Teen mom who chose son's life over her own cancer treatment dies months after losing her newborn baby
A young mother has died after she chose to postpone her own cancer treatment so that she could give her unborn son a fighting chance. Brianna Rawlings tragically died on December 29 last year after she fought and lost her battle with NK cell leukemia, which is a rare and aggressive type of blood disease. The teenage mom, from Colyton, Western Sydney, died only days after she celebrated her 19th birthday. The mother was just 17-weeks pregnant with her son when she was diagnosed with the disease.
Brianna was faced with the decision to either terminate the pregnancy when she was given the news or carry her son to full term. The brave young mother chose to risk her own chances of survival by carrying her baby to term. She delayed her own treatment and effectively halved her chances of survival by putting her son's life ahead of her own, Daily Mail reported.