Mum, 33, given just months to live in cancer bombshell just after bringing baby home from intensive care

A mum-of-two has been given just months to live after being diagnosed with lung and bone cancer – shortly after bringing her baby daughter home from intensive care.

Beth Durkin, 33, from Cardiff, is now facing the prospect this Christmas could be her last.

Beth was given the heartbreaking news three months ago and told she had six to 12 months to live.

She said: “He [the consultant] said something after that…but after I heard six to 12 months, I stopped listening.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet. I don’t think I have accepted it. I dread the day it does sink in to be honest.”

The devastating blow came just months after she brought her daughter, Olivia, home from intensive care.

In July last year, Beth was told at her 20-week scan her baby had Truncus Arteriosus. This meant Olivia was missing a heart valve and was going to need major heart surgery.

Olivia was then diagnosed with DiGeorge Syndrome, which can cause a range of lifelong problems including heart defects and learning difficulties.

Olivia was born on November 9 but had to undergo major heart surgery to repair a missing heart valve at just 10 days old.

The operation lasted a full 12 hours and Olivia’s heart stopped twice.

She was so ill, surgeons left her chest cavity open for a full week afterwards in case she had another cardiac arrest.

Doting Beth stayed by her daughter’s side every day in hospital and after making a miraculous recovery, Olivia was finally allowed back home in January.

Speaking to Wales Online Beth, who is also mum to five-year-old Rhiannon, said: “I feel bad that I brought her into this world. I should see it through, that’s the least that I should do as a mum.”

The family have planned a trip to Disneyland Paris in the new year.

Beth said: “I might not get a chance to go again. I might not be here next Christmas.”