best players out for Christian's birthday party," Larsen told the local news station.
"The kids, before I could finish the text, it feels like they were like, 'We're in... Coach, we are in!' They were like when do we do it, let's go. I was amazed on how much they wanted to participate in this and take care of Christian," Holtry said.
"Instantly I wanted to do it, and I know these guys did too," Donovan Estrada, one of the football players, told KTVB. "Right away we texted back, 'Yeah, let's do it, we're in.'"
On June 4, Larsen posted a video showing Christian being surprised by eight athletes from nearby Nampa High School.
Although only one person RSVP'd to the event, family friends, classmates and children from the neighborhood attended, as well, CNN reported. The appearance of the football players was an added bonus.
"He didn't question why they were there," Larsen told USA Today. "He just lived in the moment."
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"The energy became electric and it was amazing to see how they all came together," Larsen told CNN. "Christian often plays alone, or wanders off, but with the players there helping organize games, he became part of the action. He was playing alongside his peers, as well as the football players. I think it helped the other young children interact with Christian, too."
According to Larsen, Christian was enthusiastic about his viral stardom.
"I feel GOOD that so many people could see my BEAUTIFUL face!" she wrote in a Saturday Facebook post, quoting her son.
Larsen has asked that those touched by Christian's story donate to the Nampa football team or to Shine Kids Fitness, a local fitness business.
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