Mother who refused abortion at 20 weeks after being diagnosed with brain cancer now has just weeks to live a year after giving birth

From Daily Mail.co.uk (Sept. 14, 2023):

A pregnant cancer sufferer who refused an abortion a year ago despite her diagnosis has now been told she has weeks to live.

Tasha Kann, 30, was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, called anaplastic astrocytoma grade III.

Despite her doctor's advice to terminate the pregnancy so that she could receive chemotherapy and radiation, Kann refused.

'I told them absolutely not,' Kann told Fox News Digital. 'I was a little scared, but I never lost hope,' Kann said of her diagnosis. 'I knew I had to be strong for my baby.'

Initially given only eight months to live, she defied the odds and welcomed a healthy baby girl into the world.

Today, despite having only weeks left to live, she stands by her decision, cherishing every moment with her two children.

Kann gave birth to a healthy girl named Gracey in October 2022, joining her 2-year-old son, Deklan.

Doctor's predicted she only has about eight months to live after her baby's birth, but miraculously Kann is still here almost a year later.

'Every single day, I look at my beautiful baby and think about how easy it was for them to tell me to abort — like she was nothing,' Kann told Fox News Digital.

'If I had listened — like most patients do, because they trust their doctors and don't do their own research — my baby wouldn't be here,' she said. 'It's a miracle from God that we are both here.'

Kann dealt with a major set this summer when she received the devastating news that her cancer had spread and there are now limited treatment options available.

Her diagnosis is referred to as Gliomatosis Cerebri, a highly aggressive tumor that affects the central nervous system and lobes of the brain.

Doctors predict she may now only have weeks to live.

But Kann continues to stand by her decision to refuse radiation and chemotherapy treatment and instead uses alternative immunotherapy at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas.

She remains proud of her decision to defy doctor's recommendation and credits her faith in Jesus as the biggest factor contributing to her strength to do so.

She still recalls being 'disgusted' with the doctors who she claims 'defied God's will.'

'Aborting my baby was never an option to me because it goes against God's will,' she said to Fox.

'I had many deep conversations with Jesus that week in the hospital, and knew that if I held onto the Lord and his promises, he would keep my baby safe.'

'If the cancer was already as bad as they said, killing my baby wouldn't have saved me anyway,' she noted.

Kann has worked in hospice and singlehandedly witnessed the toll that chemotherapy and radiation took on many patients, she said to the outlet, stating: 'It doesn't always work.' [read more]

A remarkable strong woman of faith.