Knowing that only chemotherapy would save her from terminal neck cancer, newly-pregnant Stacie Crimm made the ultimate sacrifice. The 41-year-old, who had been told by doctors she would never be able to conceive a child, decided to refuse the treatment
so her unborn daughter could live instead. Stacie was able to survive for five months before being forced to deliver Dottie Mae by Caesarean section - and even managed to hold her on one occasion before succumbing to the cancer three days later.