Olivia Munn shares how her double mastectomy journey affected her son Malcolm
Olivia MunnHis life was affected in many ways throughout her breast cancer battle.
Like News room The actress explained recently, that includes missing out on special moments with her and John Mullaneymy 2 year old son Malcolm Later underwent a double mastectomy.
“When I woke up, I was really in pain and exhausted, I had actually lost a lot of blood and my surgery went from an eight-hour surgery to a 10-hour surgery because blood loss,” Munn said Everybody of procedure. “So the first part was very difficult because it was very painful. You had a major surgery and at the time I wasn't really thinking about what I had lost, because you were all bandaged up.”
And when the 43-year-old came home three days later, “Malcolm ran over and said, 'Mom, choose. [me] upward?' And I said, 'Oh, I can't pick you up.' And I squatted down and hugged him.”
Although it was hard for a toddler to understand at the time. “He just sat on my leg and said, 'But Mom, pick it up. [me] wake up!'” Munn recalls. “That was probably one of the hardest things because all you want to do is pick up your baby.”