A mother will do anything to keep her child save, healthy, and happy, so when one Australian mom found out her daughter had cancer, she was prepared to do anything to keep her alive an help her get healthy again.
10 years ago, Nicole and Jim Walker found out that their two-year-old daughter Abby was sick with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and needed chemotherapy if she was going to survive. Doctors explained that the treatment was her only hope, but, if they were open to it, there was a controversial back up plan they could try if she stopped responding to treatment.
While Abby underwent treatment, Nicole and Jim decided to have a fourth baby so that they could harvest the baby’s cord blood stem cells, and use them to treat Abby if the chemotherapy didn’t work. “There were a few people who were against it, the fact that this baby may be brought into the world and made to think that it was born just in order to help Abby,” Nicole said.
On May 8, 2008, the Walker family welcomed their son James into the world, and harvested his stem cells, should Abby need them. Luckily, the treatment worked, and Abby’s cancer went into remission. To this day, the Walkers have no idea if James’ stem cells are a match for Abby, but they are prepared to have another baby if Abby gets sick again and James’ stem cells don’t match.
“I think four is plenty. But if it did come down to it and Abby needed a transplant and the other three were not suitable then I would consider another baby,” Nicole said. “A lot of people believe that maybe you’re playing God, playing with the stem cells, but I believe that anyone would do anything to save their child if put in that position.”
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