14-year-old volleyball player loses part of her leg after collapsing during practice

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) - A 14-year-old volleyball player needed the lower half of her leg amputated after she collapsed during practice because of a heart condition she didn’t know she had. She is now determined to walk and play volleyball again with a prosthetic.Delilah Mendez, a 14-year-old student-athlete at Casa Grande Union High School, loves playing volleyball. She had big dreams of getting a college scholarship, but two months ago, everything changed when she had a health crisis during practice and collapsed on the court.“I couldn’t catch my breath, and then, I felt dizzy at the same time,” Delilah said.Her mother, Rosie Mendez, received a call that her daughter had passed out.“I thought maybe she was just dehydrated or something small, so I didn’t think anything serious until they told me she didn’t have a pulse,” Mendez said.‘She is a fighter’Delilah was rushed to a local hospital then flown to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she was placed on a heart and l