Kerryn McCann in remission; gives update on son
Australian runner Kerryn McCann is in remission according to reports. We first announced that the 40-year-old had been diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with her third child, son Cooper Patrick.
At 31 weeks pregnant, Kerryn went in and had a lump removed from her right breast, but delayed chemotherapy until after her son was born.
The surgeon was confident he got it all and he was right. It’s fantastic news.
Cooper was born six weeks early so that his mom could undergo chemotherapy. Despite the premature labor, Kerryn couldn’t have asked for it to go smoother.
Although he was induced, it was a beautiful natural birth. Cooper let out a big cry straight away, which was so reassuring.
Despite weighing a little over 5 pounds when he was born, Cooper is doing well today.
At 2.4kg, he was a big premmie and even though the tubes and monitors he was hooked up to in the beginning scared us, he’s a perfectly healthy baby who’s put on heaps of weight ever since.
Kerryn and her husband Greg also have two other children — son Brenton, 10, and daughter Josie, 4 this month. The birth of their new son and brother couldn’t have helped the family more during Kerryn’s illness.
He is the good news after so much bad. Meeting our little boy for the first time was special.
Source: SMH
Thanks to CBB reader Maureen.
- Posted on Oct 11, 07 at 4:49PM
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October 11th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
That is such great news. I can not imagine the fear this woman was/is going through and the thoughts and feelings that went through her mind. I hope she continues to do great and that her children thrive and the entire family have long & healthy lives.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I am a nurse and it is very presumptuous for you to say that she is cancer-free. Most oncologists wait for a patient to show no symptoms or clinical evidence of cancer for 5 years before declaring them cancer-free. It would be far more appropriate for you to report that she is in remission, because if any, even a single cell, left behind can travel to her bones or her brain and metastasize. Out of respect for her children, you might change the posting so that even though the surgeon sounds confident, nothing is 100%.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Great news!