Overview
- Her parents announced that Amanda Elizabeth Mack died on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 9:16 p.m., and Holy Cross, Eastern Kentucky and Cincinnati volleyball programs issued public tributes.
- Mack was hospitalized in July in critical condition with a hemoglobin of 4 and platelets of 1 and was diagnosed after two bone marrow biopsies with Severe Aplastic Anemia, a rare condition in which bone marrow stops making enough blood cells.
- Doctors told Mack that a matched bone marrow donor was identified and that a transplant had been scheduled for Aug. 11 after she received transfusions and immunosuppressive therapy.
- Mack posted updates on Instagram describing emergency surgeries, transfusions and finishing immunosuppressive therapy in mid-August while she waited for transplant testing and marrow recovery.
- No official cause of death has been released, and reporting to date centers on her rapid medical decline, the documented treatment plan, and the outpouring of grief from teammates and coaches.