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Death-defying: Mom battled cancer while 'feisty' baby waited for a new heart
Mothers and daughters build a strong bond through a lifetime of shared experiences. For Riki Graves and her infant daughter Juliana, it has only taken a few months, thanks to dual medical battles that each have fought…and won.
When she was two months pregnant, Riki Graves, 38, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“I don’t have time for breast cancer,” thought Graves. But the working mom of a 3-year-old boy immediately dove into cancer treatment. She had a lumpectomy, then a second surgery to remove the lymph nodes in her right breast.
At her 20-week ultrasound, Graves was thrilled to learn that she was having a girl, then devastated when doctors diagnosed her daughter with a congenital heart defect. The baby had a hole in her heart and wasn’t pumping blood properly. Graves was told that the baby may not survive the pregnancy.
http://www.today.com/parents/mom-battled-cancer-while-newborn-waited-new-heart-1D79993347
