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<\/p>\nA Texas teen hit with a medical emergency and a life-changing diagnosis is now giving back to other kids fighting for their lives.<\/p>\n
Heading to the driving range and picking up his golf club is an integral part of 17-year-old Avery Lilly’s life.<\/p>\n
“Golf is very important in my life. At the end of every day, the end of school, I just get to go play golf with my golf team,” Avery Lilly said.<\/p>\n
Continuing to perfect his craft is something that almost didn’t happen.<\/p>\n
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“It originally started in seventh grade. I joined football, and I started having these really bad headaches,” Avery Lilly said. “I was vomiting all the time and lost 30 pounds in two months.”<\/p>\n
Avery’s mom, LaSonya, took him to the hospital three years ago and got devastating news.<\/p>\n
“He checked him out, looked him over, and from there sent us over to the hospital, and the rest was from there, where they discovered the tumor,” LaSonya Lilly said.<\/p>\n
“When I heard that, I honestly didn’t want to believe it. Like, I thought I was in a dream or something,” Avery Lilly said.<\/p>\n
Avery survived a brain surgery at Children’s Health in Dallas, but then got more bad news.<\/p>\n
“After my first brain surgery, I started chemotherapy, and halfway through, we found out that the tumor had doubled in size, so we have had the second brain surgery,” Avery Lilly said.<\/p>\n
“We think they’re good, they’re healthy, and all of a sudden, devastation hits. I would tell one and just keep them close and love on them as much as you can,” LaSonya Lilly said.<\/p>\n
In May, Avery rang the bell and got to celebrate the end of his cancer treatments. Now he’s giving back through the sport he loves.<\/p>\n