A 10-year-old from Utah flew across the country to thank his hero, Tampa Bay Buccanneers quarterback Tom Brady, for helping him beat brain cancer.
Noah Reeb, who has been cancer-free since August, attended the Oct. 25 Tampa Bay Buccanneers-Chicago Bears game with his family after a battle with cancer that included two brain surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation.
Throughout the game, Reeb held a homemade sign that read: “Tom Brady helped me beat brain cancer.”
It was his first live NFL game since beating germinoma, a germ cell tumor that’s commonly found in the brain, Noah’s dad, James Reeb, said.
Noah’s battle began in November 2020 when he started suffering from daily headaches that got progressively more intense to the point where he would throw up from the pain, James Reed said. Then, on Feb. 22, Noah, who had Brady’s number shaved into the side of his head, and his mother, Jacque, were told the news.
From there, he underwent two surgeries about a week and a half apart, including a full craniotomy, James Reeb said. After that, he had several weeks of chemotherapy followed by radiation until July. By August, he was able to ring the bell, which signified that he had been declared cancer-free.
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