Make Page Six a Preferred Source Reality star Aspyn Ovard has shared a heartbreaking glimpse into her family’s life since her daughter’s terminal cancer diagnosis.
“Almost 4 years and I still haven’t found the words to describe the pain,” the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” star captioned a series of personal photos on Instagram Friday.
After previously keeping her identity private, Ovard — who shares three children with ex-husband Parker Ferris — seemingly confirmed that her eldest daughter, Cove, 7, is the one battling the disease.
“Didn’t think she would get to turn 4 💔,” she wrote under a photo from the youngster’s fourth birthday, surrounded by balloons and cupcakes. “Celebrated 3 more birthdays since, always thinking it’s the last.”
Ovard also shared pictures from Cove’s “triggering” hospital visits, as well as snapshots from a family trip to Mexico that took place just three months after they welcomed their youngest daughter, Elle, now 2.
“Took my 3-month-old to Mexico because I’m always trying to make my little girl’s dreams come true ❤️🩹,” she captioned the vacation photo. “Always racing against time.”
The YouTube creator concluded the emotional carousel with a present-day photo of herself and Cove.
“Always hurting ❤️🩹,” she wrote. “Always wondering how much time is left.”
Ovard, 30, first shared her daughter’s devastating diagnosis in Episode 1 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County,” which dropped on Hulu Thursday.
“Everything happened just so out of nowhere,” she said in the premiere. “One day she was OK and the next day she wasn’t.”
“At the hospital, we were like, ‘It has to be fine.’ You can’t fathom they’re actually gonna tell you that your baby has cancer, and that it’s terminal and she could be gone in a month.”
Ovard later revealed that doctors have referred to Cove as a “walking miracle,” as it’s unusual for a child with her type of cancer to survive for as long as she has.
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Ovard and Ferris, who also share 5-year-old daughter Lola, met in high school and got married in 2015.
The content creator — who is now in a throuple with Bri Davis and her husband, Billy Davis — filed for divorce in 2024 after learning Ferris had been secretly drinking alcohol behind her back. The filing came on the same day she announced the birth of their third daughter.
While their current relationship appears mostly amicable, Ovard and Ferris were seen getting into a heated argument over their daughter’s diagnosis in the final moments of the “SLOMW: OC” premiere.
In the gut-wrenching scene, Ovard accuses her ex of “nitpicking” her parenting style to distract himself from his grief.
“You grasp onto anything that you can to distract yourself from the grief of the fact that our daughter is going to die!” Ovard exclaims. “You know that’s true.”
“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” is currently streaming on Hulu.
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