Panthers assistant coach Eric Coovert was diagnosed with Plasmablastic lymphoma in July.
HOUSTON — At Kingwood Park High School, whether it’s in the classroom or the locker room, Eric Coovert can take seemingly anything and turn it into a lesson.
He’s also an assistant varsity football coach and an adoring father and husband who would seem to have it all.It’s what he’s had that has changed everything.Further testing would confirm it was plasmablastic lymphoma.For Coovert, it’s been months of a week of treatments which consist of a machine connected to him, on a 24-hour pump cycle, in which three chemos are pumping into his body, he said.
“We never allowed ourselves to see the negatives… we focused on the positives mostly,” says Coovert’s wife Emily who has been right be his side. So a few weeks ago when coach Coovert got some news ahead of a big game he knew exactly who he had to break it to… the video has gone viral.
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