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COM Outlook . Spring 2015
Portrait in
Courage
Childhood Cancer
Survivor Daniel Bral
Targets Bright Future
By Scott Colton, B.A., APR
COM/HPD Director of Medical Communications and Public Relations
After enjoying a relaxing summer at
home with his family at its Los An-
geles, California, home, 11-year-old
Daniel Bral enthusiastically embraced
the challenge of beginning sixth grade
and earning a spot on his school’s
basketball team. As he bounded down
the court during his team tryouts early
in the school year, however, Bral felt
unusually winded while performing
drills he had done effortlessly countless times before.
“I couldn’t catch my breath, and it felt as if I was wheezing,”
said Bral, a first-year NSU-COM student. “I didn’t understand what
was going on, but I chalked it up to being a couch potato during the
summer and not being as active as normal. I didn’t think much of it
until the next day when I didn’t feel better, so I decided to tell my
mom about it. She said it was probably nothing, but she decided to
take me to our pediatrician.”
