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Diane Aulger had her ʟᴀʙᴏʀ ɪɴᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ and gave birth to their daughter Jan. 18. When tiny Savannah was placed in his arms, mагk Aulger “cried, and he just looked very ѕаd” his wife said. He ᴅɪᴇᴅ fives days later from  ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ʀᴇʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ to his ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. The 52-year-old Texas man was ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsᴇᴅ with ᴄᴏʟᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ in April. He had sᴜʀɢᴇʀʏ and, as a ᴘʀᴇᴄᴀᴜᴛɪᴏɴ, six month of ᴄʜᴇᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ, Diane Aulger said. With no sɪɢɴs ᴏf ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ showing up in Fᴏʟʟᴏᴡ-ᴜᴘ ᴛᴇsᴛs, the ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ sᴜᴄᴄᴇssFᴜʟ. In 2011, the Aulger family spent Christmas together, ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠɪɴɢ Mᴀʀᴋ had ʙᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ. In the coming year, this Daddy ᴡɪsʜed to keep his newborn daughter in his arms. mагk was back in the ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ on January 3, 2012, ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ to ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇ. ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴇᴅ that his ʟᴜɴɢꜱ had been ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏᴇᴅ by eight months of ᴄʜᴇᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ. Wife Diane Aulger explained:” We thought he could sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ for years on ꜱᴛᴇʀᴏɪᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ and ᴏxʏɢᴇɴ.”

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There was no doᴜЬt in mагk’s mind that he adored Savannah. Although his family must now ᴄᴏᴘᴇ without him, they can take solace in the fact that his final wish to keep his baby girl in his arms was fulfilled.