My baby's tumour was so big doctors advised ending my pregnancy - but look at her now By Erin Dean Published: 18:49 EDT, 22 June 2024 | Updated: 18:49 EDT, 22 June 2024 e-mail View comments Baby Amelia Kan had not even been born when doctors spotted she had a tumour that would grow to the size of a lemon – crushing her tiny heart by the time she came into the world. Her mother, Hui-Zhi, 36, from Borough Green, Kent, was told that Amelia would likely die during pregnancy or at birth, and a termination may be the best course of action. However, thanks to a pioneering drug treatment – and two open heart surgeries – Amelia is now four and happily preparing to start school in the autumn.
'When I look back to my pregnancy it seems impossible that we are at this point, getting ready for Amelia to start school,' says Hui-Zhi, an administrator for an electrical goods company, where her husband, Chi Wing Kan, 36, also works as a sales manager. 'Every pregnancy scan we had, the tumours kept growing and every update got worse. It was horrible.
But she was moving and wriggling all the time. She was fighting, and I knew we had to fight for her. Amelia Kan (pictured today at age four) had not even been born when doctors spotted she had a tumour that would grow to the size of a lemon 'It was such a hard time – I couldn't let myself picture us together as a family of three as it seemed so unlikely to happen.
' In 2019, Hui-Zhi had her routine 12-week check. However, doctors spotted a t.
