
Kate and Chance said they were spending the time they had left to give Eliza 'as much of a normal toddler life as possible' They were informed by Eliza's surgery and oncology team that the next step would be to resect as many nodules as possible then hit her right lung again with ablative radiation. Jude's Research Hospital.Įliza underwent brain surgery to have the tumor and affected brain tissue removed before starting aggressive chemotherapy at the end of July.Ĭhance and Kate documented her journey on Instagram and TikTok, including her surgeries and chemotherapy, with Eliza capturing the hearts of millions.Īccording to the family's GoFundMe page, her The last CT scan revealed eight nodules in her right lung.

The following month she was diagnosed with malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT), a rare and aggressive tumor that occurs in infancy or childhood.Ī few weeks later doctors found an additional tumor in her brain, and she was diagnosed with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare and fast-growing cancerous tumor of the brain and spinal cord, according to St. She was diagnosed with cancer in June 2019 when she was just 10 months old and needed to have one of her kidneys removed the day after her diagnosis due to complications caused by her tumor.Ĭhance and Kate documented her journey on Instagram and TikTok, including her surgeries and chemotherapy, with Eliza capturing the hearts of millions In February last year Chance shared a sweet video of Eliza ringing the bell and receiving a round of applause at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, where she was treated.

You are and will always be an incredible man.

And even the days after Eliza is no longer with us. I love you, Chance. No one, except Eliza, Chance, and myself really know all the incredible memories he has given each of us and our family. She wrote: 'Chance loves Eliza more than anything or anyone in this world. Hours earlier Kate had shared a heartfelt Father's Day post admitting she's 'hated Father's Day for as long as I can remember', but praising Chance for being 'beyond a father'. Kate's post attracted 1,305,857 likes, with dozens of her 596,000 followers sharing heartfelt messages of condolence. Kate admitted that she didn't expect Eliza's death to feel 'so sudden' because they knew she was dying, but she 'wasn't ready to see what I saw' (pictured with Chance) 'I want to believe I will wake up from this nightmare and you will be there holding our hands. That we are now intertwined for life. I want to believe you are still alive somewhere. That you left your little body and gently latched onto our souls. 'I also want to believe your soul transferred into us, your Mamma and your Dadda. Dancing in meadows or swinging on trees or walking alongside a beach somewhere with ocean salt water washing over your toes. 'I don't know where your soul went when it left your little body. I want to believe you are somewhere with my dad and my sister. I don't think I ever will be ready to move on. 'I woke up this morning, still half asleep, and reached for your hand. Kate said she and Chance are 'broken' even though they know their daughter is 'no longer suffering or in pain or frustrated with what life had become'
