TJ was diagnosed with Standard Risk Medullablastoma
on March 7, 2017. On March 8, he underwent an 18+
hour surgery to remove most of the tumor. They
surgically installed a shunt to relieve the pressure
on his brain and installed a port a month later. He
under went 7 weeks of radiation treatments and has a
year of chemo which will be done in May of 2018. He
was in Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital for a month
before he got to come home in June of 2017. He is
being tutored by his 5th grade teacher at school
every night. He spent his 10th birthday in the PICU
at Albany Medical Center. He is like any typical 10
year old boy. He enjoys playing his Xbox, collecting
Hot Wheels cars, watching his 16 year old sister
Kayla play sports. Before the surgery TJ enjoyed
playing sports himself and riding his bike. Our goal
is to get him able to enjoy that again. TJ goes to
Margaretville Central School.
