Ashley Cain has revealed that his 8-month-old daughter, Azaylia Diamond, recently experienced another complication in her ongoing struggle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, according to PEOPLE.
On Thursday, the 30-year-old star shared his daughter’s condition on Instagram Stories, revealing that she suffered a seizure following a hospital visit for issues with her nasogastric (NG) tube.
Azaylia seemed fine when she underwent a platelet transfusion and had her NG tube fixed during the visit, according to Cain. However, she experienced a seizure soon after the family left the hospital.
Cain said, “Yesterday, we got into the hospital. Got her platelets done. Managed to sort out her NG tube, thankfully. And then as we’re getting back into the car, she had a spike in temperature and like a seizure, so her eyes were rolling.”
“She was hot. She wasn’t breathing,” he continued. “She had to get on the oxygen straight away and get her cool on the way home. Then when we got home, it happened again. We ended up having a nurse at the palliative care team at our house until 1 a.m.”
Cain said, “It was difficult, man. There’s a lot you don’t see on this journey — a lot you don’t want to see.”
“It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no breaks — but it’s all worth it because … she woke up again this morning,” he added. “She’s still with us today. All the hard work we’re putting in now is worth the reward in the end, to get that little smile and her eyes opening. It’s amazing.”
Earlier this month, Cain said he is taking his ailing daughter home after doctors discovered that Azaylia’s leukemia had worsened, making it extremely difficult to receive further treatment. Cain decided to take his kid home to “try and make our baby as comfortable as possible.”
On April 8, he wrote, “She’s had a tough, tough life. From 8 weeks old, she’d been in hospital having chemotherapy, operations, transplants. And I feel like, for the last part of her life, I just want to take her home, see her like a baby and give her the best rest of her life that we can give her.” The article was published on PEOPLE.
