Victory Project Matchday Honorees | Sporting Kansas City (original) (raw)

07.20.24 SKC vs St. Louis Matchday Honoree

Ava was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on March 27, 2017. She underwent 800 days of chemotherapy and treatment and finished treatment on June 5, 2019. She has remained cancer-free. Ava was an active, happy, healthy 4-year-old little girl! She loved going to dance class, taking swim lessons, and going to preschool every day. That was until January 2017, when one day, she began complaining of back pain.

Within a week, Ava was no longer able to walk, stand, or even sit up most times due to the severe pain in her back. It took nearly 12 weeks to get answers and a diagnosis for Ava.

She became completely bedridden, extremely sick, and dehydrated and had to be admitted to the hospital on March 25th. On March 28, 2017, she began chemotherapy treatment.

She finished treatment 800 days later, however, that treatment came with some horrendous short-term, and long-term, side effects. Since Ava finished treatment in 2019, she has battled extreme neuropathy, memory issues, severe dental issues, anxiety, PTSD, and muscle weakness, to name a few things. She continues to be treated at Children's Hospital due to the damage of treatment.