Cameron J.Follow

On February 8, 2008, Cameron was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor found in children. He was taken into surgery two days later at Duke Medical Center where they removed the tumor from the cerebellum of his brain. After surgery, he underwent six weeks of daily radiation to his brain and spinal cord followed by four months of high-dose chemotherapy. During his chemotherapy treatment, Cameron was inpatient at Duke approximately two and a half weeks out of each month but that never kept him from smiling. One of the doctors at Duke nicknamed him Action Jackson, a name very fitting for Cameron for he would often take chemotherapy in the morning and then be off on his tricycle riding through the halls at Duke; nothing was going to keep him down. Once treatment was complete and his counts came up, he immediately wanted to start back to school. So without hair and a grin from ear to ear, he proudly walked back into his elementary school in October of 2008 as a normal first grader.
Sadly in March 2010, two years after his diagnosis with medulloblastoma, a routine MRI showed that Cameron's cancer had returned. And again, we were faced with the unfortunate task of battling this malignant tumor. But as before, Cameron has endured every round of chemotherapy with a smile on his face. His smile and attitude continues to be an inspiration to our family and to those who know him.