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Doctors Said I Had Cancer and Needed to Abort My Son to Save My Life; Instead, I Received a Miracle"But then I remembered those tiny hands and feet I had just watched dance around on the ultrasound screen. I remembered the kicks and the movement. That was my son too. The words of Psalm 139:16 came into my head: ‘Your eyes have seen my unformed substance, and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me when as yet there was not one of them.’"
This is not to give myself a pat on the back by any means; I just did it because it was the right thing to do. These issues were so black and white to me. The only "gray area" I struggled with were the exception cases: rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. Politicians and the media told me these were the only situations in which abortion was necessary and needed. It was okay in those instances. Wasn’t it? It seemed heartless to argue otherwise. So when I found myself in one of those situations, with a swollen belly full of tiny kicks and movement and a doctor telling me I would most likely die if I continued the pregnancy, I had to come to grips with what exactly I believed about those "gray areas." I was 20 weeks pregnant with my son, Eli, when we got the news. We were there for a routine anatomy scan to find out the gender. One moment we were elated and hugging, rejoicing that we were going to have a second son, and the next our world came to a complete halt. "Your son isn’t going to make it," the doctor said.
My heart broke into a million pieces. My husband Chris and I just cried and held each other. We wanted this baby. We had already imagined him and his brother Rhett (who was 9 months old at the time) growing up and being best friends. We loved this baby. Then the doctor continued speaking. "My biggest concern is for your health right now." She told me I was extremely at risk. I had a partial molar pregnancy and this meant that I had cancer in my placenta that would spread to my brain, lungs, and liver the longer I carried Eli. I was at risk for seizures and strokes, blindness and ultimately death. She warned me that my symptoms could happen quickly and without notice. She recommended I terminate the pregnancy immediately and start chemotherapy as soon as I could. I felt like I had no choice... Continue reading here.
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