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1、FullofLifeWhenanexpectantmotherlearnsshehasbreastcancer,shefacesawrenchingdecision・ShockingNewsYouhearallthetimeaboutmotherswhoputtheirlivesonthelinefortheirchildren.Womenwhostanduptodangerorsearchtirelesslyforacure.Womenwhoendurepainorhardshipoftheirown,whowontt
2、akenoforananswer.Allforthechildrentheyholdintheirarmseverynight.Thisisthestoryofoneofthosewomen一brave,stronganddetermined.Onlythechildshefoughtforwasstilljustapromise.Andinatwistmanypeoplewouldcallamiracle,theunbornchildendedupsavingherlife.ThisisthestoryofMichel
3、leDeSantisandMichael,thesonwhoalmostwasntThewinterof2002wasamagicaltimeforMichelle.Sheandherhusband,Jim,astockbroker,hadjustpurchasedtheirdreamhouse,afive-bedroomColonialonanacreoflandinaquiettownonLongIsland.Afterstrugglingwithdevelopmentaldelays,theirsix-year-o
4、ld,James,hadstartedregularkindergarten.AndnowMichellethoughtshemightbeexpectingagain・OuttodinneroneFridaywithherbestgirlfriends,towardtheendoftheeveningsheconfidedthatsheMmissedherperiodacoupleofweeksbefore.EveryoneknewhowmuchMichellewantedanotherbaby,andnoneofth
5、emcouldstandthesuspense.Sosheandherfriendsdrovearound,lookingforalate-nightconveniencestore.Theyboughtahomepregnancytestkitand一bingo!一itwaspositive.BusywithJamesandgettingreadyforthemove,Michelledidnotimmediatelyvisitherob-gyn.Shefinallymadeanappointmentthroughhe
6、rsisterMarie,theadministrativesecretarytoherdoctor,AdamRomoff.RoutinebloodworkconfirmedMichelle'spregnancyatnineweeks.D匚RomoffalsogaveMichelleabreastexam・Feelingsomethinginoneofherbreasts,heorderedasonogram,standardprocedureforapregnantwomanwithasuspectlump.Miche
7、llestucktheprescriptionDr.Romoffhadwritteninherpursewithoutlookingatit.Aweeklater,asshehandedittotheradiologyreceptionist,shenoticeditorderedanultrasoundofherrightbreast一yetshethoughtsherememberedDr.Romoffsayinghefeltsomethingonherleft.ShecalledMarie,whoconferred
8、withthedoctor."HavethembothcheckedJhesaid.Theradiologistthoughthesawsomethingintherightbreast,inadditiontotheleft.Michellewasthinking,"Okay，Ihavetwocysts.Bigde
