A mum diagnosed with bowel cancer 24 hours after losing her baby during life-saving surgery has been dealt another blow - after finding out the disease has returned. Lauren Fresa, 35, fell pregnant with her second child in October 2020 - but began noticing a change in her bowel movements at around the same time.
After months of going back and forth to her GP, and being sent home with laxatives, Lauren was rushed to hospital in February 2021. Medics discovered a blockage in her bowel and performed emergency surgery to fit a colostomy bag.
Tragically, just the day after undergoing the life-saving surgery whilst 18 weeks pregnant, Lauren was told she had lost her baby. Three days later, a scan then also revealed she had a tumour in her rectum, and the cancer had also spread to her liver.
