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Related: About this forum12-year-old Buckeyes fan names his brain cancer "Michigan"
and is beating it.
No, not The Onion.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1698094-12-year-old-ohio-state-fan-names-his-brain-cancer-michigan-is-beating-it
"Beat Michigan" is a mission statement and a rallying cry for Ohio State and its athletics program, but never before have the words held the implications theyve had for a young man named Grant Reed.
While cliche, saying Grant is Ohio States biggest fan is the only way to describe him. His parents were in the marching band at Ohio State, he grew up in a Buckeye household and his lifes goal is to beat Michiganthe cancerous brain tumor he has been battling for the past two years.
According to Fox Sports, Grant was diagnosed with the tumor in 2011 and decided soon after to nickname his biggest adversary after Ohio States greatest rival, the University of Michigan. After much pain, struggle and chemotherapy, the doctors prognosis is goodReed is beating Michigan.
The disease is in regression (sic; they mean remission -Ed.), according to Grants parents, Troy and Denise Reed, who explained that their son had just finished up his final chemotherapy treatment and rang the Chemo Bell on his way out of the Nationwide Childrens Hospital.
While cliche, saying Grant is Ohio States biggest fan is the only way to describe him. His parents were in the marching band at Ohio State, he grew up in a Buckeye household and his lifes goal is to beat Michiganthe cancerous brain tumor he has been battling for the past two years.
According to Fox Sports, Grant was diagnosed with the tumor in 2011 and decided soon after to nickname his biggest adversary after Ohio States greatest rival, the University of Michigan. After much pain, struggle and chemotherapy, the doctors prognosis is goodReed is beating Michigan.
The disease is in regression (sic; they mean remission -Ed.), according to Grants parents, Troy and Denise Reed, who explained that their son had just finished up his final chemotherapy treatment and rang the Chemo Bell on his way out of the Nationwide Childrens Hospital.
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12-year-old Buckeyes fan names his brain cancer "Michigan" (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2013
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madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)1. Heh! That's a good one!!
1gobluedem
(6,664 posts)2. Good for him
I hope he wins his fight.
I won mine 23 years ago when my brain tumor was removed. If naming it Michigan gives him the determination to fight as hard as he can, I say go for it.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)3. Best post in a long time!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. I never knew that.
Did you name yours "Ohio State"?
1gobluedem
(6,664 posts)5. Didn't occur to me
But, then, it was the John Cooper era (I think), so...'nuffsaid.
TBF
(32,062 posts)6. This Badger fan approves of both the names "Michigan" and "Ohio State"
for any and all disease!
Seriously though good luck to him - really hope he pulls through. Obviously a smart young man