Max was just four-and-a-half-years-old he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The next day Max had brain surgery and the tumor was partially removed. Over three weeks later he was released from the hospital and started what would be 1.5 years of chemotherapy. Max has received all of his treatment at CHOC Children's in Orange County, CA. Max was eventually diagnosed with a rare and unusually aggressive form of a fairly common form of brain cancer.