UK Mum Dying of Cancer Gives Birth to Healthy Daughter

by Hilary White
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  NOTTINGHAM, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Zoe Jackson was born by cesarean section at 28 weeks and 4 pounds, 12 ounces, to 36 year-old mother Sam and is doing well. Her mother, Sam Jackson, is in the late stages of lung cancer and is not expected to live more than a few more weeks.
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  Zoe and her mother are in the care of Nottingham City Hospital where Sam had undergone chemotherapy and steroid treatments: one to relieve symptoms of cancer and the other to protect the life of her unborn daughter.
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  The UK’s Mirror reports that Sam Jackson’s only thoughts were how to live long enough to bring Zoe safely into the world and how to keep cheerful for her family.
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  Sam is cautiously optimistic about Zoe’s chances saying, “The chances of a baby surviving at 28 weeks are a lot higher than they used to be.”
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  She and her long-term live-in partner Ivan were wed two weeks ago at West Bridgford register office, Notts. The couple have three young sons.
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“Words can’t describe how it feels to see my little girl alive and well,” Sam said. ” I couldn’t settle until I’d seen her. And she’s beautiful.”
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  Sam Jackson’s husband, Ivan, said of their daughter, days before she was born, “She has become a little angel. If she looks like her mum she will be my little angel and I hope she grows up to be just that.”