Our hearts go out to this family. So sad at this time of year.

Mother made the ultimate sacrifice when she decided to deliver her baby girl instead of receiving cancer treatment.

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Cara Combs from Missouri, found out she had Stage 4 Melanoma when she was 23 weeks pregnant. Doctors advised her to have her baby immediately, but she chose to wait, giving her child a better chance at survival, and postponing her cancer treatment.

“I wanted to let everyone know that we lost Cara Walters Combs this morning. I don’t have to tell you how great of a person she was. She will be missed by all. I always knew she was destined for greater things. We all have a perfect angel looking over us. She was the strongest person I ever met and the best wife and mother. She sacrificed everything so her legacy could live on. Thank you all for your support and prayers. She was my everything and always will be.” Her husband, Roy, wrote on a GoFundMe page for the family.

Cara gave birth to Shaylin Combs on Dec. 5. Three days later, she lost her fight.

“Heaven gained a new angel this morning. Cara was an amazing wife, mother, daughter and sister,” a friend wrote. “She sacrificed everything so her new little one could live on.”

“Cara ended up needing a liver transplant, but because of her cancer, she was not a candidate. Her giving baby Shaylin a chance at life, was the MOST SELFLESS thing she could have done,” she wrote.

Our thoughts and deepest sympathy go to Cara’s family.

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24 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 29 Nov 2021
    12:23 pm
Isnt that just how Mums are….we really are amazing….we would lay down our lives for our children. Im sure she is proudly watching her child from above.

- - Number One Mum said
  - 04 Feb 2016
    9:53 pm
This is one of the most selfless acts l have Ever heard about My heart goes out to the family and Especially the baby because she will never get to meet one of the best mother’s that was put on this Earth. Rip Cara

- - pakeko said
  - 31 Jan 2016
    8:48 pm
What a hard thing to have to choose between another Angel gained its wings

- - BellaB said
  - 28 Jan 2016
    8:33 pm
How courageous, but also so very hard for her husband and other children.

- - Lori-Anne said
  - 21 Jan 2016
    11:12 pm
Another tear jerking story… no matter how you may choose to look at her decision, her husband has lost his wife, their children a mother and family a daughter, sister etc. May they be comforted through this time.

- - mom91861 said
  - 13 Jan 2016
    8:32 am
my heart goes out to this brave family

- - ella12 said
  - 06 Jan 2016
    4:02 pm
Very sad story. She was a heroine.

- - mom93821 said
  - 19 Dec 2015
    3:17 pm
Such a sad story and sympathy to the family.

- - mom123456789 said
  - 16 Dec 2015
    4:42 pm
this story gave me goosebumps… It really shows how much our children mean to us. Rest in peace beautiful.

- - mom101628 said
  - 16 Dec 2015
    11:22 am
This story brought tears to my eyes.
My commiserations to the family.

- - rovermum said
  - 14 Dec 2015
    11:32 am
Oh wow, this gives me goose bumps. It is so sad and tragic, but such a selfless act. I can’t imagine. My thoughts are with them all.
- mom93821 replied
  
  20 Dec 2015 , 6:27 am
  It is an incredibly selfless act.
- - mom160421 said
  - 14 Dec 2015
    9:36 am
She chose the path that many mothers would choose, but it’s such an unfair situation. God Bless her and her family.

- - mom90758 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    5:40 pm
A very sad story! My thoughts are with the family that now has to live on without her! 🙁

- - mum888 said
  - 13 Dec 2015
    8:57 am
Such a selfless act .Thank you for sharing this story . She knew she made the right decision because any treatment may have threatened her pregnancy and now the family has a new baby which cherishes her memory . It is are hard decision , yet it was right for her .

- - mom94125 said
  - 12 Dec 2015
    7:55 pm
this is so sad. their mum was so brave. no words for such a selfless act.

- - bronnie said
  - 11 Dec 2015
    6:09 am
Such a beautiful lady xxx. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. Love to her family. Xx

- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 10 Dec 2015
    8:40 pm
Oh my gosh, how terribly heartbreaking for the family. What a special mumma who made the ultimate sacrifice x

- - taynik46 said
  - 10 Dec 2015
    3:53 pm
oh how sad for the family. What a wonderful person she must have been. Wishing her husband and children all the best at this sad time

- - mom165081 said
  - 10 Dec 2015
    12:35 pm
Incredibly tough decisions made by the whole family. Very touching story. All Te best to the family as they strive to move forward, whilst keeping mum always in their thoughts.

- - mom74640 said
  - 10 Dec 2015
    12:14 pm
Lke hg