What happen is actually quite different. Abigail developed magnificently, she grew, laughed heartily, and reacted to her surrounding. The weeks went by one by one, without the baby's condition deteriorating. When Erica and Stephen Jones see this, they wonder if there little bundle of joy really has to die. The phoned all over the country to get a second opinion. In the renowned Boston Children's Hospital they took an MRT of Abigail's brain. What the image showed, changed the life of this small family from one day to the next.
"In the hospital in Florida Abigail was sent home to die. But I looked at the scans of Abigail's brain again more closely and saw something else: that maybe the tumour isn't malignent", describes neurosurgeon Dr. Alan R. Cohen from the Boston Children's Hospital. "I phone the mother and told her that we shouldn't give up on Abigail just yet."
As Abigail's mum hung up the phone, she was absolutely swamped with feelings. Up until now, she had organised neither a child's room or her daughter's vaccinations, because she though that Abigail wouldn't be around long enough.
"I scared me to hold onto that hope. I'd let go of hope. Now suddenly, I believe again that my baby will live. Even when they say that there's not a 100% chance of success. But I brace myself on this hope", says Erica.
Then after another examination: the tumour is benign! It would be removed from the baby's head in an operation. And in the opinion of the doctor, it wouldn't come back: "her prognosis is brilliant", said her doctor, Dr. Cohen. "This is a story with a very sad beginning and a very happy ending". On their Facebook site, mum Erica let her joy of the "2nd birth" of her daughter roam: "I'm jumping for joy! I can hardly breathe, when I look at this wonderful girl. My girl. I can keep you! I can hardly wait to see how you live your live. Simply overwhelming!"
Erica and Stephen Jones had prepared themselves for the worst thing a parent could: to watch their own child die. But their hopes were worth it and now they won't their loved and healing Abigail go so quickly. If this unhopeful story with a happy ending also moved you to tears, then SHARE it with everyone that you know.
