KPTV
PORTLAND, Ore. — He’s a father of four, a little league coach and a volunteer firefighter. And he’s getting ready for the fight of his life.
Jiah Quayle has been diagnosed with senovial sarcoma, and has a cancerous tumor growing in the arch of his left foot. It has cost him mobility and full function of his leg. Doctors at Oregon Health & Science University are now telling him the best treatment is amputation.
“I really don’t know what to expect,” said Jiah Quayle. “I have a lot of faith in what they do. There’s a lot of good doctors up there.” In spite of his predicament, Jiah Quayle and his wife Jamie are almost shockingly optimistic. After his surgery and five rounds of chemotherapy, Quayle plans to return to full-duty as a firefighter, even though he’ll have a prosthetic leg.
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