TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - If there’s any comfort for Grace Adkins, it’s that her infant son won’t remember the medical hardships he endured before his first birthday.
Her 10-month-old son Luke was born with congenital spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the tissue. Luke’s cancer is currently in remission.
Grace said she didn’t expect anything when her son was born on December 9, 2021. RELATED: Genetically modified herpes virus shows promise in killing advanced cancer, study says"My pregnancy was perfect," she told FOX Television Stations. "We didn’t know anything was going on while I was carrying him."But Grace said when her only child was born, his left arm was swollen."It was almost black.
It looked really bad," she continued. Grace said she was told her son may have broken his arm during the birth canal which isn’t under heard of, she said.