{"id":3296,"date":"2023-09-14T09:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2023-09-14T09:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T13:42:04","slug":"former-nfl-qb-alex-smith-opens-up-about-daughters-brain-tumor-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2023\/09\/former-nfl-qb-alex-smith-opens-up-about-daughters-brain-tumor-diagnosis.html","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL QB Alex Smith Opens Up About Daughter’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith recently discussed his 7-year-old daughter’s battle with brain cancer, sharing that the 10-hour surgery to remove the malignant tumor in 2022 had “missed a piece.”<\/p>\n

Smith, who retired from the NFL in 2021 after coming back from a horrible leg injury that almost cost him his life after a subsequent infection that had developed, told The New York Times<\/em> that his family is living “scan to scan”<\/a> after his daughter, Sloane, was diagnosed in May 2022 with a rare form of brain cancer. Smith told the outlet, “It’s different when it’s your little girl, and you’re helpless with how terrifying that is.”<\/p>\n

The 39-year-old shared his daughter’s diagnosis on social media in June 2022, revealing that she had been rushed to the hospital just a month before with “stroke-like symptoms.” Smith said further testing revealed “a large brain tumor,” and Sloane was taken into emergency surgery. He said at the time, “The 10-hour procedure was the most excruciating time of our lives. A clock has never moved so slowly. The incredible neurosurgeons (at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health) did a miraculous job and were able to remove 100% of the tumor.”<\/p>\n

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