A Bay Area swimmer is making a splash in the fight against cancer.
A Bay Area swimmer is making a splash in the fight against cancer.
The pool has been Wyatt Deaton’s place of respite after his mom’s battle with cancer. She was diagnosed four years ago.
Michelle Deaton went through 11 rounds of chemotherapy and underwent surgery.
“They actually found out that I had a very rare form of [what] used to be called Juvenile Carcinoma, because the average age that they found this particular cancer was 9-year-old children,” Michelle said.
Now, she’s in remission and Wyatt is on a mission to help others like his mom by raising funds through the Swim Across America – Tampa Bay Open Water Swim.