HOUSTON — When you scroll through photos on Breeze Hunter's Instagram page , you'll see what appears to be a magical, picture-perfect, easy-breezy life: Texas A&M student, sorority member, boyfriend, lots of fun friends and sorority sisters. But take a tour of Breeze's TikTok page , and you will quickly discover that the former high school cheerleader is in the fight of her life at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Breeze's uplifting videos reveal an inspirational spirit and sense of humor while discussing the daily life of a cancer patient.
The 22-year-old's life was turned upside down in September. Her constant headaches were initially diagnosed as a sinus infection. “My headaches never really went away.
I started getting really tired and weak, like I’d walk to class and get really tired and have to sit down,” Breeze explained in a "story time" post. “I also got really skinny, I thought because I was eating healthy but obviously that’s not what it was.” Then came another scary "red flag" when she went to a concert.
“Right before he started playing, I just passed out in mid-conversation, so I knew that was wrong.” On the day she got her Aggie ring, Breeze noticed a strange rash all over her body. This time, the doctor did bloodwork which came back "jacked up.
" They told her to go straight to the ER. They sent her to MD Anderson where she got the diagnosis: acute myeloid leukemia “The acute part means it’s very fast-growing and aggressive and my leuk.