{"id":269694,"date":"2022-06-09T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=269694"},"modified":"2022-06-09T14:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:23:29","slug":"mom-delivers-baby-safely-inoperable-brain-tumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mom-delivers-baby-safely-inoperable-brain-tumor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom delivers baby safely after being diagnosed with inoperable brain tumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A UK woman was able to deliver her baby safely after she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at 20 weeks pregnant. Though she and her baby are healthy and safe for now, she has been given just two years to live, and is focused on spending that time with her husband and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>29-year-old Laura Mahon was looking forward to meeting her daughter, when, at 20 weeks, she realized she couldn&#8217;t move her right leg or toes. It became difficult to walk. After an MRI scan, she found out about the brain tumor, and by 27 weeks, her condition had gotten worse. She and her partner decided to have a c-section at 30 weeks, with Sienna Grace Laura Mahon born safely at 3.4 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was such a shock; I\u2019m only 29 and didn\u2019t think something like this could happen to me,&#8221; Mahon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/woman-gives-birth-inoperable-brain-tumour-diagnosis-pregnant-113600015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Yahoo! UK<\/a>. &#8220;I was so focused on the baby, but I was getting more poorly. I\u2019m fighting as hard as I can and I\u2019m staying strong for my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TmomK2RB2A\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After that, Mahon had another MRI, where she discovered the tumor had doubled in size. Not only that, but it was located on her motor cortex, making it inoperable. By December 22, she found out it was stage four cancer, and had only two years to live.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the year, she decided to start making the most with the time she had left. She and her partner, Danny, got married, and they had Sienna christened. Mahon also began treatment, which consisted of radiation and chemotherapy, and by April, they received fantastic news: the tumor had shrunk. Mahon is focused now on doing all she can with the time she has left, and trying to stay positive and hold on to hope.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftheliverpoolecho%2Fposts%2F5474536425945574&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"715\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDanny and I had prepared ourselves for the worst \u2013 we knew deep down what it was going to be but being told at 29 years old that you have inoperable stage four brain cancer and that I had just two years to live is something you can never prepare yourself for,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing that said out loud was a moment we\u2019ll never forget \u2013 they were only able to remove around 20% of it. I was devastated because I\u2019d got my hopes up. It was yet another setback, bad news on top of bad news. It felt so surreal, like I was living two separate lives \u2013 things all looked fine, like we were a happy family, then I would remember how poorly I am. But it\u2019s so special having Sienna with us, it\u2019s like what we had originally envisaged,&#8221; Mahon said. &#8220;Right now, we\u2019re trying to get out and do nice things to make memories together, but I need to take each day as it comes \u2013 it\u2019s hard at times and I just break down and cry, but Sienna\u2019s lung has repaired itself and she is completely fine now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK woman was able to deliver her baby safely after she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at 20 weeks pregnant. Though she and her baby are healthy and safe for now, she has been given just two years to live, and is focused on spending that time with her husband and daughter. 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