Chicago newborn photographer, Downers Grove newborn photographer | Precious

I do love newborn sessions.  They are precious – usually. 😉  These sweet little guys, letting me capture their very first moments as a family.  Their tiny faces and feet.  Their puckered lips and grasping fingers.  Having a newborn baby is a monumental part of our lives.  A pivotal turning point when two become three.  And for this family, it is more than a little heart wrenching.  I would like to introduce you to this amazing family – and I really do mean amazing.  Let me share their story with you.

Ryan and Ashley are high school sweethearts.  They got married young and now almost ten years later, they found out they were pregnant.  They were on cloud nine when they found out they were expecting their first child in December only to have their lives turned completely upside down one week later when they learned that Ryan, at a young and healthy 29 years old, had colon cancer.

Doctors decided emergency surgery needed to be done to remove the tumor. They were initially told that it was stage 3 colon cancer and that Ryan needed to complete 12 rounds of chemo as a preventative measure. After six rounds of chemo, a CT scan revealed that the nodules in his lungs that they originally thought were benign, had grown and were cancerous. They also found cancerous lymph nodes in his abdomen which meant surgery was not an option. Suddenly they found themselves dealing with stage 4, incurable colon cancer.

Ryan goes every other week for chemotherapy treatments. The latest scan shows that all of the tumors have shrunk a little bit which is the first bit of positive new they’ve gotten in a long time. Chemo alone is not a cure, but they hope and pray it continues to work.

We had to schedule their session around Ryan’s chemo schedule.  You would never know this wonderful couple is dealing with this nightmare.  They were both positive, laughing, sweet in the studio.  I truly hope their positivity will lend him the strength to beat the odds and that I see him again in six months.

I also want to give a shout out to Ashley, who is an amazing woman.  She is a professional blogger at http://centercutcook.com/ and provides great recipes.

Now, let me introduce you to their beautiful son, Miles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a photographer for your own newborn, or perhaps a family, child, or high school senior session, then contact Firefly Nights Photography today!  Located in Naperville, our clients come to us from all over Chicago, especially the western suburbs.