April 2018 | Vol. 12 Iss. 04
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TWO CORNER CANYON STUDENTS PLACE HOPE IN MAKE-A-WISH REQUESTS
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By Julie Slama | julie@mycityjournals.com
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hen Corner Canyon sophomore Tyler Easton was led blindfolded to the free-throw line at half-time of the CCHS versus Timpview game in January, his shot swished. “It felt pretty good; it was muscle memory,” he said, adding that he played basketball his freshman year, but was unable to play this year as tiredness from his cancer took its toll. Easton wasn’t ready for what happened next. After being led to center court, his blindfold was removed and his family was on the sideline with a paper banner that read, “South Africa.” “I learned then that my wish was granted to go to South Africa,” he said about his Make-a-Wish request he placed in the
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fall. “I wanted to do something crazy and travel to see new places. I’m hoping to go on a safari and shark diving in Capetown is one of the best places to do it. My whole family will come with me. It will be like a National Geographic expedition; I’m very pumped.” Easton’s travel plans aren’t set in stone, since much of it depends on his health and treatments. Five years ago, when Easton was in fifth grade at Willow Springs Elementary, he started getting headaches during physical education. “My head was pounding. It felt like a gunshot exploded in the middle of my head,” he said.
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Corner Canyon sophomore Tyler Easton will travel to South Africa for his Make-a-Wish request. (Tyler Easton/Corner Canyon High School)
For the next week, Easton visited his doctor’s office daily until his pediatrician diagnosed him with a golf ball–sized tumor in his adrenal gland. That was April 11, 2013. Within two weeks, Easton’s pheochromacytoma — a rare tumor that raises blood pressure — was immediately removed and was not cancerous, he said. Two years later, the tumors returned. This time, Easton, who was at Draper Park Middle School, had six tumors in his kidney and abdomen. He also learned that the doctors at Primary Children’s Hospital wouldn’t perform the surgery since only 10 percent of people affected with pheochromacytomas are children, who usually develop symptoms between the ages of 6 and 14. That began his trips — 12 times in the past two years, mostly with his mother — to National Institute of Health in Maryland. The tumors were removed in August 2015, with some being cancerous. “My mom is a silent carrier. So is my sister,” he said. Through routine blood work and scans, Easton learned last year that 25 tumors appeared and had spread to his liver, spine, lungs, kidneys, abdomen and lymph nodes. Continued on page 4…
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