Posted on 08/12/2017 7:04:50 PM PDT by marshmallow
Sonya Nelson: "We are a family of faith"
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A wife and mother of five is choosing to forgo cancer treatment so that her sixth child, yet to be born, may live.
Carrie DeKlyen is battling brain cancer at the University of Michigan Hospital (U of M) in Ann Arbor. Doctors believe a clinical trial treatment could prolong her life but require that her baby be aborted before she'd be allowed to enroll in the trial program. She has declined for the sake of her unborn child.
On Wednesday, Sonya Nelson, DeKleyn's sister-in-law, explained, "This trial, they said, would have prolonged her life, medically speaking, even longer. But they choose to continue with the pregnancy. So this is where we are at today."
n April, DeKlyen, a resident of Michigan, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme. Surgeons removed the tumor twice but it returned both times. Shortly after learning of the cancer, she and her husband Nick also learned DeKlyen was pregnant with a baby girl.
The unborn baby girl is healthy but needs time to grow before she can be delivered. The cancer is fast acting, however, and without treatment DeKleyn is given less than 15 months to live. Even so, abortion was never an option for the DeKleyn family. "We are a family of faith," said Nelson. "And so we are just believing that God's plan for Carrie is to be healed. And if He chooses to heal her here or in Heaven, we will still trust in Him."
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Brave woman. God must be truly proud of her.
It is a touching story, a sacrifice on behalf of the child.
People won’t be able to care about children like that till they care about God. This is a witness-challenged age.
This isn’t even a Double Effect case.
This woman had no choice. She was being pressured to murder her baby, not just being offered a legitimate treatment that would endanger her baby.
Thanks so much for posting.
At the end of this difficult news day it’s good to be reminded that unconditional love is alive and well and all around us.
Prayers for this family.
There’s no love greater than to give your life for another.
Jesus is sending us such a powerful message. God love this beautiful family.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla, pray for this woman, her baby, and her family.
>A wife and mother of five is choosing to forgo cancer treatment so that her sixth child, yet to be born, may live.
A husband and five children will be without a lover and Mother but a yet to be born human will take her place. It all makes perfect sense.
Some may argue refusing medical treatment is not suicide. Others may differ. We have no say in the matter...as it should be.
Bless her, her husband and the baby.
My sentiments exactly.
sacrificial love
My sister had this a little over 5 years ago. She’s still with us but not the same - mostly the result of the treatments that saved her I think.
I know a woman who did the same thing. There are many truly selfless women out there. When I read some of the hateful diatribes on GR sometimes I wince inside.
On FR I meant to say
Heavenly Father, We praise Your Holy Name. You are the True Physician and we ask for Your healing touch on this lady. We pray for hope and a future with her baby. Comfort the family and give them all strength. May their story be a testament around the world. We pray in the Name of Jesus for answered prayer, Amen
Amen. Hearing so many dx’d with brain cancer. So sad.
Agreeing with you in prayer, thank You Lord Jesus.
Amen
Thank you for posting this ray of sunshine in these dark days.
John 15:13
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