Royalty Wright's Home Run for Life
Little Royalty, at just five years old, has a strong personality and is filled with spunk and sass. She needed every bit of it to help her overcome brain cancer that left her with just a 10% chance of survival. Royalty first showed signs of illness during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Little Royalty, at just five years old, has a strong personality and is filled with spunk and sass. She needed every bit of it to help her overcome brain cancer that left her with just a 10% chance of survival.
Royalty first showed signs of illness during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it seemed like her symptoms―headache, fatigue and loss of appetite―were likely due to a virus. But her symptoms didn’t improve.
“My kids are my life,” said Danyalle, Royalty’s mother. “I honestly just simply thought it was going to be [that] she’s sick. I really wanted to believe that it was a virus.”
But changes in Royalty’s behavior had Danyalle fearing something more serious. And a CT scan finally revealed that Royalty had a tumor growing in the back of her head.
She initially received treatment at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis but was able to continue closer to home at Beacon Children’s Hospital, where she underwent three brain surgeries and multiple chemotherapy treatments. Today she’s in remission.
“She’s healthy, she’s in the best shape that she has been within the last two years,” said Danyalle. “She never stopped fighting. Every day she showed me, regardless of what pain she was in, that we were going to get through it,” added Danyalle, who is “beyond grateful” to the care team at Beacon Children’s Hospital. “I’m very happy with Beacon. I love that hospital.”
But above all, Danyalle is full of pride for Royalty.
“I’m proud of how far she’s come. She didn’t stop fighting,” Danyalle said. “Honestly, I’m just proud that she’s able to continue to be a kid and live the life she deserves to live.”
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