London, Feb 7, 2008 / 04:41 am (CNA).-
A
British womans twin girls saved her life when, while still in the
womb, they kicked free a tumor growing in their mothers uterus, the
Daily Mail reports.
Though advised she needed to abort the twins so she could be treated
for cancer, the mother avoided harsh cancer treatment so her babies
could be born.
Michelle Stepney, 35, was expecting twins when she went to a hospital
with a suspected miscarriage. The doctors realized that she
had cervical cancer, saying that the kicking of the twins had dislodged
a tumor.
Had the tumor not been dislodged, the cancer may not have been
discovered in time for successful treatment.
After the discovery of the cancer, Stepneys doctors told her that she
would need to undergo chemotherapy and a hysterectomy. To do
this, she would need to abort the twins.
Stepney refused. “I couldn’t believe it when the doctors told me that
the babies had dislodged the tumor,” she said, according to the Daily
Mail.
“I’d felt them kicking, but I didn’t realize just how important their
kicking would turn out to be.”
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I don’t understand the story. It sounds like the babies dislodged the tumor but this is only what led to the discovery of the tumor, the mother’s declining of treatment, and her impending death.
Awesome!
Now thats what I call great teamwork. They could have let loose a couple of jabs too.
Shane, if you read the linked article, you will see that Mrs. Stepney was successfully treated for cancer after the babies were born.
That article does jump all over the place. At first it sounds as if the mother didn’t receive chemo until after the babies were born, but further reading shows that what she did was refuse to abort them and then the doctors were able to start a less dangerous, less aggressive therapy. So the health of the babies, in this case, is almost as much of a miracle as the mother’s health. Blessed be God!
Wonderful as it sounds, I just don’t get it. 20 week old babies are strong enough to ‘kick a tumor loose’? And if they kicked it loose, why did she need a hysterectomy to solve the problem? Did the tumor attach itself again after the babies were born? (I believe the full article I read elsewhere mentioned she had a hysterectomy after the birth)
If it is a miracle, it’s wonderful. But something just doesn’t sound right.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=512113&in_page_id=1774
Full article.
I missed this in the press, but then there is so much ‘celebrity news’ in our newspapers nowadays that the real human interest stories don’t really get much if a look in. What an incredible story!
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