Stacie Crimm,41, was diagnosed with head and neck cancer just a few months after she found out that she had conceived a little girl. The doctors didn't treat her with chemotherapy by her request because she didn't want to harm her growing fetus. Crimm was told by doctors that she wouldn't be able to conceive, so she never thought she would be able to have a child. It was a shock to her when she found out, and she immediately called her brother after hearing the news. The happiness and excitement from learning about her pregnancy was short lived. She began experiencing crippling headaches, tunnel vision and tremors that shook her entire body. She went to the doctor and the diagnosed her with head and neck cancer. She hung on as long as she could but the cancer was aggressive. In August, she collapsed in her home. After she was rushed to the hospital the doctors performed a C-section to deliver her little girl. Dottie Mae was 10 weeks premature and weighed 2 pounds. Dottie was sent to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. Stacie eventually got to hold her little girl for the first, and last, time. Stacie died three days later. Dottie Mae was placed in Ray Phillips (Stacie's brother) and his wife Jennifer's care at the request of Stacie. Dottie will be taken care of and raised with the Phillips and their 6 children.
This story is amazing and touching. What this woman did so that her little girl could have a chance at life was unbelievable!
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