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Alyssa Cavanaugh headed home

Former WKU volleyball star Alyssa Cavanaugh is finally headed home after being treated for Leukemia.

Leslie Cavanaugh, Alyssa’s mother, made the announcement via Twitter on Friday. The tweet included a list of things that had happened before they left including “goodbye hugs from medical staff.”

Lab worku2714ufe0f reduce meds u2714ufe0f bone marrow biopsy all clearu2714ufe0f goodbye hugs from medical staffu2714ufe0f ... can only mean one thing... IT’S TIME TO GO HOME!!!! @cavanaugh7 pic.twitter.com/CA18e7dlMn

— Leslie Cavanaugh (@lcavanaugh922) May 31, 2019

Cavanaugh announced she was diagnosed with Leukemia in September 2018 via Twitter.