Derick Dillards Mom Cathy Gets Treatment To Keep Cancer At Bay, While Jill Suffers Morning Sickness

Parents-to-be Jill and Derick Dillard were sad his cancer survivor mother Cathy wouldnt be with them as they learned their babys gender on Tuesdays 19 Kids and Counting.

Cathy was getting ready to Omaha, Nebraska for treatment to prevent recurrence of her cancer and Jill made a cheesecake and snack care package for her mother-in-law.

As Jill recalled, Cathys battle with cancer dovetailed with the couples had happened when the couple got married last year, and they were overjoyed she was able to make it to the wedding.

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On Tuesdays episode, Cathy chowed down on the food theyd brought and told Jill and Derick, Ill pack on more pounds in the next four days than I have in the last three months.

Jill told the cameras, It is hard for me to see Dericks mom go through these health problems, and yet I know shes very strong and has lots of people praying for her.

Cathy said she would get stem cell transplant of her own stem cells during the therapy.

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My mom will be going for treatment, doing some procedures to keep the chance of her cancer recurring to a minimum, Derick said. He added that looking forward to her first grandchild definitely gives her some incentive to get better.

Dillard said he and Jill would find out the gender of their baby in their Arkansas hometown while Cathy was in Omaha.

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Derick Dillards Mom Cathy Gets Treatment To Keep Cancer At Bay, While Jill Suffers Morning Sickness