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Reshma Kirpalani

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Deloris Fields

Deloris Fields was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 23-years-old. After chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, she went into remission. Two years later, the day after she gave birth to her son Connor Guenther, doctors told Fields that the cancer had returned.

Most women with metastic breast cancer survive less than five years. Fields worries about her son growing up without her, but considers herself a fighter.

"They say God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers," Fields said. "If that's true, then I'm a warrior."

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 Deloris Fields was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer on Dec. 4, 2015, the day after her son Connor Guenther was born. Fields was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer in 2013, for which she was treated and entered remission. When she became p
 On Oct. 21, 2016, Deloris Fields struggled to feed her son Connor Guenther, who was suffering from an ear infection. 
 On Oct. 25, 2016, Deloris Fields received her chemotherapy at Texas Oncology-Round Rock Seton Williamson. 
  On Oct. 25, 2016, nurse Lesley Welch (right) administered a herceptine to Deloris Fields at Texas Oncology-Round Rock Seton Williamson. Fields was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer on Dec. 4, 2015, the day after her son Connor Guenther w
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 Deloris Fields cries while singing her baby Connor Guenther to sleep.