A month ago, doctors discovered an aggressive, malignant tumor growing
on Dillon’s brain. They diagnosed him with a common type of brain cancer
and on Monday will try to save the boy’s life with what they hope is a
revolutionary gene transfer procedure, followed by the familiar
chemotherapy-and-radiation cocktail.
When the Dolphins found out, Ireland’s wife, Rachel, began visiting Dillon at the hospital most days. Center
Mike Pouncey has been a regular, too. Coach Joe Philbin and his wife have been by the Brooks house.
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