He was on his way to his senior prom, a high-school rite of passage.
But Avery’s not your average 18-year-old, and his prom group wasn’t filled with soon-to-be high school graduates. Rather, his core group of friends on this night included two Broncos players and a couple of Bachelors.
How’s that for a prom night?
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Avery suffers from two rare diseases -- so rare that Children’s Colorado Hospital had never seen a case quite like his. He’s spent a majority of his life in hospitals, including a nine-month stretch last year that held him back a year in school.