Pregnant Patient Turns Out to Have Terminal Cancer | Chicago Med | MD TV

A friend of mine works as a nurse, and told me a story of how a patient she treated had severe liver cancer and was pregnant. She didn’t take chemo because she didn’t want to hurt the baby. Thankfully after her baby was born she began a rigorous treatment and entered remission. I wish all cases happened like that

Its always confusing how the husband in these case scenarios is made out to be the villain but here he genuinely has a point. All he wants is for his wife to be healthy, thus providing a healthy environment for their baby. That is not taking advantage, that is a man who cares.

When I was pregnant I took every precaution but my husband and I both agreed that if at any point my life was in danger, save my life, it sound horrible and selfish but there’s always another chance for another baby, my life only has one chance.

I feel bad for the Husband. There is no right decision here: he either goes against her wishes and risks the life of his kid or he honours her wishes and she never wakes up.

During my 2nd year of training in Radiotherapy, we treated a pregnant lady. Stomach cancer that had spread to her spinal cord. The cancer symptoms were so similar to early pregnancy symptoms, she wasn’t diagnosed until it was too late. Unfortunately neither her or the baby made it, god bless them ❤👼

I really loved how dr. Charles talked with the husband and understood him and his thinking he was want to protect both his baby and wife

I hate how the doctor was so quick to call the husband's power of attorney a breach when it's clear he is only doing what the situation demands without any other options available plus he and his wife agreed to do treatment if the cancer spread too fast as it was so he wasn't in violation at all and trying to save both her and the baby. Unlike other patients and their spouses where the doctors have been right they infringed on their rights or did some questionable things, this husband was genuinely at a loss and had to choose what he believed would try to help even if it had the chance of killing his wife or his baby. He was heartbroken and I can't blame him for what he decided.

I love how they pretend insurance would ever pay for brain surgery on a terminal cancer patient.

This is just an ugly situation altogether. I don't like telling a someone if they should have a baby if they don't want it nor tell someone they shouldn't have a baby if they want it. Usually these set of circumstances don't happen often at the same time, but to get to this point, it just sucks.

The pregnant woman really wasn't thinking clearly, because if she was, she'd know that her baby had as much chance of being born as she had of surviving cancer without treatment. It's either gamble on birth defects caused by exposure to anesthesia, or gamble on her son's life by dying of cancer. One of those has a small chance of being bad and the other is guaranteed to cost you two lives out of stupidity and stubbornness.

My husband and I are expecting our second. We've had discussions at length about what to do if put in this situation. As heartless as it sounds to the baby, we both agree that my life is more important, and that if there is a situation where we have to pick, I get priority. If I started suddenly saying that I want the baby to take priority, my husband would know that I'm not in my right mind and would fight for me to get treatment.

Whose gonna tell her that her baby is gonna have a much better chance having a little anesthesia than being born 21 weeks along because his mom died from her brain tumor seizures?

I hated dr manning. She always acted like this when it came to kids. No matter what the family wished she always made her own choices. If she were my doctor I would demand she be off my case.

The husband was so casual about the cancer. "Maybe she's cirrhotic?" "No, she has cancer."

I love how most of the comments are demonizing the husband for having emotions and not wanting to lose his wife. Love how everyone says the wife is absolutely fine and everything she says is clear headed, when in reality most of it is literally just emotions dialed to 11, which is the same case for the husband who doesn't want to lose the baby or his wife

I had an aunt who died before I was born, during WWII. She had Hodgkins disease, and was pregnant. She didn't get all the drugs, to protect the baby. My cousin was born, and his mom died about two months later. Her husband was here, but in the Army. His wife being dead, he was sent overseas and died in the Battle of the Bulge. So my cousin was an orphan when less than a year old.

"I know what she would want me to do, I just...uh..." "You're terrified." Sometimes you just need to feel seen and understood.

I had to get tested for cervical cancer at 14 weeks. My dr told me you can do chemo in second and third trimesters. I always thought you had to choose between pregnancy and treatment but you can do both. Obviously there are risks but not as bad as you would think. Fortunantly i was fine 🙂

I died for 13 minutes 2week after open heart surgery, needed a second Emergency OHS, was in a coma after and my advanced directive was 100% ignored they refused to even speak to my husband/decision maker. I should have sued.

I still remember hearing them tell my mom her cancer metastisized ... But for this woman to hear it while she's pregnant.. I can't imagine