{"id":27242,"date":"2021-07-09T18:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=348924"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:35","slug":"decorated-veteran-learns-she-has-triple-positive-breast-cancer-while-pregnant-with-5th-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/decorated-veteran-learns-she-has-triple-positive-breast-cancer-while-pregnant-with-5th-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorated Veteran Learns She Has Triple-Positive Breast Cancer While Pregnant with 5th Child"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI am currently 19 weeks pregnant with my 5th child,\u201d she says. \u201cAt times, yes, being a mother is more trying than anything I had to deal with in Iraq. I love my kids, don\u2019t get me wrong, but there are times.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family has also dealt with a difficult loss fairly recently. Aside from the PTSD from her time in the military, Ashley has also experienced severe illness and a miscarriage. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, Ashley contracted the virus while pregnant. She survived, but her baby did not. She was distraught at her inability to protect her child and wants to do everything she can to protect this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I found a lump in my breast,\u201d Ashley remembers.<\/p>\n

The young mother was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer<\/a>. She had to have a mastectomy performed on her right breast, and now she\u2019s undergoing chemotherapy as safely as possible in the hopes of protecting her baby\u2019s life as she works to save her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a mother, you want to protect your children. Even those that aren\u2019t here yet,\u201d says Ashley. \u201cIn Iraq, it was dealing with whatever that day brought. Now it\u2019s much the same, yet a different kind of battle. And I take my time and deal with that in that moment, because that moment is what I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

So despite the difficulty of her situation, Ashley, with the help of her family and support system, will continue moving forward with treatment and doing everything she can to protect each and every member of her family<\/a>, even the one who isn\u2019t born yet. Keep it up, Ashley! We\u2019re rooting for you!<\/p>\n

The Hawkins family has a GoFundMe page<\/a> to help offset Ashley\u2019s medical expenses and to upgrade their cramped living quarters.<\/p>\n

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