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We all know that moms are some of the toughest people on the planet.

That said, we think special credit might go to Campbell, KY, mom Kayla Gaytan, who has fought harder than anyone should have to for her family.


That’s because Kayla already mom to two precious kiddos, was diagnosed a year ago with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare cancer of the immune system.

Like the brave mama who was diagnosed with breast cancer halfway through her pregnancy, Kayla fought the cancer for the sake of her kids and husband, Charles.

She won after five months of chemo, but fortunately this tough mom kept plenty of energy in reserve — the fight of her life was still ahead of her.

Fate was about to hand the Gaytan family two more major challenges that they never could have expected: quadruplets, and another battle with the mom’s disease.


Scroll through to learn this family’s incredible story.

[H/T: Us Magazine]