KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a field where she once led cheers for others, this time, the cheers were for her.

Former Chiefs cheerleader Sabrina Dotson returned to Arrowhead Stadium this past weekend for the NFL’s Crucial Catch game, surrounded by her former teammates and the current Chiefs Cheerleaders.

But this visit was different.

“The Crucial Catch game was a game that I was on the field cheering on the Chiefs for,” Sabrina said.

“I had been back as a fan for those games and held up other people’s names on that sign. So, it was just an interesting moment to go from those different perspectives to kind of, I’m cheering for me now.”

Sabrina, a wife and mother of two young children, was diagnosed with stage four de novo metastatic breast cancer in November of 2024 — just one day before her son turned eight months old.

“When we found out that it had spread to my bones and my liver, that was probably the worst day of my entire life,” she said.

“Stage four can be treatable, but at that point, it can’t be cured.”

Since that moment, Sabrina has approached each day with resilience and joy. She made four daily commitments for herself: one of them was to have a daily dance party.

“My alumni sisters threw a dance party, and it was like a dance class,” she said.

“This last weekend, just feeling the love from the current team. I just hope it’s clear to everybody that it is a true sisterhood, it’s a community. And it’s so much more than just cheering on the Chiefs to a victory.”

Her husband Bubba, who’s been by her side since they were young kids, says her determination is nothing short of incredible.

“You can either stop, or you can keep going,” he said. “And she just keeps freaking going. It’s wildly inspiring and has been really motivating to have our kids with us the whole time, and it’s like, okay, this is what we’re fighting for.”

That fighting spirit hasn’t gone unnoticed by her friends. Leslie McCain, Sabrina’s former teammate and fellow cheerleader, says Sabrina’s light has never dimmed, even through the hardest days.

“She is just joy,” Leslie said.

“Her smile, her laugh, it’s contagious. Her light has always shone bright, but it’s never been dimmed because of her diagnosis. It’s only been magnified.”

Sabrina hopes her journey shows others that life after a cancer diagnosis can still be full and beautiful.

“I hope that by sharing my story, I can be an inspiration to other people that after a cancer diagnosis, life isn’t over,” she said.

“There’s still life to live and live it to the fullest. Run a half-marathon if you want, go on the vacation, play with your kids even if it’s at 4 in the morning, and do it with a grateful heart.”

Through it all, Sabrina says she plans never to stop dancing and encourages others to do the same.