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Doctors Told Model To Abort Her Child After She Lost 95% Of Her Jaw To Cancer. This Is What She Did
Pregnancy is often difficult, but pregnancy combined with cancer treatment is devastating. Then-24-year-old Latvian-born Canadian model Elizaveta Bulokhova was faced with this situation in 2014. While vacationing in Amsterdam with her husband, Roman Troubetskoi, what Bulokhova thought was a toothache turned out to be bone cancer. The doctors told her the photo model would need to have an abortion before chemotherapy.
“He was very active and I would talk to him often while he was in my womb,” Bulokhova told Vice of her then-unborn son. “I had to tell my baby boy to stop moving because I couldn’t keep him and then all of a sudden he did. He listened; he stopped moving.” In another interview with Daily Mail, she added, “I just told myself whatever the universe has in store for me I will accept it. If my baby is meant to be born, he will be born.”
Luckily, various delays presented the cancer patient with an unexpected third option: the possibility of a Caesarian section. After consulting with doctors, baby Valentin was safely delivered 10 weeks early. Bulokhova had 95% of her jaw removed, underwent chemotherapy, and is now recovering. The brave cancer survivor recently modeled for a Vice article that told her story. You can support cancer research and prevention through the Canadian Cancer Society.
More info: Canadian Cancer Society | nvi.lt | manolostudios.com | Instagram (h/t: aplus, vice)
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Model Elizaveta Bulokhova was suddenly diagnosed with jaw cancer when she was 24
The doctors told her that she would need surgery to remove the infected bone
She would also have to undergo chemotherapy
Bulokhova had gotten pregnant with husband Roman Troubetskoi, and the doctors recommended an abortion
“He was very active and I would talk to him often while he was in my womb”
“I had to tell him to stop moving because I couldn’t keep him and then all of a sudden he did. He listened; he stopped moving”
At the last minute, through a miracle, Bulokhova was given the option of having a c-section
Her son Valentin was safely born 10 weeks early
“I just told myself whatever the universe has in store for me I will accept it”
“If my baby is meant to be born, he will be born”
This photo-shoot is from her most recent modelling session
Photo credits & Copyright: Manolo Studios (Photographer: Manolo Ceron, Makeup Artist: Julia Stone)
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HerbertNenenger 10 years ago
Yolo Bunny, is that a hypothetical question? It's a tough situation to be in, and one I don't feel comfortable casting judgment on because I have thankfully never been in that situation. Neither should you be flinging about such callous comments. Until you walk a mile in someone's shoes.....
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LupeDominguez 10 years ago
My friend had a similar decision to make when she discovered she had cancer, but she was actually just a few weeks shy of giving birth! So they had to make the decision to deliver early (pretty early) or chemo. She delivered early and the baby is healthy and she is now cancer free!
geoffschneider 10 years ago
Throughout history, mothers do things against the judgment of others. I am an old man, but I recognize that it is women who carry-along societies to better places. In the US, women will care for future generations with their votes and lives and stop what is going on now.
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UlaRugevičiūtėRugytė 10 years ago
it doesnt mean she'll pass the cancer. look at how healthy the baby looks and if he did have cancer they'd already know. plus shes not poisining him with radiation because she started chemo AFTER birth and now she has a happy family what is wrong with you .
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KellyLynnBut 10 years ago
The look in her eyes as she's holding her son gives me goosebumps. The strength is breath taking!!!
HerbertNenenger 10 years ago
Yolo Bunny, is that a hypothetical question? It's a tough situation to be in, and one I don't feel comfortable casting judgment on because I have thankfully never been in that situation. Neither should you be flinging about such callous comments. Until you walk a mile in someone's shoes.....
Load More Replies... LupeDominguez 10 years ago
My friend had a similar decision to make when she discovered she had cancer, but she was actually just a few weeks shy of giving birth! So they had to make the decision to deliver early (pretty early) or chemo. She delivered early and the baby is healthy and she is now cancer free!
geoffschneider 10 years ago
Throughout history, mothers do things against the judgment of others. I am an old man, but I recognize that it is women who carry-along societies to better places. In the US, women will care for future generations with their votes and lives and stop what is going on now.
Load More Replies... UlaRugevičiūtėRugytė 10 years ago
it doesnt mean she'll pass the cancer. look at how healthy the baby looks and if he did have cancer they'd already know. plus shes not poisining him with radiation because she started chemo AFTER birth and now she has a happy family what is wrong with you .
Load More Replies... KellyLynnBut 10 years ago
The look in her eyes as she's holding her son gives me goosebumps. The strength is breath taking!!!
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