>> AREN'T YOU IN LOVE?
DEVON HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK
ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
IT'S CALLED "STILL IN THE GAME,
FINDING THE FAITH TO TACKLE
LIFE'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES".
>> HI, YOU TWO.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> HI, MY LEAH, HOW ARE YOU
FEELING?
>> GOOD.
>> YOU'RE FEELING ALL RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> I'M LOOKING AT YOU AND I'M
LOOKING AT THOSE OLD PICTURES
WHEN YOU WERE JUST 4 YEARS OLD,
AND YOU WEREN'T FEELING WELL.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A
LITTLE GIRL HOW YOU FOUND OUT
THAT YOU WERE SICK?
WHO TOLD YOU?
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT IT?
>> I LEARNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I
KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG AT THAT
POINT, AND I KNEW THAT WHY AM I
IN THE HOSPITAL?
IT'S NOT USUAL FOR SOMEONE AT 4
YEARS OLD ALL THE TIME TO BE IN
THE HOSPITAL.
SO I'M LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING
GOT TO BE WRONG, AND SO I'M JUST
TRYING TO LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON?
AND I FIGURE THAT NOBODY'S GOING
TO TELL ME BECAUSE I'M 4 YEARS
OLD, AND I PROBABLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND AND SO THEN I'M JUST
LIKE, OKAY.
AND THEN I FIND OUT WHAT'S
ACTUALLY GOING ON, AND THEN IT'S
JUST I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT
AND I CAN'T CHANGE THAT BECAUSE
IT'S ALREADY THERE SO.
>> AND DID YOU -- DEVON, I LOOK
AT YOU AND I SEE A BIG HULKING
FOOTBALL PLAYER, THE STRONGEST
GUY IN THE ROOM, AND I KNOW ALL
YOU WANTED TO DO IS PROTECT YOUR
LITTLE GIRL.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU LEARNED THE NEWS
THAT THIS LITTLE BEAUTIFUL GIRL
HAD THIS ILLNESS THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN DEVASTATING, WHAT DID YOU
THINK?
>> YOU KNOW, IT BROKE MY HEART.
IT TURNED MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE DAY SHE
WAS BORN, AND I MADE THAT
PROMISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR
CHILDREN.
I FELT LIKE WHEN I FOUND OUT SHE
HAD CANCER I BROKE THAT PROMISE
BECAUSE I COULDN'T PROTECT HER
FROM THIS DISEASE.
>> WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU
BATTLED THROUGH THAT, AND I
REMEMBER SEEING YOU IN THE
HOSPITAL, SEEING BOTH OF YOU,
AND I WAS ALWAYS STRUCK BY HOW
STRONG YOU BOTH WERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> DID YOU EVER CRY IN FRONT OF
YOUR DAD?
>> NO, I REALLY DIDN'T.
IT'S JUST LIKE I DIDN'T WANT TO
BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IF I DID MY
WHOLE FAMILY WOULD CRY, AND I
DIDN'T WANT THAT BECAUSE I KNEW
THAT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GO
THROUGH LIKE I DID, AND SO I
JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM TO CRY
LIKE HOW I CRY, AND SO THAT'S
WHY WHEN I'M AROUND MY DAD,
WELL, WHEN I WAS I DIDN'T CRY IN
FRONT OF HIM.
BOTH OF US DIDN'T CRY IN FRONT
OF EACH OTHER.
>> YOU DIDN'T CRY IN FRONT OF
HER EITHER, DEVON?
>> THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY
BIGGEST REGRETS IS NOT BEING
VULNERABILITY IN FRONT OF HER.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS
EXPERIENCING THE SAME EMOTIONS I
WAS GOING THROUGH.
WHEN WE WOULD GET OFF FACEBOOK I
WOULD START CRYING, AND I FOUND
OUT THAT SHE WOULD GO INTO THE
BATHROOM IN THE HOSPITAL AND CRY
BECAUSE WE JUST TRIED TO STAY
STRONG FOR EACH OTHER.
>> EVERYTHING TURNED AROUND.
YOU GOT THE NEWS THAT YOU WERE
CANCER FREE.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT PHONE
CALL WE HAD.
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW I LEARNED
ABOUT IT.
HOW DID YOU GUYS LEARN?
>> WE WERE PULLING UP FROM THE
HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS REALLY CRAZY
BECAUSE WE WERE JUST THERE WHEN
WE WENT HOME, WE GOT A CALL, AND
WE LITERALLY JUST PULLED UP AT
THE DOOR, DIDN'T EVEN PARK YET,
AND SO THEN WE GET A PHONE CALL
AND I'M LIKE WHO'S THAT.
AND THEN MY DAD ANSWERS THE
PHONE, AND HE'S LIKE, MM-HMM,
MM-HMM, MM-HMM.
AND I'M LIKE, DAD, AM I CANCER
FREE?
AM I CANCER FREE?
>> HE DIDN'T ANSWER BECAUSE HE
WAS ON THE PHONE, AND I'M LIKE
PLEASE ANSWER ME.
I NEED TO KNOW.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN HE GOT
OFF THE PHONE, HE'S JUST LIKE
AND THEN WE'RE LIKE.
AND THEN HE'S LIKE YOU'RE IN
REMISSION.
I'M LIKE, YES!
AND THEN ALL THREE OF US START
HUGGING.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A HAPPY DAY.
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.
NOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK,
DEVON IS YOU'RE USING THIS TO
HELP OTHER PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE
REACHING OUT.
YOU GUYS HAVE COME OUT ON THE
OTHER SIDE, AND I SEE VIDEOS OF
YOU IN HOSPITALS.
THIS BOOK IS FILLED WITH
INSPIRATION.
THAT WAS A SIMPLE DECISION TO
DIVE RIGHT BACK INTO THAT
SITUATION WITH OTHER FAMILIES?
>> HONESTLY I NEVER PLANNED ON
WRITING A BOOK.
I JUST FELT LIKE ONE DAY IT WAS
AN ASSIGNMENT I HAD TO GET MY
TESTIMONY OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING THROUGH SOME STRUGGLES
RIGHT NOW IN THEIR LIFE AND
THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THEY CAN
GET BACK INTO THE GAME.
I FELT LIKE THROUGHOUT ALL THE
STRUGGLES I FACED IN MY LIFE,
GOD GAVE ME A PLAY BOOK THAT
OTHER PEOPLE CAN USE TO GET OFF
THE SIDELINES AND GET BACK INTO
THE GAME.
>> YOUR FAITH IS SUCH A BIG PART
OF THIS.
THE BOOK IS AMAZING.
LEAH, YOU'VE MET SO MANY YOUNG
KIDS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH
CANCER.
IF YOU WERE TO SAY SOMETHING TO
THEM, WHAT WOULD BE ADVICE IF A
CHILD ASKED YOU?
>> I WOULD SAY STAY STRONG, AND
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT'S ON THE
OUTSIDE.
IT MATTERS WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE,
AND YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING THIS
ALONE EVER.
>> YOU ALL ARE SUCH AN
INSPIRATION.
YOUR BOOK IS INCREDIBLE, SO ARE
YOU DEVON.
LEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP
COMING BACK AND SEEING US, OKAY?
LOVE YOU HONEY.
"STILL IN THE GAME" IS OUT
TODAY.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE.
DEVON SHARES THE