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FISHERS, Ind. (AP) — Sarah Baker remembers her mother crying in the doctor's office, and not understanding why.
The 13-year-old had just been diagnosed with diabetes, but she didn't feel bad.
Becky Schmidt, however, was a pediatric nurse, and she knew what might lie ahead for her daughter. Fatigue. Nerve damage. Vision problems. And another side effect that wasn't even a blip on the radar for the teenage Sarah: difficulty having a child.
Yet she has defeated all obstacles. Three years ago, Baker received a pancreas transplant that cured her diabetes. Last year, she became the third woman in the U.S. to conceive a child after receiving a pancreas transplant, according to the National Transplantation Pregnancy Registry. And this year she delivered a healthy baby girl.
To some extent, the 39-year-old Fishers woman's story reflects a triumph of medicine. Just a generation ago, diabetes would likely have derailed any chance she had at motherhood.
But those who know Baker well say it also speaks to her pervasively positive attitude, even in the face of a chronic illness.
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