For Kelly Ellison, simple life pleasures are miracles.
She’s a mother of three and a wife to one, she says. Her world and her heart are full. She clings to the ordinary days, remembering when those days weren’t so normal.
Three years ago, just seven weeks pregnant with her third child, Ellison said she knew something was wrong. By 28 weeks into her pregnancy, she had been admitted to the ICU. She was bleeding uncontrollably from her mouth and nose, and shortly after, she got not one, but two terrifying diagnoses: cancer and a rare disorder called “aplastic anemia.”
“In order to sustain the life of our son I needed blood and platelets to get to a safe place to deliver him. Because since he had been in me, he hadn’t been receiving what he needed,” Ellison explained.
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