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Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the age of 25, Nancy DePrete was told that she had a 10% chance of having a baby.
After suffering a stroke at the age of 24 and being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 25, Nancy's life has been anything but normal. After several long hospital stays and intensive treatment for cancer, Nancy underwent chemotherapy, radiation and eventually a stem cell transplant.
Following chemotherapy, Nancy was told she was menopausal and told by fertility experts that she would not be able to have children. In 2001, Nancy thought her luck was changing and gave birth to her first "miracle" child, Kayla. Earlier this year, Nancy and her husband, Michael were surprised to learn that she was pregnant again, but there were complications.
At 22 weeks, Nancy had a cough that wouldn't go away, had an X-ray, and learned that she likely had a severe heart condition called cardiomyopathy. This is a type of heart disease in which the heart is abnormally enlarged, thickened or stiffened. As a result, the heart muscle's ability to pump is weakened. The strain ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby.