Leah Still continues fight against cancer with stem-cell therapy

There haven't been any signs that Leah Still's cancer has returned, but her family would rather err on the side of caution.

The 4-year-old has been in remission for a month after aggressive chemotherapy and surgery, but that doesn't mean her battle is completely over yet. Her father, Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still, posted a heartfelt and informative Instagram message about Leah's progress and the stem-cell treatments she will be receiving.

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Just got to the hospital ready to start Leah's stem cell transplant. For those who don't know what a stem cell transplant is, it's an inpatient procedure that last about 4-6 weeks were patients receive high dosage chemo in order to destroy their damaged or cancerous cells in the body and rebuild new ones. It's a very serious, scary and long treatment but it is a step in the right direction. I'm definitely nervous about this because of the unknown of how her body with react and all the risk that come with the procedure but as you can see Leah is ready and I will gain my strength through her like I have since the beginning. Please send up a prayer for her! #LeahStrong Also I noticed the concerned comments on other post asking why Leah is still doing treatments if she's in remission. Remission basically means that doctors can't see any cancerous cells when looking at scans and test. But when studying cancer you know that although you can't see any cancer cells on scans, physicals, or test because of the strength of the technology, more than likely there are cells hiding.

A photo posted by Devon Still (@man_of_still75) on May 5, 2015 at 8:22am PDT

Still has been open about the struggles his daughter has gone through since she was diagnosed with cancer last June.

So far, she looks to be well on the road to recovery.