“The look on her face when I walked in, she had no idea I was going to be there. I needed that, she needed that,” Vandersloot said. Once she arrived, Vandersloot had to sneak into her mom's hospital room due to COVID protocols, which restricted visitation to one visitor at a time, and her dad was constantly by his wife's side. After the finale in Phoenix, Vandersloot flew home. Vandersloot decided to wait until the Sky played their last seven games of the regular season to return to Washington to visit her mom. There were so many unknowns that was the hardest part.” It felt like we were always playing catch-up. “She was in the hospital right away and we didn’t get a chance to game plan. “The more I talked about it and learned about it, I realized this affects people you know,” Vandersloot said. There is currently no cure for the cancer Jan Vandersloot has, but medical advancements have helped people live with it. She was ridiculously positive and strong and that helped me a lot.” “It was heart-wrenching to hear that from your person. “You try to be strong,” Vandersloot said. It helped that Jan, who declined to be interviewed for this story but has always been Courtney's rock, was in a good mindset. Vandersloot, 34, struggled with the news.
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