| In-spite of having cervical cancer, Sandra Kent still | | | | "There I met him, Dr. Lavie and he educated me that |
| wants to have a baby and fight for her right to get | | | | it is upon the operation with the findings would be |
| pregnant. She was adamant after having been into | | | | possible to conclude whether or not to remove and |
| surgical treatment right after she has recovered | | | | or preserve the uterus. He then added that there is a |
| giving birth to her child Ariel. | | | | great risk of miscarriage whenever pregnant. |
| The level of responsiveness, perseverance as well as | | | | However I opted to undergo the operation." |
| motherhood | | | | Dr. Lavie's colleague, Prof. Uzi Beller who is also a |
| Sandra Kent's thrashing tale of life started with a | | | | gynecologist and the director of Shaare Zedek |
| twilight phone call about six years have passed. On | | | | Medical Center, Jerusalem invited Professor Edraz |
| the line was the secretary of the gynecologist telling | | | | John, an expert from France to do the operation. |
| her that after truthful and careful tests, the test that | | | | The successful operation was happened on July 2003 |
| was made was invalid. She then who was at her 33rd | | | | at Caramel Medical Center and gynecologists |
| age carried out the test again. After waiting for quite | | | | throughout Israel watched the live broadcast airing |
| sometimes, the result was ready and she was asked | | | | out the good news. As Sandra open her eyes, Dr. |
| to go to the clinic."In just a couple of hours I was | | | | Lavie told her, "inside the womb." Sandra, "As I heard |
| already there," Mrs. Kent said. "The doctor made | | | | those words, I grinned and sleep again." |
| certain and told me that the result only requires | | | | Sandra was then released a week after the |
| removal of small lesions and could be done with local | | | | successful surgery informed that the lesions were |
| anesthesia." Later she was supported by her family | | | | taken out. Yet, she have to do follow up check up |
| and friends to Dr. Hanna Shapiro for a surgery. | | | | and to avoid getting pregnant within the early six |
| And that was when her, Sandra's, worries had begun. | | | | months. |
| Right after the said surgery, her doctor told her that | | | | Get Well, Wedding, Birth |
| it wasn't possible to take out all the cancer cells thus | | | | Time goes by and she met Tom, a medical expert |
| another surgical operation is needed in order to save | | | | from China. They were exclusively dating and few |
| her life. " I could hardly utter any word, should I do it, | | | | months later, they were married. They have been |
| it will mean not to bear a child anymore." Yet the | | | | trying to let her conceive but she wasn't able to until |
| doctor exclaimed, "We're here for your life and not | | | | a couple of months. After the many attempts, she |
| for your ambitions" | | | | was pregnant but then miscarriage twice. Consulting |
| Sandra Kent was like being wrecked. On the other | | | | to Professor Howard Achfaf pointed out that the |
| hand, her friend doctor, Dr. Shapiro, cheered her up. | | | | miscarriage were associated with thyroid function |
| She told her about the surgery abroad which could | | | | which regulates the metabolism of the body. |
| still preserve the uterus after the operation. This kind | | | | Sandra: "I just took Altroxen pill daily and a couple of |
| of operation was mastered by Proffessor Daniel | | | | months later I was pregnant already. I really prayed |
| Edraz June - a well known expert in Lyon, France. | | | | and prayed that the pregnancy will endure." |
| Sandra: "Statistics shows that there were already | | | | On the 29th week, Sandra was bleeding so she was |
| two Israelite women who undergone cervical | | | | rushed to the hospital to save the pregnancy until |
| operation abroad. I have called one and she | | | | giving birth. On the 36th week, she was starting |
| motivated me and passed me to Dr. Ofer Lavie, the | | | | contractions and water breaking. Finally, after six |
| head of the gynecology unit of Caramel Medical | | | | years from surgery, a healthy baby was born via |
| Center in Haifa." He has not done the cervical | | | | cesarean on the 20th of July from a mother who |
| operation but he has compiled the information with | | | | undergone cervix tumor surgery. The baby is now |
| regards to these instances in Israel and escorted the | | | | five months old in the name of Ariel. |
| two patient for operation abroad. | | | | |