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She Died So Her Baby Could Live

Woman Who Declined Cancer Treatments to Give Unborn Baby Life Dies

Aberdeen, Scotland (LifeNews.com) -- Anna Radosz will truly be remembered as a hero who put the life of her unborn child ahead of her own. Diagnosed with a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, Radosz declined to take her child's life in an abortion so she could save her own and declined the chemotherapy treatments that could have helped her. Six months into the pregnancy, Radosz was given the bad news that she needed treatment to combat a malignant melanoma. She steadfastly refused to take her child's life to advance her own health and last November gave birth to her son Oscar. But the selfless act cost her her own life and the 27 year-old woman died this week with her partner, Daniel Smajdor at her bedside. The grief he felt was a contrast to the wonderful life they thought they would lead when Radosz left Poland to live with him in Scotland. A year before the move, Radosz was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma when a mole on her arm was discovered and later removed. But, during the pregnancy, spots returned to her arm and parts of her neck. Doctors at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary said the cancer had returned. Radosz ultimately gave birth to Oscar prematurely at 36 weeks into pregnancy, waiting as long as she could to give him the best chance of life but ending the pregnancy as quickly as she could to begin receiving the cancer treatments. Despite the chemotherapy, the cancer had spread to her lungs and a brain tumor was developing.
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Live Baby So Died She

What a sad story, I don't know what I would do in a situation like this one since this woman was six months pregnant when they diagnosed her with cancer so the fetus was almost like a full-term baby! It must has been a very difficult decision to make.