Reply #36: No, she was conscious. and she enjoyed the baby [View All]

[Midlodemocrat]

for about six months, but the cancer was so aggressive that it killed her 16 months after the baby was born. She was hospitalized for about 10 of those months.

My point being that she didn't start the treatment when she should have/could have to give the baby a chance to live. She essentially sacrificed her own life for her child, much as this woman did.

It has been very, very difficult. I have three of my own and everytime I was pregnant, I would just pray that I would live long enough to raise them. My dear SIL didn't get that chance, but she did, through her unbelievably selfless act, give my brother the greatest gift of his life.