First-time parents from Alabama were devastated when they learned a swelling on their newborn baby boy’s arm was cancer. They fought for more time from their doctors, trying chemotherapy before amputation in hopes of shrinking the tumor and saving as much of the baby’s arm as possible.
Grace Adkins, 26, of Lakeview, shared with The Epoch Times how she and her husband, Riley, coped with baby Luke’s diagnosis, how faith gave them strength to navigate the devastating news, and how she feels about the future.
(Courtesy of Grace Adkins)
“My pregnancy was perfect,” Grace, a deputy with Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, recalled. “[Luke] was born with that mark on his arm; we were surprised and we didn’t know what it was. We expected to stay a night or two in the hospital and get to come home with our baby … straight out of the gate, [but] that wasn’t what happened.”
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