Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
Sep 14th 2007, 6:39 am
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Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
A MELBOURNE GP refused high-level chemotherapy, ultimately sacrificing her life to save her unborn daughter.
Family and friends farewelled Dr Ellice Hammond, 37, at a funeral service yesterday, the same day anti-solarium campaigner Clare Oliver succumbed to melanoma.
Dr Hammond lost her battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma on Sunday, three weeks after daughter Mia Ellice was born nine weeks prematurely at the Monash Medical Centre, where she remains in neonatal intensive care, the Herald Sun said today.
Dr Hammond was diagnosed in the 22nd week of pregnancy and refused high-level chemotherapy that could have saved her but might have killed Mia, whose induced birth took place on August 20.
Apropos of nothing; I was just greatly moved by the story.
Sep 14th 2007, 6:42 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
A MELBOURNE GP refused high-level chemotherapy, ultimately sacrificing her life to save her unborn daughter.
Family and friends farewelled Dr Ellice Hammond, 37, at a funeral service yesterday, the same day anti-solarium campaigner Clare Oliver succumbed to melanoma.
Dr Hammond lost her battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma on Sunday, three weeks after daughter Mia Ellice was born nine weeks prematurely at the Monash Medical Centre, where she remains in neonatal intensive care, the Herald Sun said today.
Dr Hammond was diagnosed in the 22nd week of pregnancy and refused high-level chemotherapy that could have saved her but might have killed Mia, whose induced birth took place on August 20.
Apropos of nothing; I was just greatly moved by the story.
Sep 14th 2007, 6:45 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
Totally unselfish
RIP
God Bless the little daughter
RIP
God Bless the little daughter
Sep 14th 2007, 7:11 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
Oh how tragic
Sep 14th 2007, 7:45 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
How sad is that Must have been a ghastly decision to deal with for all concerned.
Must have been a ghastly decision to deal with for all concerned.
Sep 14th 2007, 7:57 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
Very brave lady
What a hard decission to have to make.
What a hard decission to have to make.
Sep 14th 2007, 8:00 am
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Re: Doctor dies to save her unborn daughter
It really is a tragic situation, one which happens unfortunately much more frequently than we realise. This is due to the growth hormones produced to help the fetus grow.....the knock-on affect is that any low-level cancer can go wild I came across this situation last year - a lady with lung cancer.
I came across this situation last year - a lady with lung cancer.
