THE MARKET OUT. WELL, LIFE IS FILLED WITH MIRACLES AND CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW. ONE LOCAL FAMILY IS LIVING THROUGH BOTH. THIS IS ALICIA GIBBONS AND HER HUSBAND JOHN IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, THEY WELCOMED THEIR SON ROBBIE INTO THE WORLD, AND NOW ALICIA IS EXPECTING AGAIN, BUT UNDER VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. 米兰体育13鈥橲 EMMA OWEN SHARES HOW THIS FAMILY鈥橲 FAITH IS GUIDING THEM THROUGH A FRIGHTENING DIAGNOSIS AND AN UPCOMING BIRTH. ALICIA, JOHN AND ROBBIE GIBBONS ARE ALL SMILES AS THIS LOVING FAMILY WILL SOON WELCOME ANOTHER MEMBER. WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE HERE. WE鈥橰E JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER ONE. WE LOVE. WE LOVE THE NEWBORN STAGE WITH ROBBIE, AND WE鈥橰E LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HANK HERE AS WELL. WITH THIS EXCITEMENT FOR BABY HANK鈥橲 ARRIVAL. ALICIA TELLS ME THERE ARE NERVES TOO. HER PREGNANCY HAS NOT BEEN EASY. PAIN RESULTED IN MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE DOCTORS STARTED TALKING ABOUT INDUCTION OR STARTING HER LABOR, AND THEN WE FOUND OUT I HAD CANCER. SHOCKING, BUT NOT UNFAMILIAR. ALICIA WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED IN 2018. SHE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD. I HAD STAGE FOUR. THEY CALLED IT ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA. WHICH MEANS THEY DIDN鈥橳 REALLY KNOW THE ORIGIN OF IT. IT WAS JUST KIND OF IN MY ABDOMEN. I HAD TWO VERY MASSIVE TUMORS. THEY WERE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL AND THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL ON MY BLADDER AND ON MY ABOVE MY OVARY. ALICIA BEGAN TREATMENT IN FEBRUARY 2018. BY JULY 2019, THE CANCER WAS GONE. SO THEY FINISHED THE TREATMENT COURSE THAT THEY HAD PLANNED INTO FEBRUARY OF 2020. AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT ONE. HIGHS AND LOWS FOLLOWED ROBBIE鈥橲 BIRTH IN 2021, THEN A MISCARRIAGE IN 2023. BUT IN AUGUST, ALICIA LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT AGAIN. SHE鈥橲 NOW ALMOST 34 WEEKS PREGNANT, SET TO BE INDUCED TUESDAY, AND TREATMENT PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS. ALICIA AND JOHN, LEANING ON THEIR FAITH AS THEY SOAK IN EVERY SECOND. I WAS TELLING MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WORK AND TRYING TO ORGANIZE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FOR MY BUSINESS. AND IT鈥橲 LIKE, MAN, I WOULD I WOULD LOSE 100 BUSINESSES TO SPEND A DAY WITH YOU. I THAT DOESN鈥橳 MATTER AT ALL. SO THAT鈥橲 THAT鈥橲 KIND OF TIME IS PRECIOUS. TIME IS THE ONLY COMMODITY ANYBODY HAS. AND IT鈥橲 NOT OURS. IT鈥橲 GOD鈥橲. THIS FAMILY鈥橲 JOURNEY, MARKED BY HOPE AND STRENGTH. ALICIA TAKING ON HER UNKNOWN FUTURE WITH UNWAVERING TRUST. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WAS A MIRACLE IN ITSELF, AND THIS TIME WITH A BABY. IT鈥橲.
Blount County mother battling cancer for a second time prepares to give birth
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Updated: 7:59 PM CDT Mar 24, 2025
Life is filled with miracles and challenges, and right now, one local family is living through both.In November 2021, Alycia and John Gibbons welcomed their son Robbie into the world. Now, they're expecting again, but under very different circumstances. Pain resulted in trips back and forth to the emergency room for Alycia. Doctors were already discussing inducing her labor, when they learned just weeks ago, that Alycia's cancer had returned. She was first diagnosed in 2018, at 20-years-old."It was called anaplastic carcinoma, which means they didn't really know the origin of it. It was just kind of in my abdomen," Alycia said. "I had two very massive tumors, they were the size of a football and the size of a softball on my bladder and above my ovary."Alycia began treatment in February 2018. By July 2019, she said the cancer was gone."So they finished the treatment course that they had planned into February of 2020, and that that was the end of that one," Alycia said.Highs and lows would follow. Robbie was born in 2021. Then Alycia had a miscarriage in 2023.But, in August, Alycia learned she was pregnant again. She's at 34 weeks and expected to be induced Tuesday at UAB Hospital. Just weeks after baby Hank's birth, treatment could begin.As they navigate what's next, this family is leaning on their faith and soaking up every second."I was telling my wife, you know, I was thinking about work and trying to organize, you know, everything for my business, and it's like man, I would lose 100 businesses to spend a day with you; that doesn't matter at all," John said. "Time is precious, time is the only commodity anybody has, and it's not ours, it's God's."Alycia said she feels the same way, approaching the unknown with unwavering faith."God has been sovereign, and he is sovereign over everything," Alycia said. "He's predestined everything the way it's supposed to happen, and we have hope in that."As Alycia prepares to fight for a second time, she said she looks forward to seeing how it will all play out. "The first time was a miracle in itself, and this time, with a baby, it's more nerve-wracking, but we have more hope," Alycia said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Life is filled with miracles and challenges, and right now, one local family is living through both.
In November 2021, Alycia and John Gibbons welcomed their son Robbie into the world. Now, they're expecting again, but under very different circumstances.
Pain resulted in trips back and forth to the emergency room for Alycia. Doctors were already discussing inducing her labor, when they learned just weeks ago, that Alycia's cancer had returned. She was first diagnosed in 2018, at 20-years-old.
"It was called anaplastic carcinoma, which means they didn't really know the origin of it. It was just kind of in my abdomen," Alycia said. "I had two very massive tumors, they were the size of a football and the size of a softball on my bladder and above my ovary."
Alycia began treatment in February 2018. By July 2019, she said the cancer was gone.
"So they finished the treatment course that they had planned into February of 2020, and that that was the end of that one," Alycia said.
Highs and lows would follow. Robbie was born in 2021. Then Alycia had a miscarriage in 2023.
But, in August, Alycia learned she was pregnant again. She's at 34 weeks and expected to be induced Tuesday at UAB Hospital. Just weeks after baby Hank's birth, treatment could begin.
As they navigate what's next, this family is leaning on their faith and soaking up every second.
"I was telling my wife, you know, I was thinking about work and trying to organize, you know, everything for my business, and it's like man, I would lose 100 businesses to spend a day with you; that doesn't matter at all," John said. "Time is precious, time is the only commodity anybody has, and it's not ours, it's God's."
Alycia said she feels the same way, approaching the unknown with unwavering faith.
"God has been sovereign, and he is sovereign over everything," Alycia said. "He's predestined everything the way it's supposed to happen, and we have hope in that."
As Alycia prepares to fight for a second time, she said she looks forward to seeing how it will all play out.
"The first time was a miracle in itself, and this time, with a baby, it's more nerve-wracking, but we have more hope," Alycia said.
