Broken Arrow Cancer Survivor To Be Batgirl For Royals-Yankees Game

One of Oklahoma's Own is off to the major leagues to help strike out cancer.

Kelly VanBuskirk is packing for Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium for the Royals vs. Yankees, two of her favorite teams.

The Broken Arrow mom was selected by Major League Baseball as an honorary bat girl, for her work as a breast cancer awareness advocate and survivor.

VanKirk underwent a double mastectomy at 35. She said the battle is long, but there's always hope.

"Just know that each day you get up, you're another day closer to the end of it,” VanBuskirk said. “You can be a survivor. Even when there's dark times, good can come out of it."

She will be recognized during the pregame ceremony on Mother's Day.