[post_page_title]Life saving surgery [/post_page_title]
Another scan a couple weeks later confirmed that Katherine indeed had cancer, specifically bladder cancer. Surgery was scheduled for the following week, and they assured her that while she shouldn’t keep her hopes too high, they would try to do everything possible to help the baby.
So, at 12 weeks pregnant she underwent a transurethral removal of tumors in the bladder, during which doctors kept her awake, and gave her a spinal anesthetic. By keeping her awake they hoped they could maybe save the baby as well.