He had cancer, delayed treatment to save his baby, he did it and he died 5 years later

Gemma Nuttall was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013 while she was in her 16th week of pregnancy. Doctors offered her the opportunity to undergo an abortion to administer chemotherapy, but the woman decided to postpone treatment after the birth of her baby .

The tumor that she had enlarged to an accelerated and so grown up that in March 2014, while it was in the 36th week of gestation, had to undergo a caesarean section to be able to remove it and start chemotherapy. Her daughter Penelope had to spend some time in the incubator, but she recovered.

Nuttall was treated for nine months and managed to heal. However, in 2016, the cancer came back and this time it had spread to his brain and lungs. He had a stage four tumor and the prognosis was not favorable. At age 27, the doctors thought nothing could be done for her, but her family began to raise funds to pay for an experimental treatment of immunotherapy in Germany.

About 80% of cancer cases. ovaries are diagnosed at advanced stages of the disease. At the time of diagnosis, 60% of the cases had already spread to other parts of the body.

The story of Nuttall is told to actress Kate Winslet, whose mother was under the same treatment. The artist met his co-star on Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the couple auctioned "An Appointment with Jack and Rose" at a charity gala and managed to raise 300,000 pounds for the cause .

With this money, the young woman was able to go to the Hallwang Oncology Clinic in Germany last year to receive the experimental treatment for cancer, which had been initially fruitful. In February of this year, he was told that he had healed again, however, the disease reappeared.

Despite the best efforts, Nuttall died at age 29 on October 14 and left his 4-year-old daughter without a mother.

His mother, Helen Sproates, informs her via Facebook. "With a completely broken heart, I must tell you that my beautiful warrior lost her battle early this morning, we fought very hard but we could not do it anymore, I'm a very proud mother but devastated at this time, rest well, Gemma: my world will never be the same again, Penelope, now four years old, will be raised by his father and his family. "