The woman, who lives in Qatar and plans to return home in coming weeks, was there at 19 when she was diagnosed with a blood clot in a major vein to the intestine requiring transplant surgery.

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Three weeks after the delivery, she was admitted to the hospital with severe shortness of breath from a pulmonary embolism a blood clot in an artery to the lungs, which is dangerous but not uncommon in cancer patients.

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