Andrew Wylie was in the middle of his final season with the Kansas City Chiefs when he learned that his sister Allie was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

"Very scary, and it was tough because I couldn't be there," Wylie said. "It was right around the time her and her husband were trying to get pregnant, too, which brought a whole other level of difficult."

Many members of the Wylie family have navigated thyroid struggles. Andrew, for example, has managed hyperthyroidism since high school. His sister, however, is the only one to have thyroid cancer. Thankfully, Allie was able to get the gland removed surgically, eliminating the cancer.

"She has two beautiful kids now -- a little niece and a nephew," the Commanders guard said. "Just extremely grateful we're all doing well over on the Wylie

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