Daily News | Meet Avon Grove football player Gavin Picard, who’s more than a teen battling against cancer
. The Avon Grove High School junior was in the midst of a pivotal football season. He was coming off a summer of seven-on-seven workouts and started to attend a few showcases at nearby colleges.
They then went to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, where Beth has worked for 15 years. Gavin underwent several tests, and after an hour passed, an emergency room attendant came in. Beth said, “I thought you were done?” But she could tell by the look in the nurse’s eyes that she was about to tell them life-altering news.
The last six months have been a whirlwind of emotions for the Picard family. His story has received national attention as well. In October,at the end of the final game of Avon Grove’s football season against Coatesville as the two schools, who are rivals, came together to recognize Gavin’s fight against cancer.
“I learned to just stop trying to get mad at things that are out of my control. I was really mad at that I was going to be sick every other week. There’s nothing I can do to control that — I had to do this to get better. Once I stopped getting angry [about] the things I can’t control, that really helped my mindset.”
The community rallied behind them. On the day Gavin came home from his final treatment, family, friends, and teammates made signs that were displayed around the front lawn, congratulating him.“It’s just made me realize that there’s a lot bigger things going on,” Gavin said about his perspective of life. “It’s kind of like a cliché, but there’s a lot more important things than the little things I was worrying about. ... I know in the grand scheme of things they don’t matter.
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