Sam Kagan wanted to thank the medical staff at Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in Warrenville who helped him through his radiation therapy for an aggressive form of brain cancer, but bringing them doughnuts or catering a lunch didn't seem sufficient.
Naperville Central High School sophomore Sam Kagan, seen here practicing on his trombone, wrote the song"Jovial Echoes" to thank the medical staff who helped him through radiation treatments for an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Sam was 15 when he was diagnosed with astrocytoma, a tumor or cancer that starts in the brain tissue, the doctor said. “When that happens, you can have all sorts of problems. They can range from things like headaches or nausea to even losing function, like losing strength in an arm or leg or the whole side of the body or losing speech,” Hartsell said.
“Typically these kinds of tumors have roots that go out further into the normal brain tissue, and you can’t just keep taking extra brain tissue trying to find out whether you’ve gotten everything or not because that will also cause lots of problems, like loss of neurologic function,” he said. Sam, whose passion for music began with piano lessons in kindergarten and grew with his love for the bass trombone, bass guitar and drums, said the positive proton experience has inspired him to consider becoming a radiation oncologist.“I want to help people who have the same condition as me,” said the teen, who plays trombone with the school’s jazz band in addition to being in the Central high school band.
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