Any mom can tell you, there’s nothing quite like having a brand-new baby in the house.
Of course, they’re loud and demanding 23 hours of the day, but they are also sweet little angels who make our lives richer and make us better people, as this touching advertisement for Pampers demonstrates.
But while everyone agrees that babies inherently improve the lives of those around them, just by being sweet little bundles of joy, fewer parents can claim that their baby has saved a life.
Shakti Dalal is the exception to that rule, thanks to her now-3-year-old daughter Laila, and her impressive instincts as a newborn. Like this dog that knew his owner was sick long before she did, little Laila, only a few weeks old, knew that something wasn’t right with her mom.
After just a few weeks of breastfeeding, little Laila suddenly started to refuse to nurse on one side. Around the same time, Dalal had noticed a lump forming under her armpit. Concerned, she went to the doctor, who determined that she had stage 3 breast cancer.
Remarkably, Laila had detected the cancer before the doctors. If she hadn’t noticed her baby’s strange behavior, Dalal may have assumed that the lump was just a side effect of breastfeeding. Little Laila is truly a lifesaver! Learn more about this mother-daughter duo below.
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