Devon Still’s Daughter Gets Ready for Daddy’s Big Night
Cancer-stricken Leah Still, 4, travels to Cincinnati for Bengals game.
— -- Leah Still flew from Philadelphia to Cincinnati to see her father play pro football for the first time tonight, but the journey started long before she fastened her seat belt.
Leah, the daughter of Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still, was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in June when doctors discovered a mass in her abdomen. She's now feeling well enough to leave the hospital in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, she got her nails done before the flight to primp for the big game.
"She's just excited," Still told ABC's Cincinnati affiliate WCPO. "She said how she's going to be yelling in the crowd and stuff, so she's been feeling good."
Although the Bengals had initially cut Still from the team, they re-signed him to their practice squad to help him keep his health insurance when they learned about Leah's diagnosis.
Still was later re-added to the official team roster and will play tonight's home game against the Cleveland Browns.
"Daddy, I'm on a plane," Leah said into a camera in a video message to her father on Wednesday night, which he posted on Instagram. "We have to go on another plane because this plane doesn't go all the way to Cincinnati."
Leah then reminded him that he was supposed to pick her up at the airport.
Still captioned the video, "All the fame has went to her head. Now all of the sudden she doesn't do layovers she a direct flight type of kid."
After the first quarter of the game, Leah is expected to be part of a ceremony in which the team presents a check to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for more than $1 million to go toward pediatric cancer research. The team raised money from sales of Still's jersey, No. 75, which sold out, according to the team's website.
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