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Terminally ill woman given 6 months to live, 7 years later she is still fighting to raise her son

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Haley Houston Odlozil and her son Weston.
Haley Houston Odlozil and her son Weston.
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Doctors told a terminally ill woman that she had six months to live. Seven years later, she is still fighting to raise the brave little boy she and her husband had through surrogacy.

Haley Houston Odlozil, 30, from Texas in the US, was diagnosed with cancer repeatedly - one of those times, just eight weeks before she married her high school sweetheart, Taylor Odlozil (31), in 2016.

"Haley and I met in high school and started dating in 2008. From the very first moment I met Haley, she expressed to me how she was put on this earth to be a mum," Taylor said.

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