Scott Faytok

2 months ago | nj.com | Brandon Gould |Andre Malok |Andrew Mills |Scott Faytok

Johnny Jackson shot up in the middle of the night, in a sweat. Pain ripped through the 17-year-old’s body, as if he were being stabbed. Jackson stumbled down the hall as the pain intensified. A heart attack? His mind raced as he opened up the door to his parent’s bedroom in agonizing desperation. “I think I’m dying,” he trembled. That nightmarish scene from last February terrified Jackson. He had known for months something was wrong. The star point guard had lost 20 pounds since November.