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Bryan Sanjurjo sat pensively in a room at the <\/span>Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a><\/strong><\/span> as he awaited the diagnosis of a baseball-sized lump that had formed under his left armpit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanjurjo doesn\u2019t remember much about that day in September of 2019, but the news he got, crushed him like a Gerrit Cole fastball to the face.<\/span><\/p>\n

Test results determined that he had stage II liposarcoma, a rare type of cancer that develops in fatty tissue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His left arm, the one he had used to catch baseballs since he was four years old, might have to be amputated too, they said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI felt devastated,\u201d said Sanjurjo, who had completed his freshman baseball season at Miami Dade College before cancer interrupted his life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One year later<\/span>\u2014<\/span>after 30 chemotherapy sessions in Miami, 30 radiotherapy sessions in Puerto Rico, and a four-hour-long surgery at SCCC<\/span>\u2014<\/span>his cancer is in remission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanjurjo is back on the baseball field at Miami Dade College fighting for a roster spot on the Sharks\u2019 baseball team. His left arm survived as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think he’s only gonna be better,\u201d said Sharks Head Baseball Coach <\/span>Adrian Morales<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,<\/strong> <\/span>who was an assistant coach on the team, when Sanjurjo was a freshman. \u201cHe’s gonna be stronger mentally. He’s gonna get stronger physically. I expect him to be what he was after his freshman year<\/span>\u2014<\/span>a notch better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cancer Confirmed<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Bryan
Big Bat: Bryan Sanjurjo batted .284 and had 20 RBI for the Miami Dade College baseball team as a freshman before cancer derailed his season last year. DAVID BATISTA \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sanjurjo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2000. When he was four, his father, Neftali Sanjurjo, encouraged him to play little league baseball for the Legends de Juncos. He attended high school at the Carlos Beltran Baseball <\/span>Academy in a small town in northern Puerto Rico.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2016, he noticed a small ball of fat growing under his left armpit. After getting an MRI during an annual medical checkup, doctors said it was lipoma\u2014a benign tumor of fatty tissue that forms below the skin\u2014and it didn\u2019t require surgery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was brought to our attention because it looked odd,\u201d Neftali recalled. \u201cWe checked it annually.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Trusting the initial diagnosis, Sanjurjo continued his life as usual.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August of 2018, he received a scholarship to play at MDC. As a freshman, he batted .284 and had 20 RBI while playing shortstop and outfield in 32 games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his success that year, Sanjurjo played with discomfort. The lump that had formed under his left armpit when he was 16 years old was growing. That summer he returned to Puerto Rico to have it removed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He visited multiple doctors in San Juan, who ordered CT scans and MRIs to determine the reason behind the growth. Doctors discussed the possibility that Sanjurjo had liposarcoma, but results came back inconclusive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe went to like four different doctors because there were no specialists in Puerto Rico,\u201d Neftali said. \u201cOne of the doctors advised us to go to the United States for [Bryan\u2019s] well-being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Running out of options, Sanjurjo\u2019s parents took him back to Miami to meet with Dr. Jonathan Trent, a sarcoma specialist at the University of Miami Healthcare System\u2019s SCCC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A biopsy confirmed what they dreaded\u2014it was cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Road To Recovery<\/b><\/p>\n

On Oct. 18\u2014the same day as his father\u2019s birthday\u2014Sanjurjo started chemotherapy sessions with Dr. Trent. The original plan was to complete four sessions that lasted from Monday through Friday every three weeks. However, after the tumor didn\u2019t shrink much, they added two more sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The procedures took a toll on Sanjurjo. He vomited often, suffered persistent stomach aches, and lost his hair and 14 pounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel like myself,\u201d Sanjurjo said. \u201cI felt lazy. I didn\u2019t want to do anything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But he never felt alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanjurjo\u2019s parents and his grandmother, Maria Luisa Qui\u00f1ones, took turns traveling to Miami to be by his side. His father often left Miami at 5 a.m. on flights to Puerto Rico so he could get to his job as a salesman for Menaco Corporation, a cleaning products company, by 9 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

When he felt better, Sanjurjo attended some of the Sharks\u2019 practices and games. On other occasions, he spent days with his former roommates, Juan Marcano and Ediel Freytes-Pantoja, playing Playstation 4 and watching National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball games on TV.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t try to talk about what he had,\u201d Marcano said. \u201cWe talked about other things. I think that helped him a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beating Cancer<\/b><\/p>\n

Sanjurjo completed chemotherapy in late February, weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak shut things down in Miami. Three months later, he underwent a four-hour surgery at SCCC to remove most of the tumor. Doctors left parts of the tumor untouched to avoid major complications like mobility and sensibility loss. He needed radiotherapy to eradicate the remnants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In July, he underwent the first of 30 radiotherapy sessions in Puerto Rico. A month later, he finished his last radiotherapy and his cancer was in remission.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an inspirational story,\u201d said Sanjurjo\u2019s mother, Jennifer Barbosa. \u201cThings happen for a reason and thank God Bryan is perfectly healthy now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

During his last months of treatment, Sanjurjo started a strict workout regime with his personal trainer, Arnold Moreno, to regain his physical conditioning. They met four times a week at Atlas Athletic Performance\u2014Moreno\u2019s gym in San Juan\u2014for weightlifting sessions and did pull-ups, push-ups, ab exercises, and muscle stretching exercises using power bands.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe never lost his focus,\u201d Moreno said. \u201cIf I had to use one word to describe him, it would be consistency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The hard work and commitment paid off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Two months after the surgery, Sanjurjo regained 12 of the 14 pounds he had lost. On Sep. 15, sporting a five-inch scar that stretches from his chest to his left armpit and a newfound appreciation for life, he took batting practice for the first time since he was diagnosed with cancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a part of my life that\u2019s behind me,\u201d Sanjurjo said while recounting what he had been through this past year. \u201cI feel proud because I was able to beat it. It\u2019s a story I\u2019m going to be able to tell.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pumped Up: Bryan Sanjurjo gets in a workout at the Kendall Campus gym. Sanjurjo is making a comeback this year after battling cancer. ALICE MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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