Who could ever lay down their one and only life for a stranger without any condition? If there is, it must be the person’s mother.
In 2013, a couple named Joyce and Max lived in New York City. Joyce and Max were so happy to have a child that it felt like a dream. It was because when Joyce was diagnosed with cancer, she was told that it would be difficult to get pregnant if she received chemotherapy, so she had already given up having a baby. However, the joy of pregnancy did not last long. One month later, Joyce had a recurrence of cancer in her back and underwent a tumor removal surgery. The problem was after the surgery. To confirm whether the cancer had metastasized, she needed a full-body MRI, meaning she had to abort the baby.
However, she could not give up on the baby inside her womb. She stopped all her treatment for the baby and willingly endured the pain, knowing she was dying as the baby was growing inside her. Finally, the baby was born healthy. When she went to the hospital, doctors discovered her cancer had already spread even to her bones. It was determined that she could not be cured.
She spent only six weeks with her daughter, whom she had given her own life for, before dying quietly by her daughter and husband’s side.