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Aspyn Ovard reveals more about her daughter’s cancer diagnosis on social media
Ovard first publicly detailed his daughter’s diagnosis on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, which started on November 12
Ovard co-parent her three daughters with ex-husband Parker Ferris after their split in 2024
Aspyn Ovard looks back on the journey of her daughter suffering from terminal cancer.
Ovard, 30, appears in the first season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange Countywhich began broadcast on Thursday, November 12. In the spinoff, she shared publicly for the first time that one of her three children — Cove, 7, Lola, 5, and Elle, 2 — had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, calling the years since her daughter’s diagnosis “hell.”
“I’ve definitely had a really tough few years over the last few years, and I think people in my real life know that,” Ovard told PEOPLE in an interview ahead of the season’s release.
Parker Ferris and Aspyn Ovard with their daughter via Instagram
Credit: Aspyn Ovard/Instagram
On Friday, November 13, the content creator posted to Instagram, sharing more photos taken over the years as she and her family continued to navigate their daughter’s diagnosis.
In the first slide, Ovard posted a photo of her, her ex-husband Parker Ferris and two of their daughters, from behind, on a beach. “Almost 4 years and I still haven’t found the words to describe the pain. 💔,” Ovard wrote in the caption.
Alongside a photo of Parker, Aspyn and two of their daughters, Ovard wrote, “All the hopes and dreams I had for my family are gone. I still haven’t found a way out 💔.”
Although Ovard did not identify which of her three daughters had cancer, in one of the slides she appeared to name Cove, sharing a photo from a past 4th birthday and writing in the caption, “I didn’t think she would be 4 💔 I’ve had 3 more birthdays since, still thinking it’s the last one.”
In the rest of the post, Ovard recounted different moments of his cancer journey, including hospital stays. One photo showed Aspyn holding her daughter’s hand in the hospital bed. In the caption, she noted that her daughter was “hospitalized on her second diagnosis anniversary.”
“The nurse who was in the room when we heard the news was on duty that day and it was so triggering,” Ovard wrote. “His face haunts me with memories of the worst day of my life 💔.”
The final photo featured a selfie of the mother of three and her daughter with an emoji on their faces. “Today. Still in pain ❤️🩹 Still wondering how much time I have left,” she captioned the snap.
“For the last few years, we’ve been living from scan to scan with MRIs for my daughter,” Ovard said in a confessional on an episode of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County. “Eventually something will feel different, and knowing that every day is just one day closer to missing it is the most horrible, miserable feeling.”
Once she decided to finally share the diagnosis for the first time, Ovard told PEOPLE it was like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
“Being able to tell my story and having help writing it and showing what my life is really like has kind of taken a little bit of the weight off my shoulders, even though it’s a very heavy thing to share,” Ovard said. “It was definitely a big decision and something that I just hope to feel good about in the end because I just haven’t really known how to share my life over the last few years.”
Parker Ferris, Aspyn Ovard and two of their daughters.
Credit: Aspyn Ovard/Instagram
Ovard – who is currently in a relationship with her partners Bri and Billy Davis – is raising her children with her ex-husband, Parker Ferris. The two separated in 2024.
In addition to their daughter’s cancer diagnosis, the season explored tense moments in their relationship, including a particularly explosive therapy session during which Ovard accused Ferris of trying to “distract” himself from the grief he feels from the illness. Later, it was revealed that Ferris had also lied to Ovard about his drinking habits.
“My marriage was nowhere near being able to survive something like this. We weren’t even going to make it until this happened,” she said in a confessional. “It’s so toxic and hard and through it all I feel like I’m still trying to take care of him because I know how much he’s grieving.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
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