Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith says family lives 'scan to scan' after daughter's brain tumor diagnosis

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Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith recently opened up about his 7-year-old daughter’s battle with brain cancer, revealing that the 10-hour surgery to remove the malignant tumor back in 2022 had "missed a piece." 

Smith, who retired from the NFL in 2021 after coming back from a gruesome leg injury that nearly cost him his life following a subsequent infection that had developed, told The New York Times in an interview published Friday that his family is living "scan to scan" after his daughter, Sloane, was diagnosed in May 2022 with a rare form of brain cancer. 

Former NFL player and current NFL analyst Alex Smith looks on before the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders at Lincoln Financial Field on Nov. 14, 2022 in Philadelphia. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

"It’s different when it’s your little girl and you’re helpless with how terrifying that is," Smith told the outlet. 

FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK ALEX SMITH DETAILS DAUGHTER'S EMERGENCY BRAIN SURGERY

The 39-year-old former quarterback shared his daughter's diagnosis on social media in June 2022, revealing that just a month prior, she had been rushed to the hospital with "stroke-like symptoms." Smith said further testing had revealed "a large brain tumor," and Sloane was taken into emergency surgery.  

"The 10-hour procedure was the most excruciating time of our lives. A clock has never moved so slowly. The incredible neurosurgeons (at Stanford Medicine Children's Health) did a miraculous job and were able to remove 100% of the tumor," Smith said at the time.

However, a second 10-hour surgery was required this year after doctors discovered that the entire