Boy, 11, Gets Life-Changing Diagnosis After Noticing 2 Symptoms. Then Raises $1.2M for Other Kids with the Same Illness

Boy, 11, Gets Life-Changing Diagnosis After Noticing 2 Symptoms. Then Raises $1.2M for Other Kids with the Same Illness

When Sam Taylor was 11, his eye doctor noticed his optic nerves were completely swollen, leading to a diagnosis that changed his life forever Sam Taylor Sam TaylorNEED TO KNOWWhen Sam Taylor was 11, he began having chronic headachesIt turned out to be a low-grade optic glioma, a type of brain tumor that affects the optic nerveNow 22 years old, Taylor shares an update on his health with PEOPLE, and how he's built a community over the yearsIn 2014…