{"id":26148,"date":"2020-07-03T18:59:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=317851"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:45","slug":"27-year-old-diagnosed-with-cancer-at-20-weeks-pregnant-gives-birth-amid-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/27-year-old-diagnosed-with-cancer-at-20-weeks-pregnant-gives-birth-amid-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"27-Year-Old Diagnosed with Cancer at 20 Weeks Pregnant Gives Birth Amid Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Kassandra Cerda<\/a>, from Mission, Texas, fell pregnant with her son, the last thing she was expecting was to be diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant, especially at such a young age. But that wasn\u2019t the only thing she wasn\u2019t expecting. She also spent the last months of her pregnancy and her baby\u2019s birth in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span>Kassandra was 20 weeks pregnant and just 27 years old when she got the news that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/span>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it, I was pregnant and I didn\u2019t think something like that would happen to me,\u201d she said.<\/span>But that wasn\u2019t even the worst of the news. Doctors initially thought Kassandra\u2019s cancer was contained to one area, but they later discovered that it had entered her lymph nodes<\/a> as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Kassandra Cerda<\/a><\/span>Shortly after Kassandra\u2019s diagnosis, the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> infiltrated the United States, quickly leading to nationwide lockdowns and no-visitor or one-visitor policies at hospitals. Kassandra began chemotherapy treatment for the disease in April and was subject to new rules during her treatment, such as wearing a mask and not being able to have friends and family come with her during her appointments.<\/span>Through it all, however, she remained courageous and stuck to her plan. Kassandra gave birth on June 17, 2020<\/a>, to a baby son. She was given two to three weeks to recover from childbirth before she\u2019ll have to return to treatment in Houston.<\/span><\/span>Photo: Facebook\/Kassandra Cerda<\/a><\/span>Kassandra\u2019s friend Janie Hernandez wanted to help her out during her long journey back to health, so she created a GoFundMe page<\/a> to help offset the costs of Kassandra\u2019s treatment and let her know that she\u2019s not alone in her fight.<\/span>The donation goal was $15,000, but the page has already raised more than $16,000. Strangers also sent their well wishes and words of encouragement. \u201cMy mom is a two-time cancer survivor and one of the most important people in my life,\u201d said one donor. \u201cWe\u2019re all rooting for you! You got this.\u201d<\/span>Cancer patients are at a high risk of infection as they undergo treatments like chemotherapy and are particularly susceptible to COVID-19. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, it seems likely that Kassandra and others with an immunocompromised status will be spending more time indoors and away from our friends and family. It\u2019s so important to let each other know how much we care during this lonely time!<\/span>  Share on Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/span>Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Kassandra Cerda, from Mission, Texas, fell pregnant with her son, the last thing she was expecting was to be diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant, especially at such a young age. But that wasn\u2019t the only thing she wasn\u2019t expecting. She also spent the last months of her pregnancy and her baby\u2019s birth in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44242,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26148\/revisions\/44242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}