Sam

​Until less than one year ago, Sam Reiser lived the life of a typical healthy, active sixteen-year-old.  He enjoyed hanging with his friends, going to high school and playing on the Carlsbad High Freshman volleyball team.  Then in March of 2009, Sam and his parents sought medical attention for a lump in his neck that they thought was the result of a strained muscle.  After what they assumed would be a routine trip to the doctor, they were shocked by what the tests revealed.  Sam was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, Stage B.  That day everything changed for Sam and his family.

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