Growing up, Brayden Cabral always stayed active by playing sports.

He played flag football, basketball, baseball and, most recently, learned the game of golf.

In February of 2024, the Swansea native had his whole world suddenly come to a grinding halt.

Cabral, 14, was diagnosed with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia — a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow, where blood cells are produced. Over the next 128 days, he fought the toughest battle of his young life.

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