Dying Mom Has Baby So Her Daughter Won't Be Left Alone (VIDEO)

http://thestir.cafemom.com/toddler/138820/dying_mom_has_baby_... If there's one thing we, as parents, can learn from Kathy Giusti, it's to never give up hope.

For the sake of her then toddler daughter Nicole, Giusti refused to give up when doctors diagnosed her with multiple myeloma at the age of 37, an aggressive form of blood cancer -- and gave her three years to live.

Not only did she not give up, she started a foundation to "jumpstart" multiple myeloma research ... AND she had another baby.

At the time, some people questioned whether Giusti's decision to have a second child was a "responsible" one. But Giusti wasn't having another child simply to make herself happy. Knowing that her Nicole might grow up without a mom, she wanted to give her a sibling, and she did: A brother named David.

Giusti's two children are now teenagers ...

Teenagers who still have their mom, thanks to her tireless fight. At 53, Kathy Giusti is in complete remission! Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd still be here and that we'd be one of the best foundations in the country," she says.

Or that she'd get to watch Nicole open her college acceptance letter, which happened recently.

"I was so lucky to raise two really independent children who over the years have watched me and said, 'You know what? You've taught us so much that one person really can make a difference.'"

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