One’s mental outlook can mean the difference between victory or defeat in sports and war, as well as brain injury. That’s the lesson to be learned from Austin Munoz, a teenaged California high school football player.
The story of Munoz, who has been diagnosed with two malignant brain tumors, was skillfully told a week ago by the Ventura County Star.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/24/moorparks-munozs-uses-healthy-mentality-to-fight/
Munoz, 16, who played for Moorpark High School, was diagnosed this summer. He began feeling very fatigued, and one day had a seizure. A CT scan revealed that he had two maligant germ cell tumors, with one inside his pituitary gland another larger between the third and fourth ventricle of his brain.
Munoz has remained upbeat during his treatments and has been on the sidelines rooting for his team. Tests show that his small tumor is gone and the other has become 60 percent smaller. His right arm and leg, which had been affected by the seizure, have become more functional, according to the Ventura County Star.
And his positive attitude hasn’t waivered.
