Elena and Alicia and the Summas and all the strong pro-life mothers in St. Blogland will especially appreciate this inspiring local story:
By Laura Troiano, The Catholic TimesThe doctors insisted she have an abortion because they would not be able to monitor her cancer for the duration of the pregnancy. But she obstinantly refused. Her cancer doctors waited at her scheduled Caesarian, in order to immediately test her. And she is free of cancer! Mother and baby are doing fine.
For 18 months, it had gone undetected. It metastasized to the lungs.
Peggy Peppercorn, wife, mother of four and parishioner at Columbus Holy Family Church, had now become a cancer patient.
She was immediately hospitalized. A port was placed in her chest for chemotherapy treatments. She was given a 40 percent chance of survival.
Peppercorn battled the disease for several years.
She then met with Dr. John Soper, world-renowned cancer specialist at Duke University, who told her that she needed to have part of her lung removed, and that chemotherapy would be required before and after the surgery.
“ He also told me that I may never be free of this cancer,” said Peppercorn.
She had the lung surgery in the winter of 2002. The cancer was removed. She continued with chemotherapy and regularly had blood work done. In October of 2002, Peppercorn had a check up with her oncologist.
“ At my appointment, he informed me my numbers were raising, which indicated the cancer was active again. He scheduled me for a CT scan, and I knew the procedures would start all over again,” said Peppercorn.
Another blood test was taken. And, although the results revealed that Peppercorn’s numbers had more than doubled, the cancer had not returned. Instead, Peppercorn was pregnant.
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