GoFundMe<\/a> has already raised more than $16,000.<\/p>\n\u201cThat just goes to show the type of people that live in this area and care, that are willing to donate their hard-earned money in order to help a 15-year-old kid recover from cancer,” said O’Shea.<\/p>\n
For Kayden\u2019s friends, the diagnosis still feels unreal.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Jake Condrad has known him since fourth grade.<\/p>\n
“He\u2019s one of the most energetic and most entertaining people I\u2019ve ever been around in my life. So, this happening is very surreal. But he\u2019ll work harder than anybody I\u2019ve ever met,” said Condrad.<\/p>\n
Condrad says the diagnosis came as a shock.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw him right after fourth period leaving with a headache. I just thought, \u2018oh yeah, it\u2019s probably just a routine migraine,\u2019 and then he texted me the next day talking about he has two brain tumors. It was just such an unreal moment. I didn\u2019t want to believe it at first,” said Condrad.<\/p>\n
Now, Condrad and about 15 friends, both on and off the team, are shaving their heads in support.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever we get to see him, I feel like it\u2019ll be a very heartwarming thing for him to see,” said Condrad.<\/p>\n
Senior Connor Thomas says the team is leaning on each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team\u2019s obviously hurt. He was a big part of the team last year. Everyone likes being around him. Like I said, he\u2019s a great kid, great teammate. The team\u2019s upset, but we\u2019re all rallying together around him,” said Thomas.<\/p>\n
Head Coach Jamie Higgins says Kayden represents exactly what the school stands for.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s what you want at Scranton High School. He\u2019s kind of a role model student. Does everything he has to do, a great teammate, good athlete. We\u2019re really just hoping that everything works out for him. It\u2019s going to be a long road to recovery, but he\u2019s a tough kid and he\u2019s got a lot of support behind him,” said Higgins.<\/p>\n
The GoFundMe remains active. The team says every donation is helping ease the burden on Kayden\u2019s family. To donate click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Spring training is underway for the Scranton High School baseball team, but this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-125621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}