Carrie Declan, 37, from Michigan chose to abandon clinical trials of drugs and chemotherapy required for the treatment of brain cancer, because it meant the end of her pregnancy.
Doctor woman brought severe headaches. In April she found out about his diagnosis. The doctors told her that she can participate in clinical trials of a drug that may extend her life for more than 15 years. However, Declan did not consider this option because Carrie was pregnant.
In July, the expectant mother went into a coma. Her life is supported due to the special equipment that the child could develop. On Thursday, a day after the baby was born life Lynn, the doctors took Carrie’s breathing tube and feeding tube. The patient’s husband, Nick, says she remained a matter of hours. The whole family froze in anticipation of the terrible hour.
<img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/09/03ab25915cd6aecb64e292dd84e57097.jpg" alt="The woman refused cancer treatment to give birth to a sixth child” />source: facebook/cure4carrie
Life Lynn was born prematurely, the period of just 25 weeks. It weighs 1 pound, 4 ounces (0, 56 kg). According to the father, she feels better than expected. Now she is in the intensive care unit for newborns. In the future waiting for her 5 months in the hospital, but the doctors say that in the future it will become healthy and strong baby.
In the family, Declan had five children, the oldest 18 and the youngest is 2 years. The Christian faith has an important place in the lives of these people, so Nick and Carrie made a hard decision and refused treatment. They believed that parents, under no circumstances, can not deprive a child, even najdennogo, life. So Carrie sacrificed herselfto live her daughter.
