FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When the emotional black and white picture of a young mother battling breast cancer, breastfeeding her newborn son with her only remaining breast first went viral, Sarah Whitney says she didn’t understand.
But as comments from around the world poured in, Whitney said she realized others were identifying with the universal understanding of what it’s like to do what’s best for your children.
Northwest Florida Daily News (https://tinyurl.com/p2dx2r4 ) reports Whitney was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 31-years-old and only 20 weeks pregnant.
When she gave birth to Kal El in April, she could only breastfeed him for two weeks because she was about to start another round of chemotherapy. A local photographer took a picture of a bald Whitney, beaming as she watches the baby latching onto her only remaining breast.
Dozens of mothers have donated their breast milk for Whitney’s baby.
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