BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama teenager is going viral while he fights for access to care he believes could save his life — and he hopes his plea can also help others facing the same battle.
Fifteen-year-old Will Roberts told sister station WVTM he has been battling stage 4 osteosarcoma for nearly a year and a half. The rare and aggressive form of bone cancer has taken away the things he loves most, including fishing, hunting and playing sports. He said living with cancer has been frustrating.
“I was very, very frustrated after it had spread everywhere again, because I knew the road was just going to be just as long — if not longer — because I thought I had completely made it. I rang the bell and everything, and they told me I was cancer-free, but then a little bit later they looked at the scans and they saw something was wrong,” Will said…