Alabama Special Forces soldier returns home and finds out his son has cancer

Alabama soldier returns home and finds out his son has cancer

Soldier returns
Special Forces Sergeant First Class Smiddie Avery and his family celebrated Monday night in Alabaster. Sgt. Avery was in Afghanistan, but he found out his son faces a different type of battle here.

By: KALISHA WHITMAN
Alabama's13.com
Published: December 26, 2011

Coming home for the holidays isn't something every soldier gets to experience, however, this year Special Forces Sergeant First Class Smiddie Avery made it home just in time.

“You don't realize what home is until you have to leave it and go away for a long period of time,” Sgt Avery said. “Everything means that much more when you get back.”

However, not long after his arrival he found out his 18-year-old son, Sam, would prepare for a fight that has nothing to do with the battle field.

He said, “I was home about two weeks and found out he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.”
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