Audrey Baxter has been playing basketball since she was 9 years old, and it’s her favorite sport by far. For the Eagle High senior, the close bond with her team has helped her through the hardest time of her life.
She lost her mom, Karen Baxter, in March 2024 when she was only 16 years old.
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“So we actually had gotten back from spring break on Sunday night. She just felt like she was sick, and then Monday night she went into the ER and then immediately was in the ICU and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and then that Saturday she passed,” Baxter said.
The diagnosis was completely unexpected, with no family history of leukemia…