NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Devon Still (R) poses with daughter Leah Still backstage at the Rookie USA Presents Kids Rock! - Front Row & Backstage - Fall 2016 New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Skylight at Moynihan Station on February 11, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/WireImage)
<p><strong>Devon Still</strong> brought tears to daughter <strong>Leah Still&#8217;s</strong> eyes with a video montage of her journey to <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/woman-fake-cancer-diagnosis-donor-arrested/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">being cancer-free</a>. The former NFL player shared the compilation and Leah&#8217;s reaction to viewing it on Sunday (March 26). After being given a 50-50 chance of survival, Leah recently celebrated eight years in remission.</p>
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<p>Leah was diagnosed with high-risk, stage 4 neuroblastoma at four years old. It&#8217;s a <a href="https://www.stjude.org/disease/neuroblastoma.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rare form of cancer</a> that &#8220;accounts for 7 to 10 percent of childhood cancers,&#8221; per St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital. Neuroblastoma develops from nerve cells in the fetus&#8211;typically leading to tumors. Treatment ranges from surgery to chemotherapy and radiation.</p>
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<p>Leah, who is now 12, experienced all three. Doctors removed a tumor from her abdomen shortly after her June 2014 diagnosis. The surgery reportedly took seven hours. According to <em>TODAY, </em><a href="https://www.today.com/parents/devon-still-daughter-leah-discuss-braving-neuroblastoma-t237010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Still also</a> &#8220;underwent 41 days of chemo, 40 days of antibody therapy. 19 days of radiation,&#8221; and a stem cell transplant.</p>
<p>Nine months after the diagnosis, on March 25, 2015, Leah&#8217;s doctors informed her that no cancer was present in her body. Devon&#8217;s video montage shows a younger Leah getting a haircut, dancing, talking to the camera, and speaking about her &#8220;tough&#8221; journey and praying through it.</p>
<p>By the end of the video, a weeping 12-year-old Leah turned to Devon and asked, &#8220;dad, why&#8217;d you make it so emotional.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sometimes you have to look back at your life to remember just how far you&#8217;ve come. Help me congratulate Leah on 8 years cancer-free,&#8221; Devon captioned the montage on Instagram and Twitter.</p></blockquote>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Devon Is Now A Father Of Three Despite Fear Of Expanding Family After Leah&#8217;s Cancer</h3>
<p>In 2021, Leah and Devon collaborated with United Therapeutics to launch a neuroblastoma educational initiative. The Braving Neuroblastoma project gives families who&#8217;ve received the diagnosis a guide on before, during, and after treatment.</p>
<p>When she was 11, <a href="https://www.neuroblastoma-info.com/resources-support/braving-neuroblastoma/#leahs-journey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Still spoke</a> about her diagnosis and remission in an interview published on the partnership&#8217;s website.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Now that I&#8217;m older, I&#8217;m more aware of what I&#8217;d gone through as a child and the effects it may have on me as I grow up,&#8221; Leah said. &#8220;I&#8217;m happy to have now graduated into the survivorship program, but I do understand there is always a chance the cancer may come back&#8211;I try not to think about it too much and instead enjoy my family and friends.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, Leah only visits the hospital for testing once a year. Before celebrating eight years cancer-free, Leah told <em>Fox News </em>that now she&#8217;s trying to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6323387501112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">find her identity</a> outside of being the kid who had cancer or Devon Still&#8217;s daughter.</p>
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<p>Over the years, she has played soccer, ran <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3TcF9BMAt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for student council</a> Vice President (and won), and celebrated multiple birthdays. Devon and Leah&#8217;s stepmother, Asha, gave her room a Harry Potter-themed makeover in December.</p>
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<p>Together, the father-daughter duo, who became household names amid Leah&#8217;s diagnosis and recovery, also launched the <a href="https://stillstrongfoundation.org/about-ssf/our-story/#:~:text=Leah%20and%20I%20created%20the,a%20victorious%20fight%20against%20cancer." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Still Strong Foundation</a> in 2015.</p>
<p>Though Devon previously <a href="https://www.today.com/parents/dads/devon-still-leah-cancer-rcna64412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed fear and trauma</a> in expanding his family, he and Asha welcomed their first daughter, Aria, in 2019 and their second daughter, Amya Jae, in January. So he now has three &#8220;beautiful daughters.&#8221;</p>
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