Mother Who Delayed Cancer Treatment to Deliver Her Fourth Child Dies Just a Few Days After the Baby Was Born
A Missouri mother’s resolute decision to risk her life to save her unborn child has ended tragically.
Cara Combs, 38, of St. Louis, was 23 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma.
Against the advice of her oncologist, she chose to delay treatment for five weeks in order to deliver the baby at 28 weeks.
The brave mom gave birth to Shaylin ‘Shay’ Combs a few days early by emergency c-section on December 5, with the child weighing in at 2.1 lbs and breathing on her own that night.
She had been scheduled to start immunotherapy 48 hours later in Texas. (Read more from “Mother Who Delayed Cancer Treatment to Deliver Her Fourth Child Dies Just a Few Days After the Baby Was Born” HERE)
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