LEADING THE WAY. A LOCAL MILITARY MEMBER AND FATHER IS RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER A LIFE SAVING SURGERY. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR BACK IN JULY. WE SHARED HIS STORY WITH YOU THIS SUMMER AFTER GETTING A SECOND OPINION, THOUGH, EVERYTHING CHANGED. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL HERXHEIMER HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH THIS GREAT, GREAT STORY TONIGHT. HI. RACHEL. MIKE AND SHERRY, THIS IS A STORY OF HOPE. TYLER NUTTALL IS AN INSPIRATION. MARION I MET HIM IN JULY AFTER HE RECEIVED DEVASTATING NEWS THAT HE HAD AN INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR THROUGH HIS DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS, HE STAYED STRONG AND MET A DOCTOR WHO SAVED HIS LIFE. JULY EIGHTH, 2022. I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY, AN MRI REVEALED TYLER NUTTALL HAD A BRAIN TUMOR RIGHT NEXT TO THE BRAIN STEM. IT WAS INOPERABLE. WE INTERVIEWED HIM OVER THE SUMMER. JUST JUST NEVER GIVE UP. I MEAN, THERE’S ALWAYS A SOLUTION. SINCE THEN, THE 32 YEAR OLD AIR FORCE VETERAN AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS. I’M TOLD, GO LIVE YOUR LIFE. I’M JUST LIKE, I THINK THERE CAN BE MORE THAN THIS. HE DECIDED TO GET A SECOND OPINION AT UC MEDICAL CENTER FOR FIRST APPOINTMENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY THAT THEY COULD TAKE IT OUT. WHAT A RELIEF. YES, IT WAS NEWS. HE NEVER EXPECTED. I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I WAS, YOU KNOW, TOLD FOR FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS JUST INOPERABLE. SO THAT DIDN’T EVEN CROSS MY MIND, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A DIFFERENT DOCTOR WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING. UH, YEAH. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A UNIVERSAL TRUTH, A FUTURE WITH HIS SON JACKSON WAS POSSIBLE. I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO RUN WITH MY, YOU KNOW, MY MY SON. HE’S ALMOST FIVE. UH, AND THAT’S BEEN HARD BECAUSE HE’S REALLY ACTIVE, SO IT’S HARD TO. IT’S LITERALLY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH HIM. UH, AND SO I TOLD HIM A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE SURGERY, I’M, I’M GONNA BE ABLE TO RUN WITH YOU AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, TYLER UNDERWENT SURGERY, AND DOCTORS REMOVED THE WHOLE TUMOR. THEY GOT TO THAT POINT WHERE I’M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN’T GIVE UP. THERE’S SO MUCH I NEED TO FIGHT FOR. SO, SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU. YEAH. WHO WANT YOU HERE. YEAH. THAT’S RIGHT. HIS MOM AND AUNT HAVE BEEN BY TYLER’S SIDE SINCE THE BEGINNING. JUST DON’T GIVE UP, YOU KNOW? JUST KEEP LOOKING FOR THE ANSWER THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. BASICALLY, HE KEPT GOING UNTIL HE HEARD IT. SINCE THE OPERATION, HE’S KEEPING UP WITH JACKSON AGAIN. HE WENT OVERCOMING ADVERSITY IS IN HIS BLOOD THIS TIME. TYLER KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT THAT WILL HAVE AN ANSWER. UM. AND DON’T GIVE UP. UH, THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING. NOW, ONCE TYLER IS FULLY RECOVERED, HE WANTS TO GET BACK IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT. HE WANTS TO MAINTAIN HIS MILITARY STATUS WITH THE AIR FORCE, CONTINUES SCHOOL, AND JUST ENJOY LIFE AND ALL OF US HERE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING HIM DO THAT. RACHEL KIRCHHEIMER WLWT NEWS FIVE. RACHEL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TELLING THAT STORY. TWO THINGS COME TO MIND. LIFE LESSON. GET A SECOND OPINION. AND NUMBER TWO, YOU SEE MEDICAL CENTER. MAN OH MAN DO WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST DOCTORS AND TECHNOLOGY. AND THINGS GOING ON HERE. WE REALLY ARE LUCKY. IT’S RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. BUT I THINK EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID GET A SECOND OR A THIRD OR FOURTH OPINION IF YOU NEED TO. AND CONGRATULATIONS MAN. TOO OFTEN STORIES THAT WE COVER DON’T GO LIKE THAT.