A mom who found out she had cancer while pregnant and given just six months to live by doctors has beaten the odds to make it to her daughter’s first birthday and defeat the disease. When Lindsey Gritton, 30, from Cumming, Georgia, was pregnant with her second daughter, Savannah, she discovered a lump on her breast 36 weeks into her pregnancy. Lindsey said the lump was initially misdiagnosed as mastitis but having felt a lingering burning sensation, she was diagnosed with cancer, requiring her to give birth at 37 weeks and start treatment right away. Savannah was born on April 30, 2022, and as Lindsey started her treatment doctors then discovered the cancer had spread to her liver, leaving it covered with dozens of tumors. Lindsey said she was given just six months to live by doctors, but having undergone eight rounds of aggressive chemotherapy, scans revealed that there was no longer any evidence of the disease. Once chemo was over, Lindsey underwent a lumpectomy and 32 rounds of radiation – and now cancer-free, she's continued to undergo immunotherapy every three weeks, as well as regular screenings. The proud mom later shared a post on her Instagram account, showing how she had overcome the odds and not just survived for six months, but became cancer-free and made it to Savannah's first birthday.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 I was only 36 weeks pregnant when I discovered a lump in my breast that was
00:06 misdiagnosed as mastitis.
00:08 Turns out it was stage four breast cancer.
00:11 It was my absolute worst nightmare.
00:12 I had to deliver my daughter early to start treatment right away.
00:16 They told me I had over a dozen tumors in my liver, and I had six months to live.
00:21 They told me that the chemo would never cure me.
00:23 They told me that it would just slow it down.
00:26 I just wanted to make as many memories with them as possible,
00:29 because I was on this timeline thinking I had six months to live.
00:32 So I was trying to write letters to them, make videos for them.
00:35 >> For her two-year-old daughter, Sailor, and newborn, Savannah.
00:40 >> I wanna be there so bad.
00:42 I hope that I look back on this video one day and I'm just like, I made it.
00:46 I'm still here.
00:46 I just wanna get you through school, and I wanna see you get married.
00:51 I wanna see you go to college.
00:52 I wanna see you have babies of your own.
00:55 I wanna see it all, but.
00:56 [MUSIC]
00:59 Even though I'm not here to see it, I'm always with you in here, always.
01:07 I will be watching from heaven, I promise you that.
01:09 I will follow you, no matter what.
01:12 You know that it wasn't supposed to be like this, and that I never wanted this.
01:19 I wanted to raise you guys.
01:20 I prayed for you and Savannah every single day.
01:24 I wanted you guys here so bad.
01:25 There's nothing I wanted more in this life than a family and kids.
01:30 And you guys bring me so much joy, so much joy.
01:37 >> And thankfully, they would keep bringing her joy,
01:41 because halfway through treatment, after eight rounds of chemo.
01:45 >> There was no cancer in my body.
01:47 I was completely cancer free, nothing there on the scan.
01:50 So it was really cool and really exciting.
01:53 We were just all in shock and just really grateful.
01:55 >> Grateful to have made it to her daughter's first birthday and
02:00 to continue making memories now cancer free.
02:03 >> Do it again.
02:04 >> Do it again.
02:06 One more time.
02:08 >> You already did it.
02:09 >> Do it one more time.
02:10 [MUSIC]
02:14 >> I just try to live every day to the fullest, and just enjoy every day,
02:17 cuz every day is a gift.
02:19 And there's always hope, no matter how bad the situation may seem.