As recently as July, Still updated the status of his daughter saying she remained cancer free.
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Five-year-old Leah Still was given 50-50 odds to survive after she was diagnosed in June 2014 with stage IV neuroblastoma, a rare form of pediatric cancer.
Devon and Leah before training camp this season. Not only is Leah putting the dagger in cancer, but her father has a new National Football League job lined up for 2016 (he did not play in 2015 after getting waived by the Bengals on September 5).
Still, who was a defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals has been signed by the Houston Texas under a reserve future contract.
But after a tough battle that saw the little girl undergo harsh and painful treatments, she eventually went into remission, which was confirmed by tests this past summer. I can honestly say that you all made a big difference.
‘I love you and I’m just proud of the way you’ve been handling yourself this past year’.
Late Monday night, while most football fans were glued to the end of the college football national championship game, Devon sat through the last few hours of his daughter’s drawn-out fight for her life.
‘From the moment you were born, you molded me into the man I am today.
For parents and families of children facing pediatric cancer, Devon shared some invaluable advice on Tuesday.
“Every time we received bad news or felt like it was coming to a point were we couldn’t fight anymore, I would go to the comments you all wrote cheering us on and it would make us fight so much harder”.
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“Drop to your knees everyday and pray”.
