Cancer Survivor

During the writer’s fortnight, I attended 4 different stories from guest speakers. This one was about a cancer survivors story. Even though she knew that there was a history of cancer in her family, when she was 30 she fell ill. She didn’t believe that it could happen to her so early. Very few of the family members that got cancer survived. When she said that she wanted to wait 3 months for a surgery that affected me because I thought that she would’ve wanted to get it over with as this was a life-threatening issue. Once she no longer had cancer, her husband and her wanted to start a family. There were many complications in the multiple pregnancies (miscarriages and false positives), but eventually, she fell pregnant. Around 13 weeks in they found out that if she gave birth to her daughter that she would be born with many disabilities, the doctors insisted on her aborting the baby. She didn’t want to abort the baby though because they had waited so long for a baby. This surprised me as there was a high possibility that the baby wouldn’t live for very long and that her daughter might not even make it. Her positive attitude and faith helped her make the decision and that’s why her 6-month-old daughter is alive and healthy, almost as if she was a miracle baby.