KCTV: Breast Cancer Survivor Goes From Pregnancy Diagnosis to Over a Decade Cancer-Free
Kelly McDaniel-Morales was just 29 years old and seven months pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
1 minuteIn 2011, Kelly McDaniel-Morales was 29 years old and seven months pregnant with her first daughter when she heard the words no expectant mother wants to hear: “You have cancer.”
What followed was a carefully orchestrated medical timeline that would forever change Kelly’s family.
KCTV talked with Kelly, her daughter Brooklyn, and Dr. Ruby Meierotto, breast radiologist at Saint Luke’s East Hospital, about her battle with breast cancer and journey to motherhood.
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