Overview

• An unnamed physician, as recounted by mother Dana in an RTL interview, told her to prepare for the possibility that Delani may not survive the year.
• The teenager has undergone two operations and four chemotherapy cycles without success, prompting the move to immunotherapy as the next step.
• The family says Delani’s cancer began as a tumor near the kidney before spreading to both lungs earlier this year.
• Dana says the family is coordinating with a palliative team while holding out hope for a medical turnaround.
• Despite a feeding tube and other lines, Delani continues to ride her horse, which her mother describes as vital to preserving her sense of normal life.