>>> MOTHERS DAY IS THIS SUNDAY.
WE'RE TAKING TIME TO HONOR
AMAZING MOM, INCLUING ASHLEY.
ASHLEY WAS 26 YEARS OLD, NEWLY
MARRIED AND PREGNANT WITH HER
FIRST CHILD WHEN SHE RECEIVED
DEVASTATING NEWS, STAGE 4
CANCER.
SHE WAS TOLD SHE HAD TO DELIVER
HER SON SEVEN WEEKS EARLY.
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>> WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT I WAS
EXPECTING, EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
I HAD A KNOT IN MY NECK.
I WAS TOLD IT WAS AN INFECTION.
>> Reporter: NOVEMBER 13th,
2007.
THE DAY THAT ASHLEY'S LIFE
CHANGED.
>> THE KNOT WOULD NOTBIOTICS AN.
I TOLD THE DOCTOR.
AND HE SAID, I'M NOT THAT
CONCERNED ABOUT IT, BUT IF YOU
ARE, I WILL DO A BIOPSY.
HE CALLED AND SAUD IT WAS
MALIGNANT.
I WAS DEVASTATED.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS MY BABY.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY HAD TO
DELIVER HER SON, HARLEY, SEVEN
WEEKS EARLY.
HE WAS BORN AT FOUR POUNDS.
DAYS LATER, SHE HAD SURGERY TO
REMOVE THE TUMOR FROM HER NECK.
>> IT WAS THE SIZE OF A
SOFTBALL.
THE DOCTORS IN ATLANTA COULDN'T
DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF CANCER IT
WAS.
>> Reporter: IT CONTINUED TO
SPREAD.
FIVE WEEKS LATER, IT WAS IN HER
BRAIN, LUNGS AND DELIVER.
>> THE TUMOR IN MY BRIAN WAS
PRESSING ON MY APTIC NERVE.
I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE MUSCLE
OF MY EYE AND THE LID CLOSED.
I WAS ON HIGH DOSES OF STEROIDS
AND MAIN MEDICINES BECAUSE THE
PAIN FROM THE TUMOR IN MY BRAIN
WAS AWFUL.
THE RADIOLOGIST REPORTS THERE
ARE INNUMEROUS TUMORS PRESENT ON
BOTH LUNGS.
I ASKED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
AND SHE SAID, THEY CAN'T COUNT
THEM.
I WAS TOLD TO START MAKING
PICTURES AND MAKING VIDEOS FOR
MY SON.
>> Reporter: ASHLEY WAS TOLD,
THERE WAS NOT MUCH HOPE LEFT.
>> MY SON, I BEGGED MY FAMILY TO
BRING HIM BECAUSE I WANTED TO
SEE HIM.
AND I KNEW THAT HE WAS REALLY
THE MAIN REASON I WAS FIGHTING.
I CAN REMEMBER THINKING WHAT
LIFE WAS LIKE FOR MY HUSBAND.
I KEPT THINKING ABOUT MY HUSBAND
AND MY BABY.
AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING,
HE'S GOING THE GROW UP WITHOUT
HIS MOM.
AND HE'LL NEVER KNOW ME.
HE'LL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH I
WANTED HIM AND LOVED HIM.
>> SO, THAT IS WHERE THE STORY
ENDED WHEN MY TEAM FIRST PITCHED
IT TO ME.
AND I RESPONDED BY SAYING, WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT?
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
AND THE E-MAILS THAT CAME TO ME
MADE ME SAY, OH, MY -- SHE'S
HERE.
ASHLEY AND HER HUSBAND, DAVID,
ARE HERE.
AND THEY WILL
>>> WE'RE BACK, NOW, WITH ASHLEY
WHOSE STORY IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MIRACLE.
SHE BATTLED BACK AFTER A
DEVASTATING CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
ALL OF HER DOCTOS TOLD HER IT
DID NOT LOOK GOOD.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND, DAVID, JOIN
ME WITH THE REST OF THE STORY.
YOU WERE TOLD TO SAY GOOD-BYES.
YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU TO BUY A
VIDEO CAMERA?
>> YES.
HE ASKED MY HUSBAND.
HE SAID, DO YOU OWN A VIDEO
CAMERA?
AND MY HUSBAND SAID, NO.
I WOULD BUY ONE AND START MAKING
VIDEOS.
>> IS IT TRUE YOU ACTUALLY TOOK
THE TIME TO WRITE A LETTER TO
LITTLE HARLEY'S FUTURE
STEPMOTHER.
>> I DID.
I WROTE A LETTER.
>> AND THEN, THREE MONTHS LATER,
YOU'RE UNDERGOING CHEMO AND
RADIATION.
YOU HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF
RADIATION YOU CAN EVER HAVE IN
YOUR LIFETIME, RIGHT?
YOU CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER DOSE OF
RE
RADIATION IN THE PLACES YOU HAD
IT.
>> NO.
>> THREE MONTHS LATER, YOU GO
BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU'RE
EXPECTING MORE BAD NEWS.
AND WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> SHE SAT DOWN AND SAID THE
RADIOLOGIST REPORTED THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE OF DISEASE PRESENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU WERE TOLD INNUMERABLE, TOO
MANY TO COUNT TUMORS ON YOUR
LUNGS.
A BRAIN TUMOR, A SPOT ON YOUR
LIVER.
AND IN A FEW MONTHS, THEY'RE
SAYING NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE
PRESENT.
>> RIGHT.
NO EVIDENCE.
>> YOUR DOCTOR IS HERE.
DR. DEBORAH MILLER IS HERE.
YOU'RE A SCIENTIST.
HOW DID THAT GRAB YOU?
>> OH, BOY.
I MEAN, WE WERE AGGRESSIVE WITH
RADIATION.
AND THE TUMOR HAD SPREAD
ALONG -- UP INTO THE CAVERNOUS
SINUS.
THAT'S WHEN SHE HAD TROUBLE WITH
THE EYE AND THE VISION.
WE WERE THINKING WE NEEDED TO
ADD CHEMOTHERAPY.
AND SO, SHE STARTED TO RESPOND
AND THEN SHE ACTUALLY
PROGRESSED.
WE CHANGED THE THERAPY BECAUSE
THE TUMORS IN THE LUNGS STARTED
GROWING.
AND SHE STARTED RESPONDING.
I WAS AWE STRUCK.
I WAS INSPIRED, PLUS, YOU KNOW,
I HAD PUT HER THROUGH HELL AND
BACK, EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE.
>> YOU HAD PUT THE CANCER
THROUGH HELL AND BACK, AS WELL.
IS THIS A MIRACLE?
>> IT IS.
I THINK IT IS.
>> IT IS A MIRACLE.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, ASHLEY,
YOU HAD TO GIVE BIRTH TO HARLEY
SEVEN WEEKS EARLY.
HE COMES OUT FOUR POUNDS.
YOU WERE TOLD WHAT ABOUT YOUR
FERTILITY?
>> WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE ANOTHER
CHILD.
WE WERE SEEING A FERTILITY
DOCTOR.
AND SHE SAID, I'M SORRY.
YOU JUST -- WITH THE
CHEMOTHERAPY, IT JUST, YOU KNOW,
DID A NUMBER ON YOU.
SHE SAID, THERE'S NO WAY.
IT WAS FEBRUARY 2012.
YOU GO BACK IN FOR REGULAR
TESTING AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
PREGNANCY TEST BEFORE YOU HAVE
THE TEST AND WHAT DID IT SAY?
>> THAT I WAS PREGNANT.
>> BUT THE DOCTOR SAID WHAT?
>> THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT ME
HAVING ANOTHER BABY BECAUSE I
WAS PREGNANT DURING THAT FIRST
EXPERIENCE WITH THE CANCER.
AND SO, IT WAS SCARY.
>> IT WAS UNKNOWN ORIGIN.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT
STARTED.
AND YOUR RESPONSE WAS --
>> YOU KNOW, GOD'S GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF ME.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HE BROUGHT ME THIS FAR.
>> WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?
>> WE HAD A DAUGHTER.
AND NO REOCCURRENCE OF THE
CANCER.
IT WAS A PERFECTLY HEALTHY
PREGNANCY.
SHE WAS FINE.
>> CAN I TELL YOU, SHE WENT BACK
FOR A FOLLOW-UP TEST ON HER
THROAT.
AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN.
THE INFERTILE MOM WAS PREGNANT
WITH HER THIRD CHILD.
AND NOW, YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN AGES WHAT?
>> 10, 5 AND 1.
>> AND THE PROGNOSIS FROM HER
DOCTOR -- THE PROGNOSIS HAS
BEEN --
>> TEN YEARS CANCER FREE.
IT'S EXCELLENT NOW.
SHE'S IN REMISSION AND PRETTY
MUCH BEEN CURED.
>> WOW.
CURED, MIRACLE, REMISSION,
MOTHER.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN
ANYBODY SHOULD GO THROUGH IN A
LIFETIME.
I'M SURE YOU'RE IN NEED OF LATE
R&R.
THAT'S WHEN WE STEP IN.
I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A TRIP TO BERMUDA FOR
FIVE, THANKS TO VIRTUOSO TRAVEL.
YOU'RE GOING ROUND-TRIP ON DELTA
AIRLINES, TO THE HAMILTON BEACH
CLUB FOR A THREE-NIGHT STAY.
AND YOU GET COMPLIMENTARY
OPENING TO THE PRINCE AND
PRINCESSES CLUB OPENING OF DOOM.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
>> THAT'S SO WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU FOR TELLING YOUR
STORY.
I CAN SEE THE JOY AND GOD BLESS,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
GOD BLESS.
>> THANK YOU.
TO HELP SHARE HER MESSAGE OF
HOPE, ASHLEY HAS JUST FINISHED
HER FIRST BOOK, "LOSING