Elizaveta Bulokhova was a 24 year old mother when she got the news that rocked her world. She and husband Roman Troubetskoi found out she had cancer. The Latvian-born Canadian model was diagnosed with cancer in her jaw -- an unusual place that can still have just as devastating effects as any other. Unlike most cancer stories, Elizaveta's is a little bit different. She was pregnant when the news broke and it lead to a terrible decision to have to make.
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It's a doctors job to look after their patient. That's why Elizaveta's doctor recommended she terminate the idea of having a child, even though it was to late for the usual abortion time. The problem was for her to treat the cancer she would have to have extensive chemo and radiation therapy which would kill the fetus -- a baby after the 8 week inception period.
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Elizaveta and her husband decided they would still try for the baby
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Spare a thought for the husband who had to also potentially live by the decision of a dying love of his life. Growing the child up not only without the love of his life, but just as a single parent in general, would also be horrendous to think about.
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Alright. So here are the shots you've been waiting for. yes, it's a real story, and yes we have the after pictures of the three of them together in family photos. Elizaveta is still with us today as you can see by the after photos of her with her baby. Furthermore, the baby seems to be completely healthy -- a large too i might add.
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Here she is with thew big guy posing for a family photo. You can see for the first time, how skinny she got from fighting the cancer in her arms. In particular, the left arm (on our right). However, regardless of the fact, she is always seen smiling in every photo. Such an inspirational mother. And for those of you wondering what the husband looks like after this whole story, we have a treat for you. he's coming up in the next picture.
Tiffany Yorks was born in 1988 with a heart defect and kidney problems. When she was about a month old, she received 2 surgeries for her leg separations. She went through multiple surgeries for reconstruction of her legs and feet. Surgeons are also planning operations to create her bladder and rectum. Tiffany is now married and can participate in many activities like swimming and dancing. However, she sometimes has to use a wheelchair or a walker to move around. She is currently the longest survivor of Sirenomelia.
The parenting decisions are always easier to make if you can see the outcome before. It real life that is not possible and you just have to trust yourself and your child when making decisions. We would not change any of our decisions, because we believe in learning from our mistakes.
A few months ago, she was diagnosed with leukemia and has been receiving Chemotherapy. The doctors have confessed that the Chemo has not had any impact, and found a donor match for a bone marrow transplant.
She’s been struggling everyday of her life for the past 10 years; battling and fighting this horrible disease has made it hard on her and her family. The cancer has now metastasized, making it difficult for her to take care of everyday responsibilities and participate in daily activities. Her 13-year-old daughter is watching as her mother suffers and becomes brittle and weak.
A woman who does not feel welcome or safe may not seek medical care, even if she decides to have an abortion. Some women "terminate their pregnancies by whatever means are available to them, even if it is against the law, unsafe, and might result in complications" (Oduro, 2014, p.920). This demonstrates the importance of respecting a patient 's autonomy, as the patient who has decided to end a pregnancy will do so without assistance if denied the right to do so safely with medical professionals. Though some may consider the fetus to be a patient it is the mother that is able to make decisions and who must be cared for as well. Shunning women asking for abortions "defies our very role as a nurse to prevent illness, promote and restore health and alleviate suffering" (Smyth, 2016, p.117) as it will cause the woman more distress and possibly have a negative effect on her
A pregnant women diagnosed with cancer is a very rare case in medicine. Yet, this case still prevents itself in the field of medicine. Approximately, 1 in 1000 pregnant women are affected by cancer (“Cancer During Pregnancy”). Conflicts that pin maternal health versus fetal health have come to an interesting point in our society. The pregnant woman legally has the right to accept treatment that will harm the unborn child. Yet, it becomes a moral issue whether she owes it to her unborn child to refuse treatment in order to avoid fetal harm and deliver a healthy child. For the sake of argument, this paper will predominantly deal with pregnant cancer patients that if they refused chemotherapy may die, but if they received chemotherapy in the hopes of curing or slowing the cancer, their unborn child would be born healthy. This document will argue that the woman has the right to accept and should accept chemotherapy
I believe that parents are not morally justified in having a child merely to provide life saving medical treatment to another child or family member, but that this does not mean that the creation of savior siblings is morally impermissible. By having a child solely to provide life saving medical treatment, you are treating this child merely as a means rather than an end to the individual child. By having the child solely as a means to save another, you are violating this savior sibling in that you are treating them as a source of spare parts that can be used by the sickly child in order to solely promote the prolonged life of the currently sick child. This view that having a child merely as a way to provide medical treatment does not consider the multitude of other avenues that this newborn child can take, and presupposes that the child will only be used for the single purpose of providing life saving medical treatment through use of stems cells or organ donation. What this view fails to consider is that these savior siblings are valued by families for so much more than just as a human bag of good cells and organs that can be used to save the life of the original child. Instead, these savior siblings can be valued as normal children themselves, in that they can be valued in the same way that any other child who is born is valued, yet at the same time they will also be able to provide life-saving treatment to their sibling. My view runs parallel to the view held by Claudia Mills who argues that it is acceptable to have a savior sibling, yet at the same time we can not have a child for purely instrumental motives, and instead should more so value the child for the intrinsic worth that they have. Mills presents her argument by puttin...
Judith Jarvis Thomson, in "A Defense of Abortion", argues that even if we grant that fetuses have a fundamental right to life, in many cases the rights of the mother override the rights of a fetus. For the sake of argument, Thomson grants the initial contention that the fetus has a right to life at the moment of conception. However, Thomson explains, it is not self-evident that the fetus's right to life will always outweigh the mother's right to determine what goes on in her body. Thomson also contends that just because a woman voluntarily had intercourse, it does not follow that the fetus acquires special rights against the mother. Therefore, abortion is permissible even if the mother knows the risks of having sex. She makes her points with the following illustration. Imagine that you wake up one morning and find that you have been kidnapped, taken to a hospital, and a famous violist has been attached to your circulatory system. You are told that the violinist was ill and you were selected to be the host, in which the violinist will recover in nine months, but will die if disconnected from you before then. Clearly, Thomson argues, you are not morally required to continue being the host. In her essay she answers the question: what is the standard one has to have in order to be granted a right to life? She reflects on two prospects whether the right to life is being given the bare minimum to sustain life or ir the right to life is merely the right not to be killed. Thomson states that if the violinist has more of a right to life then you do, then someone should make you stay hooked up to the violinist with no exceptions. If not, then you should be free to go at a...
Throughout the years the decision whether woman should have the right to abort a fetus has been the argument within society and politicians. Even if politicians and society say whether or not it is wrong for a woman to abort their unborn is not their decision to make. It is not their body. The decision is for the woman carrying this child to make. We do not know the situation that this upcoming mother is in. If she can afford to have this child, if this is the unborn child of a man that had raped her, or if the unborn is going to born with a disability and it would be best to abort than to have them suffer their entire life. In the novel Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion, our main character Maria has gotten pregnant and gets an abortion that her husband forces her to get. She receives an abortion done illegally that causes her to bleed constantly weeks later, and like other women who have gotten an abortion, she goes through various emotions afterwards.
Maternal-fetal issues spark complex and controversial debates in the field of biomedical ethics (Farber-Post, 1996). The conflicts arise when medical professionals try to determine to whom their ethical obligations are owed. Many ethicists argue that autonomy is precedential and, therefore, the duty of the medical staff is to the pregnant woman because it is her body, and she has a right to make decisions regarding her healthcare. Others argue that equally important ethical principles such as beneficence, nonmaleficence, and avoiding killing override the principle of autonomy, and therefore, these principles that govern actions towards the fetus, in particular the fetus’ right to life, demand that medical professionals override the mothers’ desires at times.
The pain and devastation are indescribable … and single persons – and even parents – will never feel this devastation until they experience losing a child themselves.
High school years are supposed to be a time for fun and exciting events in every adolescent's life. There are parties, ball games, and local after school hangout joints where we can meet. All combined to making high school the most memorable years of any teenage girl?s life. However, my experience in high school took an uneventful turn in tenth grade. My carefree ways had to end and a new wave of responsibility was presented to me. I found out that I was two months pregnant. My thoughts tugged at my conscience, how was I to tell the father of my unborn child? Would my mother support my decision? I had to forget about my partying ways and hanging with my friends. My freedom days of coming and going were about to be over and I quickly became the girl about whom everyone was talking.
will be born with a disease, life threatening or not the abortion should not be
Baby Theresa 's story is different from other babies that suffer from anencephaly because her parents knew that she did not have long to live and would not become
However, in this case, if the woman does not take the medication, she will die. If the woman dies, then her baby will also die. According to natural law, taking this drug is permissible. The act, aside from the consequences would save the young woman’s life. Considering the next criteria to the rule, the negative effect of aborting the fetus cannot be avoided. If the woman wants to survive and cure her disease, the only way that she can accomplish this is to abort the fetus. Lastly, the negative effect is lesser than the positive effect. Although aborting the fetus sounds harsh, the baby will not survive in either case. If the young woman who is pregnant does not take the medication to cure her disease, she will die, resulting in the death of the baby as well. On the other hand, if she does take the medication, she will survive, but the fetus will be aborted. As difficult as this may be to consider, this is the better option. In this case, one life would be saved, rather than losing