SALT LAKE CITY — At 17, Olivia Smart is doing what many teenagers love — playing pickleball, baking cookies, and teaching her dog new tricks. But just three years ago, her world looked very different.

At 14, Olivia’s mom, Sarah, noticed something was off.

“She had bruising, and she had black spots in her eyes,” Sarah recalled. “She was on a hike and just felt really faint. I said, ‘You know what? We just need to go and get a checkup.’”

That checkup changed everything.

“The phone call came in an hour after the blood test,” Sarah said. “It was our pediatrician saying, ‘I hate to do it like this, but Olivia has leukemia, and they’re waiting for you at Primary Children’s.’”

A Diagnosis That Changed Everything

The diagnosis was a shock. Olivia had never even had an IV before. Suddenly, sh

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