New mum shattered by bombshell terminal cancer diagnosis one month after giving birth to baby son
Devastated Tyla Livingstone may not see little Preston go to school after being told by medics she has between two and five years to live
DEVASTATED mum Tyla Livingstone has told of her heartbreak that she won’t be around to see her baby grow up — having being diagnosed with terminal cancer four weeks after giving birth.
Medics have informed the brave 21-year-old her life expectancy is between two and five years — meaning she might not even get to see her son Preston go to school.
But battling Tyla said: “I’m just living day by day. They say if I’m lucky I’ll have another five years. It doesn’t seem real.
“I don’t think it’s really sunk in properly. It’s more my son I think about — and the fact I will not be there for him in the future.”
Tyla, of Fife, Scotland knew she had cancer before her tot was born.
The first indication came last November when, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, she collapsed after a bath and suffered a seizure.
But Tyla says her mum Leah, 41, will take on parenting responsibility for her child when the time comes.
She added: “From the day I had Preston, the cancer grew dramatically. So this whole time since I gave birth has been bitter-sweet.
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