18-year-old Scott from Moorhead was a very active teenager who played sports, hunted, fished and waterskied. When Scott was diagnosed with cancer his world changed.
Scott said, “I was 17 going into my senior year of high school. I was a big tough kid playing football, wrestling and weightlifting. I knew I had something wrong. I had a whole bunch of big swelling pain in my neck. Finally, I had a lymph node removed and sent down to the Mayo Clinic and it came back with a positive test result for Hodgkin's lymphoma.”
Throughout Scott’s six months of treatment, his mom says he never complained, instead continuing to remain grateful. Scott explained how he got through this tough time saying, “my definition of strength is peace. You can be strong in the mind and strong in the body but it's nothing without being at peace with yourself.”