Sean Dever describes himself as the kind of kid who always took gym class too seriously. From an early age he played basketball, football and followed his older brother's footsteps onto the lacrosse field. It was there, at age 11, that he tripped and fell -- a seemingly minor accident that changed his life.
"I came up limping really, really bad," he explains. "My mom noticed as soon as I walked to the car."
They visited the doctor the following day. His X-rays didn't show anything abnormal, but his doctors recommended getting an MRI just in case. On July 11, 2007, Dever found out he had cancer.
Osteosarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer found most often in children and teens, was discovered in his left femur, or thigh bone. Within a month of being diagnosed he began chemotherapy. "I didn't know anything about cancer, I didn't know anything about chemotherapy," he says. "It was really brutal. I would not wish that on anybody."
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